A former royal butler has opened up about the ‘sad’ and ‘lonely’ time of year Christmas was for Princess Diana. Paul Burrell, who spoke on behalf of Spin Genie, has reminisced on years gone by at the famous Sandringham Estate,

It was no secret that Princess Diana detested the royal family’s annual Christmas celebrations at Sandringham, and a new program features royal biographer Ingrid Seward and longtime royal photographer Arthur Edwards revealing that Diana used to duck out of Sandringham as quickly as she could to get back to London.