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I read a majority of your opinions and i respect them but I think Paul Burrell and Princess Diana had a strange but loving relationship. Diana I believe entrusted Paul with too much of her secrets, and Paul put Diana before his family way too many times. But still I think Paul loved Diana very much. After she died he was the one that dressed Diana's body for her last journey to England. I don't find him as a bad person but as a strange man.
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That would have been totally beyond the bounds of propriety, IMO. |
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I think they were both needy people who needed each other, and sometimes that's just not healthy. His family certainly paid the price during the time he worked for Diana, and then later during his legal troubles.
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I was replying to sirhon11234 who said "After she died he was the one that dressed Diana's body for her last journey to England". I never read Burrells book and I try not to watch the ghastly little oik on the tv (unless they have set him up in some way), so I wouldn't know if this was a claim he made or not. I wouldn't put anything past him!
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As I said in my podcast, don't buy the book. There's no reason for him writing this other than to build a nice new conservatory. This man obviously doesn't care about Diana, he's just using what he saw to make a quick buck. If you don't buy the book, it gets pulped and he wont write another one.
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guess people aren't as interested as he thought they'd be:
http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/royal_f...ent-24610.html
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Perhaps Sarah Bradford's book is selling better because it is more balanced, and puts more focus on Diana as a flawed but remarkable person, rather than relying on tittle tattle and gossip. |
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http://www.nysun.com/article/41294. The critic states that eg "To maintain a view of Diana in charge, Ms. Bradford describes a princess who could be brutal with her staff and with others devious, manipulative, and suspicious. Call Ms. Bradford's effort an overcorrection. Seeking to avoid the sentimentality, the wallowing in victimhood, and the crass psychologizing of earlier biographies, the biographer chooses to create a proactive Diana. But Ms. Bradford seems almost willful in disregarding evidence that weakens her brief. For example, she attributes much of the talk of Diana's mental illness to her enemies at court." She has other valuable points of critizism, so I believe the article is worth reading.
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Thank you, Jo, for that link. I found it a very interesting read.
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I think he is a sad and sick individual who is just another pathetic human trying to cash in on his royal ties.
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I read Paul Burrell's book last night (I read his first so thought I may as well read his second), and I have to say that I didn't really get much out of it. I didn't buy it, rather a colleague at work had recently finished and offered it for a read.
I found him really repetative and being someone who isn't all that fond of repetition, I thought that unfortunate and a real flaw of the book. I dont know him so cannot take shots at his character or morals but to cash in one someones memory (whoever it may be), is something I think to be so sad. As an employee, its 'probably' not uncommon to devulge intimate stories about your employers if you have been privy to them, but as a 'friend', his duty was to honour those conversations and her trust. I was also taken aback by Paul's admissions that he had infact told a couple of white lies in his first book as it wasn't the appropriate time to state the truth. When you write a book and if you want to be taken with some credability, you have to be honest without hesitation. On the last page, Paul says this is the final book he shall write about Diana, Princess of Wales and that he did so in the first place for the 10 year anniversary of her passing. I hope his telling the truth this time! Last edited by Madame Royale; 10-12-2006 at 02:59 AM. |
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Well, it was an interesting read for some parts. Like how Diana handled fanmail! and the pictures of her dressing table. Very nice.
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