Princess Diana's former butler, Paul Burrell, and his brother-in-law engaged in a war of words in London tabloids this weekend over new sensational allegations about the royal family, according to Internet.
The former butler's brother-in-law, Ron Cosgrove, told the British newspaper, The News of the World, that Burrell had sexual relations with Princess Diana, and saw The Queen naked.
Burrell has been a provocative figure since Princess Diana's divorce. His subsequent actions have driven Princes William and Harry to accuse him of a "cold and overt betrayal" of their mother.
In The Daily Mail, Cosgrove insisted that he was driven by the motivation to reveal the true nature of his sister's husband in order "to safeguard her own future interests."
Meanwhile, Burrell released a statement: "Myself and my wife feel tremendously sad and hurt that he has resorted to such vengeance by way of response."
Another report adds: Former royal butler Paul Burrell has rejected claims that he boasted about having sex with Princess Diana.
Burrell said he was "sad and hurt" by claims made by his brother-in-law Ron Cosgrove, who told a British newspaper that the former butler confided to him 15 years ago about his intimate relationship with the princess.
The former butler also denied Cosgrove's claims that Burrell had told him he had seen the Queen naked at Buckingham Palace.
Burrell said there was "not one shred of truth" to what Cosgrove had told the News of the World tabloid and that his brother-in-law could have decided to "invent" the claims because he had refused to lend him money.
"Myself and my wife Maria feel tremendously sad and hurt that he has resorted to such vengeance by way of response," Burrell said in a statement.
"Anyone who knows me, who knew the princess, and who understands the boundaries and decencies of royal service, as well as the integrity and trust which existed within our working relationship at Kensington Palace, will know just how fanciful, distasteful and malicious these claims truly are."
In a lengthy interview published yesterday, Cosgrove said Burrell had told him during a conversation in a pub in 1993 about he and Diana "did it in the bedroom, the bath, everywhere".
Cosgrove said Burrell had also claimed to have seen the Queen naked after chasing a royal corgi into her bedroom at Buckingham Palace.
