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Paul Burrell: I lied at Diana’s inquest

Paul Burrell article confessing to lying at Diana's inquest, with images of Burrell and Princess Diana.

Princess Diana’s former butler Paul Burrell faces jail after admitting he deliberately misled the coroner.

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The bombshell confession, captured during a sting by a UK newspaper, has made a mockery of the inquest, and could lead to a prison term for the man who considered himself Diana’s closest confidant.

“I told the truth as far as I could, but I didn’t tell the whole truth,” Paul says during the video, taped at a New York hotel. “I made a couple of red herrings … I know you shouldn’t play with justice and I know it’s illegal and I realise how serious it is. Perjury is not a nice thing to have to contemplate…”

Read the full story in Woman’s Day (on-sale February 25, 2008)

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