- Burrell broke down in tears during a recent interview on British television.
- Burrell worked for the British royal family for many years.
- He also wrote a book about his relationship with Diana.
Princess Diana’s longtime friend and butler Paul Burrell announced that he has prostate cancer, just days after he was forced to engage in a spat with Diana’s son Prince Harry over his book Spare.
Burrell broke down in tears during a recent interview on British television, revealing that the diagnosis came during a medical check-up for a TV show, presumably I’m A Celebrity All Stars, last year.
Talking to ITV’s Lorraine Kelly, Burrell said: “I’m tired, you see I’m on hormone therapy, and it is sort of robbing me of my testosterone. So, my beard isn’t growing like it should, I’m tired, and emotional, and I get hot flushes.”
When asked by Kelly when he found out, Burrell shared: “In the summer I had to go for a medical for a TV programme I was doing and their duty of care was that I had a full MOT. And out of that came a surprisingly high PSA, I had no idea what a PSA test was. Apparently, it is a chemical that is released by your prostate gland.”
“So, I went to my GP and he said this is unusual, he examined me and said, ‘you look to be fairly normal’. So, he sent me for an MRI scan and of course that was the window.”
Burrell then went on to share how he has been feeling particularly low over the last months, and that Prince Harry’s attack came as a ‘huge blow’.
“Why did he call me ‘mummy’s butler’? Why couldn’t he have come to me personally and said he wasn’t happy. I’ve always defended him, always, and now I’m thinking, ‘Harry, you’ve lost the plot’. There has been a shift in that man and he’s changed. And I don’t know the answer. I’m saddened by it.”
Burrell worked for the British royal family for many years, first as a footman to Queen Elizabeth II and then as a butler to Princess Diana. He also wrote a book about his relationship with Diana, which became Prince Harry’s target in his explosive memoir.
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