Ex-Royal butler Paul Burrell claims Princess Diana's ghost 'sent' him his now-husband Princess Diana’s ex-royal butler has revealed how he believes that it was Lady Di’s ghost who ‘sent’ his now-husband to him, after the pair met on a train.
Mr Burrell - who also served as the Queen’s footman - revealed that he and Princess Diana had an ‘understanding’ about his sexuality, despite him being married, to wife Maria Cosgrove, at the time.
At the time, Mr Burrell explained that he hadn’t officially come out as gay and had only recently returned to the UK after leaving his wife and two children in the USA.
A year after his divorce, the former butler married Mr Cooper, 62, who he had met on a train back in 2007.
podcast about how difficult it was to come out as gay, Mr Burrell said: "And one day, a sliding doors moment...
