Former royal butler’s wild Prince William claim

Princess Diana’s former butler has revealed the bizarre behaviour in the royal household which he believes added fuel to William and Harry’s rivalry.

Princess Diana’s butler has told how Harry was made to feel less important than William as a child – by getting fewer sausages at breakfast.

Paul Burrell, 64, recalled Harry asking: “How come he gets three?”

And he said a nanny replied: “William needs filling up more than you. He’s going to be king one day.”

Burrell recalled the incident and said he could see how early rivalry between the brothers played out at times.

According to The Sun, Paul Burrell, 64, recalled Harry asking: “When I look back now, I think maybe I was glimpsing the dynamic at play.

“One time I saw the nanny give William three sausages at breakfast and Harry had two.

“And Harry would look at his plate and say, ‘How come he gets three? And I only get two?’”

Burrell recalled the nanny’s comment and added: “Harry would fall quiet and suck it up, but that’s what he had to contend with, even in his own home.”

Diana with a young Harry and William. Picture: Antony Jones/Julian Parker/UK Press via Getty Images

Burrell believes Harry’s backlash against the royal family – including in his bestselling memoir Spare – stems from a youth of playing second fiddle to William, who from the moment he was born was second in line to the throne and destined to one day be king.

And while Burrell said he witnessed a deep bond of brotherhood between the pair as kids, he now sees how Harry was harbouring resentment towards his brother and the institution that put William ahead of him.

“In their mother’s eyes, they were absolutely equal,” Burrell said.

“The Princess doted on them both.

“But I can see that Harry found it tough living up to the standard set by William.”

‘Harry, be quiet’

At school, the comparison to his older brother continued.

“Diana begged Charles not to send Harry to Eton through fear her son would have a tough time at the school in his brother’s shadow.

“But Diana’s plea ultimately fell on deaf ears.

“He went to Eton and suffered the indignity of being constantly compared to William,” Burrell said.

“William was brighter than Harry and would be king one day. How can you compete with that?”

Burrell said Harry would tackle the problem by acting as the louder, more boisterous brother.

“William would be measured and stoic and sort of take everything in. But not Harry. He would have to be the clown, he had to be noticed.

“And often I’d hear the Princess shout across the room, ‘Shhhh, Harry, be quiet.’

“And I’ve heard those words in the last few days. Harry needs to be quiet, he needs to pipe down.”

Princess Diana and her former butler, Paul Burrell.

The former butler also recalled how a young William was upset about something and, during a childish outburst, said he didn’t want to be king.

“Harry piped up to say he would do it instead. Diana laughed and said, ‘That’d be funny. You’d be Good King Harry.’”

Henry IV of France was dubbed “Good King Henry” for bringing prosperity and unity to the country from 1589 to 1610.

‘Don’t recognise’ Prince Harry anymore

While Burrell, 64, sympathises with Harry’s feelings of envy as a boy, he now thinks the Duke, 38, has gone too far in his attacks on his family.

He accused Harry of “double standards”, saying he had “lost the plot”.

He added: “I don’t recognise him anymore.

“He’s clearly hurt and angry at being ‘the spare’ and so he’s lashing out from that place.”

Burrell, who Princess Diana called “her rock”, served her for 10 years until her death in 1997.

He claims Harry is trying to destroy the monarchy – something he says Diana never wanted to do.

“It’s sad and foolish,” Burrell said.

“He’s lobbing in all these resentment-filled grenades, and hurting a lot of people in the process.

“I know the Queen was upset in the months before she died and worried about accusations coming her way across the Atlantic.”

He said Diana would be “appalled” at her son’s attacks on the monarchy, especially William, and furious to find Harry had taken drugs, which the Prince admits in his book.

Speaking in Florida, Burrell said he fears Harry’s bleating “will never stop” and that he and Meghan should immediately be stripped of their royal titles.

He said: “Their only USP is being royal so take away their royal status and nobody will want to know them.”

He spoke out after Harry said in his book Spare that Burrell made his “blood boil” when the butler released his memoir A Royal Duty in 2003, accusing him of “milking” Diana’s death for money.

But Burrell branded Harry’s words “rich” adding: “Harry knows full well how devoted I was to his mother – in life and on the page.”

This article originally appeared in The Sun and was reproduced with permission