Why Elton fell out with Diana
Karen M
still dredging up all the "news" they can. Must be a slow news week.
[A Daily Mirror Exclusive!]
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ELTON
By Gary Jones
The Daily Mirror, London
Paul Burrell has told for the first time how Diana "froze out"
enemies.
Elton John, Fergie, nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke, staff and close friends
all got the cold shoulder from the princess.
The butler himself was a victim and admits he was treated like a
"piece of the furniture."
Diana sacked 106 staff in his decade with her, said Paul.
"With the princess, you got fascinating, complex, beautiful, amazing,
and then nothingness. Because you literally could be frozen out ...
and not let in again until the time was right."
Asked what a Diana "b******ing" was like, Paul replied: "You knew it
when it happened. A full Monty, I think. Well, I think the princess
was quite expressive."
Paul, 44 -- now reunited with his treasured gifts from Diana after
failed theft charges -- says her mood swings troubled him.
"It's because so many people betrayed her. It was the only way she
could cope with it. It was either total devotion or forget it, so
either you were onside or you weren't."
Speaking about the times when he fell out with the princess -- she
once didn't speak to him for a fortnight -- Paul added: "I'd write
notes, there'd be notes all over the house, don't forget to do this
.. I wouldn't stop caring."
Paul admits he loved Diana "in a very private way" and was allowed to
read private letters.
Talking to Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan for the BBC1 series
"Tabloid Tales," Paul refers to the Queen's intervention in his Old
Bailey trial that led to its collapse.
He said she knew her former footman wouldn't cause "untold havoc" by
spilling secrets.
In the programme, Paul rubbishes claims that Diana was pregnant when
she died in August 1997 [at the age of] 36, or that she had taken
cocaine. Paul said: "Her body was a temple."
Here the former butler tells of some of the princess's feuds.
"Tabloid Tales" will be screened on BBC1 next Tuesday.
DIANA AND ELTON [JOHN]
One of the highest profile victims of Diana's wrath was Elton John,
who upset her with a book on Gianni Versace in which a picture of the
princess and her sons appeared with semi-naked men.
Paul told how the "huge egos" of the pair clashed when Sir Elton
failed to remove the family photo from the book on the fashion icon.
Diana was desperate to avoid any cheapening of her image.
When told that 30,000 copies of the book were already in the shops,
she demanded they be withdrawn.
Elton wrote to the princess, saying he "couldn't oblige."
She replied frostily in a letter that began "Dear Mr. John."
They went their separate ways until she comforted Elton at Versace's
funeral after his 1997 murder at the age of 50.
Paul said: "Unfortunately that happened round about the time of
Versace's death, and just before it Elton had put together a book on
Versace. The princess had agreed to put a picture of herself and the
boys in it. Unfortunately when it came out, the book was full of
semi-naked men. The princess thought it was not appropriate for
herself and the boys.
"She asked Elton if he could arrange for it to be taken out. She was
adamant that it had to be withdrawn. He couldn't oblige, so that
relationship went on the slide. After Versace died, the princess had a
facility to come back into Elton's world."
DIANA AND FERGIE
Diana ended her relationship with Fergie after the Duchess of York
told in a book how she developed a verruca after borrowing a pair of
the princess's shoes.
Paul said: "It wasn't just one thing. I think it was a few things that
came together at that time and that was just the final thing, the last
straw.
"But you know they were great friends, the princess and the duchess,
and I think time would have brought them together again.
Unfortunately, the princess died and that rift wasn't mended. That's a
great sadness.
"I remember the duchess coming to me afterwards and saying, 'You know
Paul I tried, I tried so hard to mend it.' I know she did, but
sometimes the princess was stubborn."
DIANA AND CHARLES
"The princess wasn't a stable character some of the time because of
what she had witnessed as a child and growing up, and suffering with
anorexia and bulimia. That leaves scars.
"And, of course, the Prince of Wales' world wasn't easy, growing up in
a royal nursery and not having that tactile sort of relationship with
his parents. Two dysfunctional people thrown together causes a strange
situation to happen.
"So watching all that unfold and watching the way she gave to her
children what she didn't have in her life was fascinating for me.
Incredible, incredible people."
DIANA, FERGIE AND PRINCE PHILIP
"I think he found it difficult to understand two huge egos, two lively
young girls bouncing around the palace, when for many years it had
been a very staid sort of environment. Suddenly the fireworks were let
off -- and they were not easy to control. And he'd try everything in
his power to rein those forces in.
"He was concerned about the fabric of the establishment and the
monarchy. And if things go wrong, they go wrong, and it's hard to
repair them.
"All the good work the Queen's done during her reign -- 50 years, 50
glorious years -- could be undone overnight, couldn't it? That's not
fair, either."
Paul refuses to elaborate on phone calls between Philip and Diana and
their frank letters -- "that's private between father-in-law and
daughter-in-law."
DIANA AND TIGGY
Diana wanted revenge on Tiggy -- unofficial nanny to her boys
following her split from Charles -- after papers printed a photo of
her drinking champagne and joking with William.
Paul was there when press secretary Michael Gibbins rang editors to
claim Tiggy was leading William astray.
Diana dictated to Gibbins what he should say and a story appeared the
next day.
When William vented his anger, Diana blamed Gibbins.
"To be fair," said Paul, "a lot was happening in her arena. The
manipulators had spin doctors. She only had herself."
DIANA AND HER PA
"The princess's PA Victoria Mendham was totally devoted to her and
followed her every whim. In fact, too closely, and became almost a
clone of the princess. And I think that was her downfall. She just so
adored the princess that she became a sort of reflection of her.
"One day the princess turned around and thought, 'I don't like this.
It's just too close for me.' That was the end of a wonderful
relationship. I'm afraid that's what happened during that time. It's
sad, but it's human nature," [Burrell said].
Sonia
posting the link.
"Karen M" <itsk...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Sonia
you don't take it the wrong way :-)
Sonia
"Sonia" wrote in message
> yea, I saw this the other day....didn't feel it was worth the time of
> posting the link.
>
>
> "Karen M" wrote in message
simpson
Karen M <itsk...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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And no doubt they'll dredge it up again in anothersix years when they've got
a quiet week.
Sooz
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Karen M
"Sonia" <peac...@attbi.com> wrote:
> yea, I saw this the other day....didn't feel it was worth the time of
> posting the link.
Well, gee, Sonia, I'm so sorry to have wasted your precious time, then.
It WAS about Elton, even if it was a bit of trashy gossip. Heaven
forfend anyone post anything intellectually unworthy to this group.
Perhaps you should think about "not worth the time to post" the next
time you decide to send some of your "hehee hehee" comments.
Karen
Sonia
this would be your reaction, so I added another post to make it clear I
didn't mean any bad comments to you at all.
Sonia
"Karen M" <itsk...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Karen M
"Sonia" <peac...@attbi.com> wrote:
> Well, gee, Karen, did you not see my second post I added after that? I knew
> this would be your reaction, so I added another post to make it clear I
> didn't mean any bad comments to you at all.
> Sonia
Why no, actually, it hasn't shown up on my newsreader yet. I googled it,
though. Nice try.
Karen
SpndHsMony
Sonia did add a second post.
I read it before Keren's post
was showing up.
The sequence of the posts are
as Sonia said.
Phyllis
mjf
her rejected his party with her prescense because of a special book
his foundation was selling...something to do with her involvement
brought in money because they advertised royalty or the royal family
and then in this very same book, there was a photo of dianna with her
boys on the same page as photos of nude men.
he would not or could not trash the copies floating already and she
took back her permission to use her photo in the book and a week
before the event cancelled which caused a lot of problems for
explaining the cost of the tickets to the event. he said he thought
her behavior was weird and he was bewildered by it. well, i never
really cared for dianna but i'm on her side with this one. her boys
were sort of young then.....and i think putting her photo with her
young boys who she loved more then anything on this earth on the same
page with photos of nude men was really bad taste. disgusting. he
knows better and so do professional publishers. but i still love
him....he is the best!
marian
GSB418
>was showing up.
>
>The sequence of the posts are
>as Sonia said.
>
>Phyllis
I read it too.
However, the comment by Sonia was incredibly snide. Especially considering the
fact that Karen's link WAS more interesting than 3/4 of the garbage on here.
Greg
SpndHsMony
>fact that Karen's link WAS more interesting than 3/4 of the garbage on here.
I find Karen's posts straight forward
and intellegent. Good reading!
Phyllis
simpson
mjf <mjfluv...@optonline.net> wrote in message
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Clever Marketing, he is a man who loves controversy and loves to shock.
What better way to make a statement that with contrast. I haven't seen the
pics but I can imagine they were a little bit sleazy and a little bit tarty.
And then to have them contrasted with the mordern day equivalent to Mother
Theresa, with the very pretty future king of England is a clever image. I
can see why he did it and have no doubt that he did the arrangements himself
and knew exactly what he was doing.
Harmony
mjf wrote:
>
> i saw an article posted at ejworld.com that he said the feud was about
> her rejected his party with her prescense because of a special book
> his foundation was selling...something to do with her involvement
> brought in money because they advertised royalty or the royal family
> and then in this very same book, there was a photo of dianna with her
> boys on the same page as photos of nude men.
^^
**I heard the rift was over Diana's clothes sale for charity.
She publicly gave William the credit for the idea, instead of Elton,
where it belonged.
The Queen's "protocol" businessmen (in grey suits) thought it would not
look good for a member of the Royal Family to be selling their "cast
offs" like Elton John does, for an AIDS charity, which was mostly a
"gay" disease, and it would look a lot better if the public thought
Diana's sale was the idea of "heir to the throne".
Elton was apparently offended by her not giving him the credit, and by
denying his involvement, thus losing the attention, recognition (and
funds) to his eltonjohn aids foundation.
He apparently thought it looked like she was turning her back on
homosexuals suffering from AIDS.
Like they weren't good enough for Royal involvement.
The book in question may have had something to do with this clothes
sale. Either Diana was paying Elton back or Elton was paying her back
for the snub, by allowing photos of nude "sexy" men to be on the same
page as her sons and heirs!
Doesn't look good, that's for sure!
The heir to the throne can't be seen to appear decadent or immoral.
(He'll be Head of the Church of England one day!) The future King's
mother can't be seen to be too supportive of a rock star entertainer who
shreds Bibles!:-(
William and Harry were also probably embarrassed by the whole thing, as
it may have looked as though they were gay! (God forbid!)
Can't have the British Commonwealth thinking our future King is going to
be a "fairy"!
People put two and two together, and images are powerful.
It just didn't look good for the young princes to be on the same page as
nudes and Diana was very protective of them. Even if she hadn't minded,
at first, I heard the Queen and Prince Charles sure did!!
That's what I heard and believe, at any rate.
Elton should realy have been a gentleman and not offended Princess Diana
or her sons, and should have avoided causing her embarrassment and
disapproval with "the Palace"
(but perhaps he really does "live in a bubble" as Boy George reckons!)
Seems some gay people think they have the right to PUSH homosexuality on
the public, when most of the public are "normal" and many still think
homosexuality is "abnormal" and unhealthy! (spreads STD's)
Gays are a minority (thank God!) and most young heterosexual boys do not
want anyone thinking, for a second, that they may be "queer" (may put
the girls off!;-)
The Royal "boys" were only about 12 and 14 at the time, I think. Very
sensitive, delicate age. An age when kids hate to be misunderstood or
embarrassed. They also probably had a big part in requesting their
photos be omitted! Hope Elton understand this, now, and doesn't insist
everyone accept homosexuality or nudity!
At that young age, they still think the whole idea of sex is weird, let
alone with the same sex! (most youngsters think it's disgusting!) They
certainly don't want people thinking they're the opposite to straight
(and narrow) but "bent" (sick)
Young kids want to be "in with their own kind" ~ Not a "freak of nature"
We must have healthy, "normal" heterosexual heirs to the throne, or
there'd BE no heirs to continue the line!
Thank God that Elton and Diana had a chance to make up though, at Gianni
Versace's funeral, as it would have been a heavy burden of guilt and
sadness, for Elton to carry the rest of his life. (plus the media would
have made a big thing about it after she died)
I'm glad all is forgiven now, and the whole matter can now Rest In
Peace!:-)
Brenda
>
> he would not or could not trash the copies floating already and she
> took back her permission to use her photo in the book and a week
> before the event cancelled which caused a lot of problems for
> explaining the cost of the tickets to the event. he said he thought
> her behavior was weird and he was bewildered by it. well, i never
> really cared for dianna but i'm on her side with this one.
her boys
> were sort of young then.....and i think putting her photo with her
> young boys who she loved more then anything on this earth on the same
> page with photos of nude men was really bad taste. disgusting. he
> knows better and so do professional publishers. but i still love
> him....he is the best!
>
> marian
** I Agree!!!
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