Things Princess Diana Kept After Her Divorce And Things She Lost

After formalizing her separation from King Charles III, Princess Diana still kept on some of her Kensington Palace Staff. Even so, the princess was said to limit her employees to just a few key people. According to investigative journalist, Tina Brown's, book, "The Diana Chronicles," this was all a part of Diana's effort to depart the life that she had once led with Charles. Brown wrote, "Divestment was the name of the game, in her life and in her looks. The downsizing started with her Kensington Palace staff, which she reduced to cleaner, cook, and dresser."

One of the essential people that Diana kept on, however, was her butler, Paul Burrell. Per Brown's account, Burrell took on a multi-faceted role in Diana's life, "combining the roles of P.A., man Friday, driver, delivery boy, confidant, and crying towel." Interestingly, it seems, Burrell continued to take Diana's side of the divorce years after her death. When he spoke in the documentary "Serving the Royals: Inside the Firm," Burrell made headlines with his unflattering account of working for Charles. The butler alleged that Charles couldn't do anything for himself, claiming, "On one occasion, he rang me from his library and he said, 'Oh Paul, a letter from the Queen seems to have fallen into my wastepaper bin. Would you pick it out?'"