The CASE Of The Missing Diamond Earrings! A Deep Dive… 

I'm sure I read that Lady Sarah burnt a lot of Diana's letters and that's why he protected the princess's property. And Diana's brother was very unkind to her. And I didn't applaud his speech because he blamed everyone for her death. But he was a contributor because of his refusal to help her.

When Diana married Charles my father told me about her parents' divorce and how awful it was for her mother...plus that Johnny was deeply unpleasant. Charles Spencer hasn't appeared too nice in reports of his divorces either, let alone Diana's own reported behaviour...so it's not a long stretch to think all of the Spencers are ghastly is it???

Diana's brother Earl Spencer had promised Diana Garden House on the family's Althorp Estate. She hadn't any holiday/weekend escape, and was SO excited to have a place of her own to relax in the beautiful Northamptonshire countryside ( I used to live very nearby). Diana even took with her an interior designer and was plsnning sll the furnishings and decorating. THEN...Charles Spencer then had a change of heart and said she couldn't move into the family home because of all the extra security etc. Diana was so heartbroken that I don't think she ever spoke to her brother again. She was forced to seek rich people out for holidays to be with her boys (hence Mr.Fayed holiday home in South of France. The royals all had Balmoral etc but she was stuck with only an apartment in London. She wanted a secure place to escape to with her children. How ironic that after Diana's tragic death Earl Spencer opened up his stables area as a full on exhibition dedicated to his sister and she was buried on a small island in the garden. In the exhibition was many if Diana's beautiful gowns .,.her original wedding dress...home cine films played continuously of her childhood. A library of books of condolences signed by thousands of the general public who would queue for hours to leave a message. There was an encased area full of perfumed petals from thousands of flowers left all around the impressive golden front gates and then placed over her grave on the island. A good fee was charged to enter Althorpe ....no inconvenience then? Paul was the only person other than family allowed to be part of the funeral to be with Diana right to the end....such was his close position and support to his boss. Diana's mother gave Paul £50 000 from will....such was how much the family held him in high regard for all his loyal service. He always said he knows a lot more and he will keep her secrets. He felt the Spencers were destroying far too much of her diaries, papers and letters so he told the Queen that he was looking after some of her things to give to the boys later...which she gave her blessing. He also later saw that her gifts to her godchildren in her will were disregarded and exchanged for cheap trashy items. Paul is a nice man who the Spencers treated appallingly .....the consequences of the bogus court case nearly pushed to the poor man to suicide. He was left broken and virtually bankrupt so he had to write a book to financially survive.

I remember watching Diana’s funeral and her brother speaking and thought how ridiculous his speech was. Her sisters, mother and her brother used her when she was alive. I always thought Burrell was the only one she could trust. What a mess.

I believe Paul Burrell. He was always a good friend to Diana as well as her employee. The Spencer family was not close with Diana and they should be ashamed of themselves.

Someday I would like to see a well written, investigatory documentary of Diana's belongings, Paul Burrell, and the rest of this---without the hand of any of the players involved.

It is really interesting that Diana reached out to her brother and asked could she and her sons stay in a cottage on his property that fateful summer but her brother declined her request. I read that Diana had recently broken up with the heart surgeon Hasnat Khan and I am sure it would have been very beneficial for her to get away in the countryside with her sons to reflect and plan next steps. Instead Diana spent the time on a holiday cruise with Mohammed Fayed and his troubled son which led to tragic consequences. It is really sad that her brother would not help her.

My personal takeaway has been that Paul genuinely loved and cared about Diana and i believe Lady Sara, her mom and brother were dreadfully jealous, particularlySarah whom Charles previously dated. Between emotional abandonment (regardless of physical intimacy with camilla or not in the beginning) her age, snobbery within the firm, character assassination seems to be the go to tool to take down people including Paul. i do not believe Diana had support in her family or much of the aristocracy within Buckingham Palace, and Paul knew this, and therefore, Paul was a danger to all of them. Just my opinion for whatever it’s worth. Paul is not perfect. He’s flawed like everyone else but I do believe the Diana‘s family and many of the other people that desire to cover up the truth we’re gunning for him and perhaps that is the genesis of all this controversy. Kudos to the lake Queen Elizabeth for caring enough to meet with him for two hours as I read in your comments. Again, thank you

I read both of Paul Burell’s books about Diana- A Royal Duty and The Way We Were- and it’s baffled me that William and Harry are so negative about him. They’ve obviously never read either book. Paul Burell is very loyal to Diana and is probably her biggest fan. Diana’s family really weren’t very kind to her and obviously resented that “the butler” was closer to her and knew her better than they did. The royals and the courtiers simply couldn’t comprehend that “the help” could be in a position of such closeness to their employer. Although, I think as she got older, Queen Elizabeth developed a relationship like that with her dresser, Angela Kelly. I think of Paul Burell as one of the good guys. I truly enjoy your videos. 😍

I think you are on the right track. At the time of the accusations against PB it did not sit well. I can see that he strokes himself when speaking to the media and plays heavily on his closeness with Princess Diana but the whole affair of the earrings and such did not ring true at all. I believe the Queen and the Firm knew what was afoot and in her intervening saved PB and also kept diplomacy with the upper class people involved and so it ended quickly and has been fairly quiet since. That is my opinion & I haven’t changed it over the years regardless of not particularly warming to PB. I feel Harry’s disgusting comment made in court recently about PB is pure jealousy because he has no memories of his mother other than those of a pre-pubescent child and he has unconscious bias against PB.

This is brilliant, Shauna, thank you for your, as ever, on-point sleuthing! 🔎⚖️ I've always liked Paul Burrell, and he only ever said loving things about the late Princess, no matter whether it was good or not, someone close to you would speak honestly and lovingly. My reckoning was that if Princess Diana hadn't trusted him, she'd have given him the heave-ho long before her death, and as she didn't, and called him her 'rock', I think she'd have been the better judge of his character and integrity than anyone else! I think the anonymous 'they' tried to stitch him up, and maybe the fact the late Queen intervened at his trial speaks volumes! 😉

🔴 I take everything I previously said about PB back! 🔴 For the last two weeks, I’ve been on a big Rupert Murdoch kick after watching Succession. Naturally, that particular research subject covers the News Of The World scandal, Piers Morgan’s possible role, and what happened to Clive Goodman. I then looked at my own copy of PB’s book and Bowers’ as well. I thought carefully about what you’re proposing here-and I have officially changed my mind about Mr. Burrell. Thanks for educating me. …And aren’t these mysteries fun to unpack? Great work, Detective Shauna! 🎖️ wow! 🎉

I have been going back and forth about Paul Barrell. For some reason I never been his fan but at the same time I think he truly had Diana's back. This is getting good. Thank you for sharing your findings.

Oh my gosh Shauna, your detective skills are brilliant. Loved todays theory's ❤️

Youre such a good story teller. I think often after a loved one passed those who have treated the person horribly tend to over compensate due to guilt. So your comment about her brother makes sense.

Letters, secret tapes, missing jewelry, a dead princess and a mahogany box... this is the stuff of mystery novels! Shauna you're becoming our Hercule Poirot 🕵️‍♀️

Siblings can get very jealous and spiteful.

I think he has been genuine in his devotion to her. I think he is still not over it and it could be that he knows a lot of things he has never talked about. Big ego yes but I feel he is a decent man.

It doesn't make sense that Lady Sarah would give the mahogany box to Burrell for safe keeping. I'm sure she had a safe or vault to keep it's contents safe.

It doesn’t change how I feel about him because even though I never knew the connection I was never on the anti-Paul Burrell bandwagon. I always thought but could never pin down why, that he was used as a scapegoat of some kind. Yes he likes the spot light but that is not a crime and he had to make a living. He never sold out Diana. He kept her memory alive and in good standing.

Thank you so much for your deep dive on this! I have been very curious about Paul and the court case. I have always had mixed feelings about him speaking publicly about Princess Diana. I feel like he gives insights into what she was going through and he only says nice things about her. Sometimes I feel like Diana would have approved of Paul telling her stories. But since her kids hate it, I have to respect that. Great job breaking down this fascinating mystery!

Quite the who-dun-it! I do find myself sympathizing with Paul Burrell because he has so many fervent detractors yet stays on the scene and consistently defends himself. His staying power seems fitting to someone honorable ... or criminally guilty. I haven't quite made my mind up so thanks for covering this!

I have allways been suspicious about Diana’s siblings. Some jealousness?… and where ever that leads… Just my thoughts.

Diana left several pieces of jewelry to her godchildren. The Spencer sisters instead chose to give the children worthless trinkets and kept the jewelry for themselves.

I’m checking out the comments and I have to say that if Paul were my butler and he spoke of me after passing the way he speaks of Diana, I’d call him my rock too. He loved her.

That was very interesting. I have always believed Paul Burrell even though i do agree he liked attention. I think he loved Diana and we all need people who love us.

I remember reading at the time Paul took her things home to protect them from ppl coming in taking things without permission. He said he had the queens permission and that’s why she intervened at court. Tying to protect Charles makes sense though.

Thank you for this video! I just happen to be reading Paul Burrell’s book (A Royal Duty) and absolutely love it. I like Paul and believe that he truly loved Diana and was doing everything he could to protect her legacy. His arrest was very disturbing and wrong in my opinion and the fault of Diana’s awful family. In addition the hoops he had to go through to communicate with the Royal Family was so frustrating. He was completely cut off after all his years of service. Thank goodness the Queen stepped in at the last minute. In any event this video provides more food for thought. Thank you so much! ~Hugs

Shauna, I do appreciate your channel, which has a very different angle.

I think you need to write a book yourself!! Brilliant detective work as always! Hoping you can dig even further into this story!

Thank you Miss Marple, a great investigation. I can well believe Paul Burrell being put in his place by the Spencers. Refusing her refuge at Althorp with her boys was pretty selfish. I’m sure there was a lot of guilt and deflecting blame in his diatribe at Diana’s funeral.

This was spellbinding! Well done 👏 it has changed my mind about Burrell. I remember being disappointed during the trial but this new evidence definitely suggests a hit job. We are witnessing a Royal Fairytale in modern times. So many twists and turns. I really enjoy your posts. Thanks!

Take a look into lady Sarah.

Yikes - makes me glad I never have and still dont move in court circles. You hear of all the palace intrigue that went on in medieval times and before and it seems it still goes on! It doesnt put Diana in a very good light either. If you make damming tapes and keep them locked away that can only be for blackmail purposes. And isnt taping someone without their knowledge just a different form of hacking? I would love to see how this period is portrayed in 500 years time! Keep it up its all facinating! I really dont know what to think!

What wonderful nuggets of information, all those twists, I do vaguely remember news about Clive Goodman. Thank you Shauna for this really entertaining video ! Undeniably PB was incredibly loyal, low key in the years immediately after her death, and sees himself (as you said) the Defender of Diana and her sons given how close he was to them. As the media used him as an expert on Diana more regularly, with all the attention his ego got the better of him. His stories about Harry as a young boy are repeated with relish over and over again, trying hard to convince us of the truth of his connection. Newspapers at that time published the Queen had seen PB being escorted into the police station as she was driven past and she asked what happened. Soon after, the Queen put out a statement she had allowed PB to keep Diana's items for safe keeping. Most people believed this was definitely an intervened to protect the Royal Family, imagine if his case had gone to court with every detailed information of Diana, her boys rehashed publicly ? Aida, Singapore.

It was reported, one assumes it was true, than when she was either separated or divorced from Charles she went to her brother and asked if she could stay at Althorp , her childhood home) and he refused as he reportedly said it would draw too much media attention. So her loving brother turned her away when she most needed help. Had he protected her she may still be alive today.

The story of the Queen’s timing to “save” Paul has always seemed suspicious. In reading what he’s written about Diana I got the impression he adored her and was emotionally enmeshed with her. I can see his enmeshment to her, and her response, provoking jealousy.

Wow, very interesting, and the way you've laid out details it seems entirely possible. Great reporting, and I genuinely love your chats 😊

I have always wondered why Diana’s brother did not give her a place to stay when she reached out to him?

I think you are right 👍

After Diana's death, Burrell was out of a job. That's why he created his new job, collecting the cheques to ingratiate himself. There were also a lot of Diana's possessions found in Burrell's flat. Why? Diana was going to let Burrell go because she caught him going through her correspondence, but the crash happened. He wasn't liked by other staff as he was sly. I would take a lot of what Burrell said with a grain of salt. Diana, to my knowledge, never called Burrell, "my rock," that came from Burrell. Love your channel, and I love you're an Australian. Your topics are great and highly entertaining. A must watch every time. Cheers🎉

I only have a gut feeling about this ( In Paul Burrell’s favor) Not sure if l can trust it or not.

I really appreciate your research and the delightful way you share it with us. I find it interesting that there's a lack of evidence of any family interaction between William and Harry with their Spencer cousins. Two of Charles Spencer s daughters got married in recent years, and we never heard of any royal attendees.

My feelings about Paul come from listening to him speak ‘The Revenge Dress’ story he’s a proud of, is a glaring example of him over involved with Princess Diana’s private feelings. He has no trouble speaking of her private feelings, after her death. I’m a year younger than Princess Diana would be so, I saw all this stuff in US tabloid headlines, at the grocery check out. He acted as her enabler when what she needed was she private counselling, to put her marriage behind her and prepare to moved on, without repeating mistakes. I know now, how young 35 is. Dating immediately was the worst idea. Princess Diana was 19 at the time of her first marriage and she needed time to know who she was as a single adult with two children, first.

i’m salivating over this one 😀 can’t wait, thank you ❤️👍🏼

All this just shows us that no matter how high a person is up the social ladder, they’re just as petty, greedy, gossipy as any group of commoners. I’m glad I don’t know any of the Spencers. 😢

Burrell was close to Diana unlike her Spencer family members. I find him annoying with all the simpering and obsession with his relatinonship with Diana . However i do think he adored her and has been attacked/ treated harshly

I'd like to know what Richard Kay's viewpont is. He became a good friend of Diana's and wrote Diana: The Untold Story, which I have not read. It might be worth adding to the investigation as well as any of his Daily Mail articles on the subject that might be out there.

Thank you for the video. I think Paul would have stayed quiet about everything if he would have been left alone. Princess Diana trusted him & they were together for years. I heard him say the Queen knew what he had & she agreed to him holding it for a time - that’s why she intervened. Thank you for saying something nice about him - he loved Princess Diana

To be honest, it is hard to sell famous well known jewelery pieced. Everyone knows you have to give your detalles when you sell jewelery so in case of theft they know who sold it. O you have special conectionns to the underground world.

I remember that Diana had strained relationship with her mother after her parents divorce. Also something about her mom converting to Catholicism. She truly seemed to have not a great strong circle of people around her.

I loved Victor Borge, thank you for having him behind you. He was a sharp wit.

Hello from Philadelphia and thank you for this information ❤I haven’t wanted to believe the accusation against Paul Burrows but had never heard any credible reports to the contrary.

Can't wait for the continuation of your findings 😊

Hi there, my question is, why did Lady Sarah want James Hewitt signet ring, a piece of jewelry known to be past down from generation to generation??? Princess Diana had many lovers and affairs. Why was that ring so important to lady Sarah?????

What fun to go on a “hunt” with you. I love the research you do, love the way it is presented. Can’t wait to hear the Big Story you are working on. By the way, did they ever find those missing diamond earrings? ❤❤❤❤

Such interesting detail - thanks for the deep diving. I knew that Diana was actually not that close with much of her family, and especially her mother (they had issues that make Harry's drama look mild), and I'd heard she wasn't talking to Elton John at the time of her death either. But all this craziness kind of makes sense.

I never knew the full story of Paul Burrell but I have always thought he was an honest man who was totally devoted to Diana and the boys.

I think you're onto something. I love to know what else you can uncover. Great story.

Hello Shauna. You've excelled yourself.

Can you please do book reviews of the books you have mentioned? I really love your analysis and input xx

Very interesting and yes, it has changed how I feel about Paul Burrell. I love your films, you’re such a good researcher, I can’t wait for the next one

Do you think that the sisters were just a little bit jealous of Diana’s influence? Even to this day I think they are all discomforted by her continued fame and the love people feel. She was still on the covers of magazines even decades later, and that’s even though she had some major flaws and issues. She left a legacy despite all the peccadilloes and scandals, still adored.

Your video really makes to question everyone’s (in royal court) motives and what lengths they would go to.

Tricky situation all around, making it more so by Janes' husband being private secretary to The Queen at the time.

Great work Shauna. I have always thought Paul emotional and prone to exaggeration, but had Diana's best interests at heart. Something to think about.

I always liked Paul Burrell. He wears his heart on his sleeve & I tend to trust what he says.

This was fascinating and really opens up the mystery surrounding what happened to Paul Burrell. I knew nothing about Diana’s sister and her involvement. The late Queen was right to intervene and save not only Paul but also the memory of Diana. I love the clarity of your recounting,

Certainly Paul has been much maligned, but the man was probably the only person on earth who actually knew Diana, respected her, and liked her, moods and all. Her siblings did not care about her, and I’m sure guilt played into their behaviour after Diana’s death

Found your channel and had to subscribe! Great post and I look forward to seeing more!! ❤️🇺🇸

So interesting. Thanks for pulling all of this together Shauna. I love your videos 🤗

Another video that starts the brain cogs moving!! Keeping mine oiled!! Thank you!!!

Well that’s a new slant…but very believable….just bearing in mind how snobbish that whole gang including P. Diana…was/is…they would resent Paul B having any say….servants should be seen and not heard.

Paul Burrell used to refer to Lady Sarah McCorkindale to Princess Diana as, Lady McCrocodile.

Are those tapes the ones Diana made with her voice coach? He had to work hard to get them back. Although if Lady Sarah ever had access to them she should have destroyed them. There's an excellent doco with the voice coach and why he made the videos. Prince a William and Harry can be heard in some of them. It's very sweet.

Shauna, very intriguing report! This close relationship is interesting. Robert Fellowes, Baron Fellowes was "Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II from 1990 to 1999, and is also known as a brother-in-law of Diana, Princess of Wales and maternal first cousin of Ronald Ferguson, the father of Sarah, Duchess of York. In 1977, Fellowes was recruited to join the Royal Household as Assistant Private Secretary. He spent the next 20 years in the Private Secretary's Office, becoming Deputy in 1986, and Private Secretary in 1990 until he left in February 1999." Robert is married to Jane Spencer, Diana's older sister. Why would Baron Fellowes, the Queen's private secretary, not pass on the information about Paul Burrell's arrest to her? Clearly his wife and sister in law knew about the box with the tapes?

Don’t forget one of Diana’s sisters dated KC & blundered with some sarcastic remark in the news magazines. He dropped her. Jealousy?

In Valentine Low's "Courtiers", there is reference to Diana's distance from sister Lady Jane Fellowes due to conflict with her courtier (private secretary to Queen Elizabeth) husband, Robert Fellowes. There was another author (whose name escapes) who also stated that Diana was estranged from her family after her divorce due to feeling she had not received proper support for them in her time of need. One can imagine: Lady Sarah calls sister Lady Jane after meeting with Burrell, who then mentions the chat with Burrell to husband over dinner, who then contacts his news sources from his Buckingham Palace office the next day for (cough, cough) any news of Burrell--not really a stretch you know.

He might not have had the tapes but he did have 2000 of Diana’s other belongings in his house. He had apparently told the queen he had some of Diana’s items for safe keeping after the Spencers had started destroying Diana’s letters. I am not convinced about his innocence but I also don’t think the Spencers motives were entirely transparent either.

I believe Paul. And some documentary I saw, they stated that Diana’s family the Spencer’s didn’t follow her wishes. She wanted to leave her jewelry to her god children equally. But the Spencer’s contested it and the god children got one piece each. The Spencer’s kept the rest. The Spencer’s were always snobs from every thing I read and watched. They can be quite nasty. Apparently when Diana’s fathers died. Diana and her siblings collected their step mothers belongings in large trash bags and threw her out same day. He was married to this women for over 20 years. Diana and her siblings were grown adults. I’ve always felt there was a nastiness to the Spencers . I’m a fan of Diana and all the good she has done. But there is another side that isn’t so well known because there wasn’t social media back then.

Your investigative skills are impressive. I always enjoy listening to you.

Wow, you missed your calling. You ought to have been a police detective, you are so good at putting details together. You have found very interesting points of interest in the history of Princess Diana's tapes and jewels.

I don't feel I was ever convinced he'd stolen anything. He appeard to me to be a gentle character and not really capable of theft or lying. I do believe he adored Diana and would try to protect her tho. But not sure anything in that box would have harmed her. Maybe I'm not getting something.

I always thought Paul got the rough end of the stick.

Brilliant👍😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Very mixed feelings on Burrell but your info certainly makes me wonder !!

I think Paul Burrell loved Diana and just wanted to protect her and is still protecting her there are some thing that will never see the light of day, I do think that someone was trying to set him up though always thought that , I wonder what happened to the missing tapes I guess there would be answers on them ooooh what a story that could make. Loving your detective work .

Something definitely sounds ‘off’ doesn’t it. Sometimes sounds as if Diana’s family cared more for her after her demise than whilst she was still here. I think, once she was divorced from Charles, they didn’t know how to trust her or what to do with her. After her horrendous treatment by Martin Basheer and the BBC, she needed someone to turn to. Poor girl. 🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

Regarding an inventory of Diana's or anyone else's belongings: *Time flies when you itemize!*

We will never know the absolute truth. Families have a lot to hide but we have to be careful, as it is so easy to be swayed from one direction to another. As a lot of people have a lot to be shameful about.

Diana’s trusted Paul .And there are something fishy farming him.They looked down on Paul.

Tom Bower is a powerful and prolific writer, but he does clearly demonstrate some bias and--lately--too much emotional investment.

I have not really heard about these things🙀

I remember reading about the court case when it was happening. I could never understand why Diana Princess of Wales would ask PB to take her belongings from the safety and security of Kensington Palace to his home in Cheshire?

Thank you for another fascinating vlog. I have no particular opinion on this subject but your take on it was very interesting. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

Very interesting. I’ve always been not completely sure about Paul Burrell. I haven’t read his book. So funny Francis Shand Kydd becoming “chatty after lunch”. I’m sure I read somewhere that Diana pushed her mother down some stairs as well as the well known pushing Acid Raine down the stairs. Love your posts ❤️

Thought provoking, for sure.

🇦🇺🐨.Hi Shauna, 📚.I love the way you delve into research to find the truth, without the Bullshit 🐃💩.I always thought Paul Burrell had Diana's back?.Cheers and have a good one 😊👌👍❣.

Very good! Keep digging...

💥Shauna, you are very intuitive and psychologically perceptive ~ a very good sleuth🐸🦊😺Cheers ~ Violet