Inside Princess Diana's 'taboo' relationship with palace staff


The Duchess of Sussex's relationship with palace staff has once again become the talk of the town amid recent buzz over Meghan Markle's allegations of 'bullying' again.


The documentary Royal Servant details what it's like to be an employee of Britain's royal family.

Viewers were surprised to find that the staff of the late Princess of Wales had a different experience than those working for the other royals.

Recalling Diana's cordial relationship with the staff, which was generally considered taboo, Darren McGrady, a former chef, said, "The princess would just walk down the kitchen, just walk down the stairs and say 'Hi Darren!' And that was great.

"You were just shocked, whatever you were doing, and stopped what you were doing and looked and Princess Diana was there," he continued.

The former palace staff also said that Diana would not mind having her lunch in the kitchen with the staff, which "the rest of the royals would never do."

In addition, Ken Wharf, a royal security official, revealed that Diana even offered to wash her shirt while she was at her mother's home in Scotland.

"At first, she brushed it off saying it would be ridiculous for her to do her laundry, but she insisted that she liked to do it," he added, before adding to the Daily Mail. , he came and she was ironing his shirts. ,

He said that talking to the princess "was like talking to a friend I've known for a long time ... everyone said, 'It will take you a long time to understand the royals, they can be quite distant and difficult' and Yet Diana was the exact opposite."

However, Diana's behavior angered more traditional members of the royal household as it was perceived as not following protocol.

"A section of the old brigade didn't think it was right that the royals came into the kitchen," McGrady said.

He continued: "And then there were some who were a little jealous that someone like Princess Diana would come downstairs and instead of going to the senior member of staff, she would look for the friendly faces she knew."

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