The late Princess Diana's butler, Paul Burrell, reportedly once bragged to his brother-in-law in 1993 that he was kept "on call for sex 24/7" by the Princess of Wales. According to the News of the World, Ron Cosgrove, who is the butler's wife's brother, said, "Paul told me he'd get a call from Diana in the middle of the night specifically to have sex with her.He said they did it in the bedroom, the bath - everywhere."
"He said she was ' a bit f****ing kinky' were his words - and if you worked for the princess you worked for her 24/7."
Cosgrove explained when the revelation occurred: "It was 1993 while Paul was working for the princess at Kensington Palace. He and [my sister] Maria came home to Cheshire one weekend and on the Sunday lunchtime Paul specifically asked if he could talk to me in private.
"He clearly had something on his mind so we went to the Peal of Bells in Holt for a few pints. Then during the conversation he suddenly tells me he's been having a sexual relationship with Princess Diana."
Cosgrove says Diana's demands on Burrell eased off when she met and fell for heart surgeon Dr Hasnat Khan.
The butler Burrell worked for Diana until her death in 1997. He is denying he ever had a sexual relationship with his employer. His wife also backed him, saying she was "hugely embarrassed" by her brother's comments.
The couple suggested that Cosgrove, 61, may have decided to "invent" the story after they recently refused a request from him for money.
But Cosgrove said he stood by "every word" and was willing to recount his testimony under oath: "I can understand my sister being upset at these revelations and it has never been my intention to cause her any distress.I have simply told the truth in my interview with the News of the World and I stand by every word I said.
Denying the story, Burrell said he was "sad and hurt" by Cosgrove's claims and said there was "not one one shred of truth to any of the claims pertaining to my service with either the princess, or Her Majesty the Queen".
