Overview

• Excerpts from The Royal Insider, due for publication on September 11 by Sphere, were printed by the Daily Mail and other tabloids this week.
• Burrell recounts a 1997 encounter in which Mohamed Al‑Fayed invited Diana to France and allegedly told her she should marry Dodi, adding, “the father comes first… I will sleep with you.”
• He says Diana fled Al‑Fayed’s office trembling and later described him as creepy and overly familiar, according to his recollection.
• Burrell characterizes Diana’s time with Dodi as a brief two‑week romance, while a friend of Dodi is quoted suggesting the relationship may have been staged.
• Reports situate the claim alongside prior misconduct allegations against Al‑Fayed, who died in 2023, and recall that Diana and Dodi died in the Paris car crash on August 31, 1997.