A Royal Duty [First Edition, First Printing] Burrell, Paul

As new condition purple boards, dark blue spine, silver front cover lettering, and silver spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Acknowledgments; Preface; and About the Author. "Paul Burrell - butler to Diana, Princess of Wales, and the man she called "my rock" - presents for the first time the untold story behind one of the most sensational chapters in the history of the House of Windsor. He traded the cobbled streets of a coal-mining village for a life inside gilded palaces. He was the favorite footman who formed a uniqe relationship with the Queen. He was hand-chosen as butler by the Princess of Wales. He became her intimate confidant, whom she described as "the only man I can trust." He was accused of theft, then acquitted following the historic intervention of the monarch. He is the one man who can separate the myth from the truth of the Diana years. A Royal Duty. The story of shocking secrets, absolute power, and unlikely alliances. The story behind previously unseen letters and photos and first-person insights. The story that will rewirte history and stand alone as the archive of Princess Diana's time as a Royal. The story of a faithful subject and his moving tribute to the Queen and Princess he served. This is Paul Burrell's Royal Duty." - from the inner front jacket flap. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Paul Burrell served the Royal Family for twenty-one years after arriving at Buckingham Palace as an eighteen-year-old footman, in 1976. Within a year, he was appointed as the Queen's personal footman, and he spent ten years by Her Majesty's side at all royal residences and on the Royal Yacht Britannia. In 1987, he became butler to the Prince and Princess of Wales at their country residence, Highgrove, where he remained until the couple's separation, in 1992, when Diana requested that he move to Kensington Palace to serve as her butler. Out of all the servants, staff, and protection officers who ever worked for the Princess, Paul was the only one who remained loyally by her side until her death, in 1997. Following that tragedy, he was honored by the Queen with the Royal Victorian Medal in recognition of his loyalty and service to Diana, Princess of Wales. He was also appointed as the fundraising and events manager of the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, spearheading the drive that raised 100 million pounds in her memory.