Princess Diana's former butler has blasted Prince Harry's claims about his sister-in-law Kate's engagement ring.
Kate's gorgeous sapphire and diamond engagement ring was given to her by Prince William but previously belonged to his mother Princess Diana. It is said that after Diana's tragic death, William chose to keep Diana's Cartier watch while Harry picked her engagement ring, writes The Mirror.
William and Kate got engaged in 2012, long before Harry met wife Meghan Markle, and it was claimed that the brothers later swapped the pieces of jewellery.
However, Harry addressed it in his memoir Spare, saying this was "absolutely rubbish ", writing: "I never gave Willy that ring because it wasn’t mine to give. He already had it. He'd asked for it after Mummy died, and I'd been more than happy to let it go."
Paul Burrell, who served both Diana and the late Queen, spoke to the Mirror rubbishing Harry's claims, saying he watched her sons pick the pieces of jewellery they wanted to keep after her death.
He said: "Harry said to me, I always remember holding Mummy's hand and that ring hurting me because it was so big.
"And that's why, when the boys came to Kensington Palace, I said to them, you must take something of your mother's, you must take something to remind yourself of your time here at Kensington Palace and your mother's life.
"So William piped up 'I'd like the Cartier tank watch', which Grandpa Spencer gave her for her 21st birthday because I remember mummy wearing that, keeping the time.
"Harry said, 'Well, can I have mummy's engagement ring? Because that's the ring I remember from my childhood'.
"So the boys went away with two very different prizes from their mother's life.
"Ironically, of course, when William became engaged to Kate, some deal must have been done behind the scenes because Harry had the ring so Harry obviously gave up his treasure to his brother so that it could be on the ring finger of his wife who would one day be Queen."
Paul then said William was happy with the arrangement. He added: "William was happy with the arrangement. William is not materialistic, so he didn't look for the flashiest jewel in mummy's collection. He didn't.
"What they chose were the two very simple things really a ring and a watch. Not fantastic jewels. But they meant something to the boys."
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