Royal butler Paul Burrell had not asked permission from the Bishop of London - an executor of the Princess of Wales’s will – to remove property from Kensington Palace after her death, an Old Bailey court heard today.

Royal butler Paul Burrell was not as close to Diana, Princess of Wales, as he claims, the Old Bailey heard today.

Royal butler Paul Burrell plundered Diana, Princess of Wales’s intimate possessions after she died and quietly stowed them in his loft, a court heard today.

Diana’s personal snaps from holidays and key events in her life were contained in two albums found in her former butler Paul Burrell’s loft, the Old Bailey heard.

The man Diana, Princess of Wales called her “rock” sat bolt upright in the dock, his face a stony mask and his gaze fixed straight ahead as if he was on parade.