Former butler to princess diana claims prince Harry'd deployment to iraq was for publicity

Paul Burrell, the former butler of Britain's late Princess Diana, has launched a scathing attack on the royal family. The 48-year-old ex-servant's rant included a damning interpretation of Prince Harry's impending posting to war-torn Iraq, which he branded a publicity stunt.

Burrell told an undercover investigator for Britain's News of the World newspaper posing as a businessman: "Harry is a wild card - a liability. It's going to cost the taxpayers a lot to keep him safe in Iraq. It's just a PR exercise - because when he comes home he'll be a hero.

"He's off to war, to fight for queen and country, he's in the armed forces and has to go. But he won't be on the front line. They'll take great care of him. The queen will say, 'Fine, let him go but keep him somewhere safe.' Actually they'll have to be very, very careful. He'll be more difficult to guard there than he is at home."

The former "I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here" contestant also compared Prince Charles' new wife Camilla to a horse.

He said of Charles: "Well he likes horses! I'm saying she runs in the 3.30 at Kempton! Camilla's not attractive, but then he was never looking for the physical presence of a beautiful woman. He wanted someone that would look after him.

"Would you cross over the road to see Camilla? She's not one of the most attractive of women. And I'm being kind!"

Burrell also accused Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, of "pimping" out her young daughters - Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.

He said of the red-headed duchess: "This is a strange woman. She has a reputation of pimping her daughters into social situations which isn't very helpful. They're princesses, and they're royal - and she is not.

"Sarah was a farmer's daughter, brought into the royal family, like a little girl brought into a sweet shop and told she could have anything she wanted. And she did. She had everything, the lot. Abused everything and gorged herself. I saw it. She's a lady that has her finger on the self-destruct button and she just keeps pressing it. She can't help it."

The aspiring businessman and writer of several 'tell-all' books about Diana also claimed the princess' lover Dodi Al Fayed - who was killed with the princess in a Paris car crash in 1997 - was a cocaine addict.

He said: "When Diana and Dodi were on the Al Fayed yacht she called me and said: 'Dodi keeps going into the bathroom and locks the door. What's he doing in there?' I told her, 'You know what he's doing.' She was naive. She didn't do drugs."

Prince Harry attacked by a drunk in a london bar

Britain's Prince Harry was verbally attacked by a violent drunk during a night out with girlfriend Chelsy Davy. The prince and the Zimbabwe-born blonde were at London's Azteca Latin Lounge when an inebriated man launched a barrage of abuse at Harry on Wednesday night.

Witnesses claim he shouted: "I f***ing hate the royal family. Who do you think you are in here?

"Why don't you p**s off to Iraq and get yourself killed, you ginger t**t."

The prince's protection officers stepped in and removed the drunken thug from the Chelsea cocktail bar.

A source told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "This guy came out of nowhere and just started hurling abuse at Prince Harry.

"There didn't seem to be any reason for it. You could see the guy had clearly had a lot to drink. Harry's reaction was one of shock. He stood facing the guy - and then the chap lunged at Harry as if he was trying to punch him. That was when his bodyguards intervened.

"It could have gotten ugly but Harry kept his temper and let it sort itself out."

A spokesman for Clarence House said: "An individual lunged at Prince Harry but there was no physical contact. There was no scuffle."

The 22-year-old prince and Chelsy, 21, were enjoying the time they have left together before Army officer Harry is deployed to fight in Iraq with his Blues and Royals regiment.