William and Harry Unite: Burrell Should Stay Silent

It’s rare that Princes William and Harry see eye-to-eye about anything these days – but the estranged brothers may find common ground in their fury that their mother’s ex-butler, Paul Burrell, is about to betray her confidence yet again.

The former Palace servant is set to release a third ‘intimate’ memoir, promising to reveal stories he felt he couldn’t share while the late Queen was still alive.

But it risks evoking the ire of the Princes, as I’m told Burrell had promised he would stop exploiting his links to the late Princess Diana in a tense meeting with the brothers.

Sources tell me all three held a secret summit at Kensington Palace in November 2017 to tackle the issue. ‘It was awkward,’ one insider said. ‘William led the meeting and did all the talking, but Harry was silently seething that Burrell had betrayed their mother for financial gain time and time again.

‘Eventually Paul agreed it was time to stop, and he hoped it would be a new chapter in his relationship with the boys.’

Yet the man Diana once called her ‘rock’ seems to have reneged on that deal, with a new book The Royal Insider –with a picture of himself and Diana on the cover – due out in September.

The Princes are now bracing themselves for what he might reveal as he vows to ‘speak candidly about the tensions that simmered’ during his time at the Palace – ‘including the breakdown of Charles and Diana’s marriage and his own complex relationship with Princes William and Harry’.

Publishers Sphere add: ‘It is only in the wake of the Queen’s passing… Burrell feels he can finally tell his story in full.’

Pictured: Princess Diana with her former butler Paul Burrell – the ex-Palace servant is set to release a third ‘intimate’ memoir

It’s rare that Princes William and Harry see eye-to-eye about anything these days

The man Diana once called her ‘rock’ seems to have reneged on that deal, with a new book The Royal Insider

Socialites head to Lola’s Bute camp

Lady Lola Bute last week hosted her London It Girl pals at her palatial home on Ibiza, including Romeo Beckham’s recent ex Kim Turnbull and model Lila Moss.

I hear Lady Lola, 25, has also been a consultant on a new TV show, Magnolia Parks, described as a London version of US hit Gossip Girl and based on a book about a ‘beautiful, affluent, neurotic and self-involved’ socialite.

Wonder which of her inner circle she used for inspiration?

Pictured: Lady Lola Bute, 25, (left) with model Lila Moss (right) in Ibiza

Will Gibbs fall for his nibs?

I suspect Perry Pearson won’t be nursing a broken heart for too long after his split from Game Of Thrones actress Sophie Turner.

I hear friends of the heir to the Cowdray estate in Sussex are trying to play Cupid and set him up with socialite and horse racing presenter Flora Gibbs.

So has Perry asked her out on a date yet? ‘No comment,’ Flora tells me with a knowing smile while partying at the Boodles Boxing Ball last weekend.

Watch this space…

Pictured: Socialite and horse racing presenter Flora Gibbs at Chestertons Polo

Brooklyn’s ex gets cosy with polo ace

Does Hana Cross, the ex-girlfriend of Brooklyn Beckham, have her sights set on another well-connected man?

I hear the glamorous model was seen looking cosy and chatting animatedly last week with Polo England captain Tommy Severn at Polo in the Park in Fulham.

Hana has become a bit of an amateur polo player herself, saddling up at the illustrious Guards Polo club in Windsor Great Park last month.

Severn, who used to play polo with Prince Harry and formerly dated footballer Michael Owen’s daughter Gemma, recently told me how he thought his royal pal’s heavily lambasted Netflix documentary Polo was ‘very weird’.

I wonder if he’s ever invited Hana for a chukka?

Pictured: Hana Cross, the ex-girlfriend of Brooklyn Beckham – I hear the glamorous model was seen looking cosy and chatting animatedly last week with Polo England captain Tommy Severn

Jackie goes posh

Even Cruz Beckham admits he can sometimes get his Brazilian girlfriend Jackie Apostel, 30, and his mother Victoria confused due to their uncanny resemblance.

So I wonder what the 20-year-old aspiring musician will make of Jackie sporting a fresh dark bob strikingly reminiscent of Posh’s hairstyle from her 1990s Spice Girls heyday.

Surely a case of when Two Become One!

I wonder what the 20-year-old aspiring musician will make of Jackie sporting a fresh dark bob (right) strikingly reminiscent of Posh’s hairstyle from her 1990s Spice Girls heyday (left)

Superstar DJ Calvin Harris’s plans to build a padel court at his £6 million Cotswolds property have been held up by (no pun intended) bats.

The palatial pile is home to so many of the protected mammals that Harris must build an outbuilding to house them before any work on the court can begin.

His ambitious plans for the house also include a reflection pool, hot yoga studio, sunken firepit, teepee and campfire.