Former royal butler Paul Burrell boasted to relatives about having secret sex with Princess Diana, his brother-in-law claims.
In a sensational newspaper interview published in Britain today, Burrell's brother-in-law Ron Cosgrove revealed how the butler told him in 1993 about how he had bedded the princess while he worked for her at Kensington Palace.
Cosgrove also claimed that Burrell had told him he had accidentally seen the Queen naked and that after Diana's death Burrell asked relatives to hide three bin bags filled with clothes, jewellery and mementos belonging to her.
The 61-year-old furniture dealer said Burrell met him at a Cheshire pub in 1993 and told him that he had been having a sexual relationship with Diana.
"He said they did it in the bedroom, the bath, everywhere," Cosgrove told The News of the World.
"He claimed Diana liked to be domineering.
"I told him if it was true I was disgusted with him because he was married to my sister and cheating on her with another woman.
"But he didn't see that as a problem. He just replied, 'Yes, but it IS the princess.' I was dumbfounded. I couldn't believe what he was telling me."
Cosgrove said Burrell had also claimed to have seen the Queen naked after chasing a royal corgi into her bedroom at Buckingham Palace.
"He barged in to grab the dog and was greeted by the Queen who was standing there with no clothes on," Cosgrove said.
"Her only concern was that the dog would not get its muddy paws on her bedsheets."
Burrell also was accused by Cosgrove of hiding bag loads of Diana's belongings in an attic and garden shed after her death in a Paris car crash in August 1997.
Cosgrove said Burrell ordered a relative to take three sealed bags from Kensington Palace and "keep them safe and out of the way".
"The relative later told me Burrell had said there was royal memorabilia in them, like dresses and hats," he said.
Burrell was charged in 2001 with stealing 342 items belonging to Diana and her sons Prince William and Prince Harry.
But his trial collapsed after the Queen said she recalled Burrell telling her he had kept some of Diana's belongings for safe-keeping.
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