LONDON (AFP) - Princess Dianas former butler Paul Burrell admitted to lying to the ongoing inquest into the late royals death, Mondays edition of The Sun tabloid reported.
Citing a three-hour video shot in a New York hotel room that it obtained, the newspaper quoted Burrell as saying: "I was very naughty and I made a couple of red herrings, and I couldnt help doing it. ... I know you shouldnt play with justice and I know its illegal and I realise how serious it is."
Speaking to a friend in the room, Burrell also reportedly said: "Do you honestly think Ive told everything I know? Of course I havent ... I didnt tell the whole truth."
The tabloid published photographs which appeared to be frames from the video -- slightly pixelated images in black and white shot from ground level, with a man resembling Burrell sitting on a sofa with a drink.
Last month, Burrell told the inquest into Dianas death in an August 1997 Paris car crash that Queen Elizabeth II had been "concerned" about the princesss relationship with Dodi Fayed, her lover who was also killed in the crash.
He also said that Dianas mother Frances Shand Kydd called Diana a "whore" for dating Muslim men, and told the inquest that he believed it was "impossible" that she was murdered on the orders of the royal family.
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