Princess Diana was ‘anxious’ of unknown, struggled to live alone

Princess Diana struggled to live on her own after divorce from King Charles.

The former Prince of Wales, who passed away in a car accident in Paris 1997, often asked her house help to stay with her a little longer as she struggled through lonely life.

In his book A Royal Duty, former butler Paul Burrell says: "It became clear, as I wheeled in her two-course evening meal, that with William and Harry at boarding school she preferred not to be left alone.”

Burrell wrote: "'Stay a while,' she said, more times than I can remember."

Burrell continued: "I stood, leaning against an upholstered chair and we talked about her day, my day, the week ahead...These nighttime chats might be brief or extend into a chat that lost all track of time."

"'What do you think tomorrow's going to bring?' she asked," the former butler recalled. "She felt every day had the capacity to bring a new drama, a fresh problem, or a particularly difficult incident."

He continued: "'Whatever happens, we'll tackle it,' I told her. When bedtime came, she disappeared down the corridor, with a girlish skip and hop, as if she was suddenly full of energy again, looking forward to the next day."