The driver of Princess Diana only found out why he was fired after seeing the "crown" almost 30 years later
By now, most of us know that the crown has stretched the truth (or simply invented its own version) with respect to many royal stories, but one particular
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Stephen Davies, who drove Princess Diana from 1989 to 1995, said: "The Crown is the crown, the crown is the crown, the crown is the crown, the crown is the crown, the Crown is the crown, the Crown is the crown, the Crown is the crown, the Crown is the crown, the Crown is the crown, the Crown is the crown, the Crown is the crown, the Crown is the crown, the Crown is the crown, the Crown is the crown, the Crown is the crown, the Crown is the crown, the Crown is the crown, the Crown is the crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, the Crown, Diana's Bombshell admitted that she had no idea why he was fired from his beloved job until she saw a detailed episode of BBC Panorama's interview with Martin Bashir.
"It happened overnight," Davis, 61, told the outlet. "From driving her anywhere, I was banned from the wheels of her car. After the Christmas holidays [in 1995], I was told she didn't want me near that, I wasn't even allowed to wash or hoover it.
However, the driver was still doing the palace payroll and said, "All I can do is sit in the garage for 1 day and 10 hours, do an official shift and do nothing, then go home I was heartbroken and humiliated. She shunned me.
A former Royal chauffeur — he once rode a rollercoaster with Prince William and joined Diana for a concert at Elton John's house, so much so that he described the princess's actions on the day he was fired as "glacial."
"Someone took me to her drawing room at Kensington Palace. She said, "Goodbye Steve, thanks for all," shook my hand and went out. She left me standing alone, without saying a word in return," Davis shared.
However, King Charles was "much better," according to the driver, and the Prince of Wales at the time "to fit me into my own driver Rota
while looking at the crown in 2022, the former Royal staff were not aware of the real reason he was iced out decades ago." I noticed. In the episode, former BBC reporter Martin Bashir used misleading tactics to persuade the princess to trust him and agree to an interview, and to spread false information about Davis. Bashir claimed that the driver was tipping the media about the private life of the royal family.
"The people I've spoken to at MI6, the contacts I've had for years as an investigative journalist, have confirmed to me that your driver Steve Davis is also on board it," Bashir, played by Prasanna Puwanarajah, says in the episode.
"It was unbearable to see, but for me it solved the mystery," Davis shared. The revelation led him to sue the BBC for slander, the outlet reported that Davis reached a monetary settlement with the broadcaster on May 5.
"The BBC acknowledges that this allegation may have caused HRH The Princess of Wales to doubt the claimant's loyalty and professionalism and may have contributed to the claimant's redundancy after 6 months," the lawsuit concluded.
The former Royal Driver is not the first to suffer the results of a BBC interview. James Hewitt, who has maintained a secret relationship with the princess for 5 years, recently told the Sun that Bashir's actions are "unforgivable."
The Royal's former lover claimed to have been single because of the backlash from the interview, adding: "Given my history and subsequent difficulties, I think it's pretty obvious that he was the most hated person in the world.
As for Davis, he told the Daily Mail, "The result for me was that I was forced from the job I wanted to be in my life's work." Royal service is to be trusted, loyal, show discretion and have a sense of duty. Your reputation, your good name is everything.
"I would have taken a bullet for her and died for her. My job was my life, I was always there for her," he added. "I couldn't explain Diana, just as I can't explain her now," she said. "
Sadly, a former royal official said she believed the princess would still be alive if she had driven her in Paris on the night she was killed," she died believing I had betrayed her, that's something I can't ever forget or forgive."
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