UK Princess Diana butler case collapses By Nikki Tait, Law Courts correspondent Published: November 1 2002 13:21 | Last Updated: November 1 2002 13:21 Paul Burrell, former royal butler and aide to Diana, Princess of Wales, was on Friday found not guilty, on all three counts, of stealing from the estate of the princess, the Prince of Wales and Prince William. The dramatic collapse of the Burrell trial at the Old Bailey followed revelations that the former butler had told the Queen in a private conversation following Diana's death that he had kept some of the princess's possessions for safe-keeping....