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For her troubles, Kelly, whose official title is personal assistant and senior dresser to Queen Elizabeth II, was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 2006 and promoted to Lieutenant in 2012. It’s a far cry from how others in royal service have been treated when they spill the beans. The Queen and Princess Margaret’s nanny, Margaret Crawford, was ostracized by the Royal Family for engaging with reporters (perhaps with a tacit sign-off from the Queen Mother) and later published a best-selling book, The Little Princesses, in 1950. Paul Burrell, Diana’s butler and confidante, met a similar fate after he did a press tour revealing a slew of family secrets in 2002, with Princes William and Harry letting it be known they felt betrayed. But perhaps the butler did it, after the Royal Family let him stand trial at the Old Bailey for stealing items, including letters, from Diana. Burrell was cleared on the 12th day of the trial after the Queen suddenly remembered that, after Diana’s death, the butler told her he was taking some of the items for safekeeping. It turned out that Burrell, like Kelly and 007, was in Her Majesty’s service.

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