Wills and Harry cut out Dis betrayers from memorial service guest list

Princes William and Harry have given former aides they accuse of exploiting the memory of their mother Princess Diana the cold shoulder by not inviting them to her memorial service later this month.

London, Aug 8 : Princes William and Harry have given former aides they accuse of exploiting the memory of their mother Princess Diana the cold shoulder by not inviting them to her memorial service later this month.

Among those that have been left out are her former private secretary Patrick Jephson, Scotland Yard bodyguard Ken Wharfe and butler Paul Burrell.

William and Harry have left these men out for pretty much the same reason - they all cashed in on Diana's memories.

Jephson, the princess's most senior aide for eight years and her first private secretary, wrote a less than complimentary memoir, as did Wharfe, who guarded Diana until 1993.

However, their anger is said to be the most for Paul Burrell whose tell-all Diana's sons regard as a 'cold and overt betrayal'.

Also not included in the list is Diana's personal assistant for eight years Victoria Mendham, reports the Daily Mail.

Among the seven hundred guests that have been invited to the ceremony, is their stepmother Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, who Diana blamed for the breakdown of her marriage to Prince Charles.

The Duchess will be alongside Charles, and though she is dreading it as an extremely awkward moment, she believes that to stay away could be taken as a public confession of guilt.

'While she wants to publicly support her husband and always will, she believes she has been placed in an invidious position,' said a senior royal source.

A friend of William said that though her presence was not the 'ideal situation', the brothers were 'content for her to be there'.

"Of course it is not an ideal situation but there was never any question of her not going," the pal said.

"The service is being organised by William and Harry who accept that she is now their stepmother. They have a pretty good relationship with her now and are content for her to be there. They are handling the situation particularly maturely, in fact," the friend added.

The memorial service will take place in the Guards Chapel at Wellington Barracks in London on August 31, the Princess' tenth death anniversary.

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