BRITAIN: Prince William is to meet his late mother's butler to discuss his anger at revelations in a book released this week.
"William has said that he is prepared to meet him and we will be proceeding on that basis," a spokeswoman for the prince said.
She said she was not prepared to discuss if plans had been made for the prince's meeting with Mr Paul Burrell as it would be private. She added that the position had not changed since Prince William issued his statement on Friday.
In that statement, Prince William and Prince Harry launched an attack on Mr Burrell for the "cold and overt betrayal" of their late mother.
But Mr Burrell insisted that the queen and the princes had "nothing to fear" from him and that he was a loyal supporter of the royal family.
Mr Burrell's book A Royal Duty has been available in British bookshops since Monday.
Meanwhile, the owner of a hotel in Co Kildare said yesterday Mr Burrell had spent six months writing his book at her hotel.
Ms Mary Elliffe said she and her friends had advised Mr Burrell to tell his story.
She said that he spent seven days a week writing the book while staying at the Town House Hotel in Naas.
"He was here for about six months," the hotelier told RTÉ radio.
"He stayed at the hotel and in the private house, our own private house. He spent seven days a week. He worked very long hours and late into the night."
Ms Elliffe said she had known Mr Burrell for a number of years. "I've known his wife and his family," she said. "He's been coming to Naas for a number of years."
Earlier Mr Burrell told RTÉ that he wrote the book in Naas and thanked the people there for their support.
The book is expected to go on sale in Ireland tomorrow. A spokeswoman for publishers Penguin said its importation here had been delayed by the bank holiday.