PAUL BURRELL divorced his spouse and married his companion after popping out as homosexual.
Princess Diana’s former butler and shut confidante, tied the knot in a civil partnership ceremony in 2017. Right here’s the lowdown on Burrell’s companion…
Who’s Graham Cooper?
Graham Cooper is a lawyer and the husband of Paul Burrell.
The 63-year-old had reportedly been seeing Burrell secretly for some 10 years.
The pair have been previously enterprise companions and are mentioned to have stored their relationship quiet for a while, till Burrell informed his ex-wife and sons in 2016.
Burrell’s ex-wife, Maria Cosgrove, feared for the response of her sons, however they have been supportive of their dad’s determination.
Princess Diana’s former butler, who made his tens of millions spilling Royal secrets and techniques, writing books and as a star on ITV’s I’m A Movie star, Get Me Out Of Right here in 2004, repeatedly denied claims that he was homosexual — regardless of numerous rumours and allegations.
In 2008 he confronted claims from an alleged former lover that that they had been collectively in secret.
It was additionally claimed he seduced a male buddy of stargazer Russell Grant after they appeared on TV collectively.
However he got here out in March 2017 and went on to marry Graham simply weeks later.
Barbra Streisand’s Some Enchanted Night was performed because the completely happy couple, neither of whom are Scottish, walked up the aisle hand in hand.
When did Graham Cooper and Paul Burrell get married?
Cooper and Burrell have been wed in April 2017 on the Linthwaite Lodge in Bowness, Cumbria.
The couple tied the knot only a month after Burrell revealed that he was homosexual.
The civil partnership ceremony reportedly price the couple £30,000 and so they had an intimate ceremony with 60 company.
Burrell wore a pair of blue cufflinks that Princess Diana had gifted to him, in addition to a Royal Victorian Medal which he was introduced by the Queen in 1988 for his royal service.
When requested in regards to the wedding ceremony, Burrell mentioned: “Every little thing in regards to the day has been good, made much more great by the truth that my two sons have been right here to share the event.
“There is no extra hiding my unbridled happiness now. Life is about being true to who you’re and, for the primary time ever, I will stand proudly beside my husband and say, ‘That is who I’m.'”
In July 2019, the pair retired of their Nineteenth-century mock-Tudor home in Cheshire.
Do Graham Cooper and Paul Burrell have any kids?
Cooper and Burrell don’t have any kids collectively, though Burrell has two kids along with his ex-wife, Maria Cosgrove.
The previous-butler’s sons Alex, 37, and Nick, 33, each attended their dad’s wedding ceremony to Cooper in 2017.
They flew in from their properties within the US to be current on the occasion.
In a TV interview in 2017, Burrell mentioned: “I nonetheless love my spouse and I like my boys – they’re the perfect factor that ever occurred to me in my lifetime”.