Burrell facing Diana inquest return

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Coroner Lord Justice Scott Baker has called for the ex-aide to return to the witness box and explain "discrepancies" between his comments to the jury and others attributed to him in the Sun newspaper. Earlier, his solicitors said Mr Burrell did not "conceal" anything relevant or tell "untruths" during his evidence to the inquest.

Lawyers acting for Mr Burrell have issued a statement denying claims made in the newspaper that the ex-aide did not tell the whole truth to the inquest jury. The tabloid story was the "result of entrapment" and the interview the allegations were based on was an "insidious" form of questioning, claimed solicitors' firm Walker Smith Way.

Coroner Lord Justice Scott Baker launched an investigation following the publication of the allegations in the newspaper on Monday.

The former butler's lawyers said in the statement: "When giving evidence at the inquest, Paul Burrell did not conceal anything remotely relevant to the inquiry into the cause of the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed. He held nothing back.

"Whilst under cross-examination Paul Burrell's evidence may at times have strayed from the strictly relevant, he told no untruths and was not in contempt of court. Indeed, he tried to assist the court so far as he was able."

In a video recording obtained by the Sun, Mr Burrell apparently said he held back certain facts and introduced "red herrings" during his evidence at the High Court hearing.

According to the newspaper, Mr Burrell said in the footage: "I told the truth as far as I could - but I didn't tell the whole truth. Perjury is not a nice thing to have to contemplate.

"I was very naughty and I made a couple of red herrings, and I couldn't help doing it."

In the tape, which the paper said was recorded in New York, Mr Burrell said he was not willing to reveal the entire details of his conversation with the Queen after Diana's death in a Paris car crash in 1997. He had previously claimed the Queen warned him about "dark forces" at work.