‘Protecting Diana’ Book Revelations: Former Bodyguard Details Princess Diana’s Plan to Move to the U.S. and More

usmagazine.com:

A look behind the curtain. Former bodyguard Lee Sansum shared stories about his time working for Princess Diana in his new book, Protecting Diana: A Bodyguard’s Story.“My time with the princess, it was only a short period in my life, but it had a bigger impact on my life forever,” Sansum exclusively told Us Weekly ahead of the Tuesday, August 30, release. ”I think because of the 25th anniversary of her death coming up soon, people are just interested in the princess all over the world.”Diana died in 1997 at age 36 in a tragic car accident.

The bodyguard, for his part, will “never forget” meeting Diana for the first time when he was hired to work one of her vacations following her split from Prince Charles.“Before I went out to St.

Tropez, I already knew the princess was coming. Nobody else did, but the security team,” he told Us. “She was an amazing lady and what really caught my attention is she was just a normal down-to-earth lady and it wasn’t what I expected.

I don’t know what I expected. She loved her boys. You could tell she cared for people, all the staff, everybody she met. She smiled; she treated them kindly.