BURRELL 'MADE INQUEST RED HERRINGS'

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

According to The Sun, Mr Burrell said on the video: "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.

"The conversation with the Queen was three hours long," Mr Burrell reportedly said on the video.

"And I wasn't about to sit there and divulge everything she said to me."

In scenes shot in a hotel room while Mr Burrell drank champagne, he also claimed he felt Diana's spirit guiding him and that withholding secrets was her wish.

The former servant-turned-reality TV star added that after having two books published, he will not write anything else about Diana.

The Sun reported that Mr Burrell could be investigated on suspicion of perjury as a result of his claims. A Metropolitan police spokesman said that the case had not been referred to police "as yet".