Princess Michael slams royals

Princess Michael of Kent has branded Britain’s older royals ”boring”.

The outspoken author – who is married to Queen Elizabeth’s cousin Prince Michael – also criticised late Princess Diana as ”uneducated” during an interview in Canada to promote her new book.

The 69-year-old princess initially insisted she couldn’t talk about the royal family but quickly spoke about how ”thrilled” her household are about Prince William and Duchess Catherine’s happiness with their seven-month-old son Prince George, prompting her criticism of senior royals.

She said: ”Of course we’re thrilled to have a beautiful young

married couple with a baby.

”Let’s hope there are more marriages soon because I think to have that young generation is terribly good for the people.

”The people love to see happy young people and I think the older generation are a bit boring for most people.”

She then discussed her former neighbor Diana, who died in a Paris car crash in 2007, saying she thought the princess found life ”difficult” in the spotlight because of her upbringing.

She said: ”She was my next door neighbor at Kensington Palace and I must say I was very fond of her, very attached to her. She had an enormous amount of goodness in her.

”Like probably many people of little education who find themselves, like pop stars or film stars, suddenly lauded by the whole world, it is very difficult if you have not had a mother bringing you up who was quite stern and strict.

”She did not have a mother bring her up and she did not have much education, so it is much harder to cope with eulogy.”