The tragic death of Princess Diana on August 31, 1997 was shocking and horrific for people all over the world. However, it would forever change the lives of the sons of the princess, Prince William and Prince Harry who were just 15 and 12 at the time.
The princess had been a kind of mother to her sons, exposing her to all aspects of life, even if that meant breaking the royal tradition by taking her to amusement parks, fast food restaurants and charities. She wanted to show them that not everyone was as privileged as they were.
Even after she and Prince Charles divorced in 1992, and finally divorced in 1996, they continued to co-parent. Both the princes spoke openly about how they were deeply affected by the death of their mother and how it affected their mental health. In fact, Prince Harry still carries a lot of hostility.
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Prince Harry and Prince William remember the last time they spoke to Princess Diana
In the last days of her life, Princess Diana was on holiday with her friend, the Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed. They were returning to Paris on holiday on the hunt for Al-Fayed in the south of France. The princess returned to London the next day.
Sometime in the late afternoon, Princess Diana called Balmoral Castle in Scotland where Prince Harry and Prince William stayed with her father. When the princess called, the boys were playing and accidentally counseling her from the phone. It would be the last time the boys talked to their mother.
In the 2017 documentary, Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy, Prince Harry back, “If I knew this was the last time I would talk to my mother, those were the things I had said to her. ‘Looking back now, it’s incredibly hard.’ Prince William agreed. He said, “If I had known what was going on, I would not have been so angry. But that phone call bothered me quite a bit.”
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Prince Harry blames the media for the death of Princess Diana
Princess Diana was killed in the early hours of the next morning in a car accident when paparazzi chased her car through the streets of Paris. As she lay dying in the street, photographers continued to snap photos. To this day, Prince Harry has never heard about the involvement or response of the media to the tragedy. ITV anchor Tom Bradby explained to Good Morning America,
The really important thing I think and the real difficulty is that they just have completely different parallel narratives about a whole bunch of games. One of them is about the death of their mother. Harry just feels that the press killed his mother and is now in danger of trying to harm his wife. Willem has a more nuanced view of that. He thinks that yes, her mother has had it very hard, but she also made a mistake in allowing the press and he is just absolutely aware that this should not happen and he thinks that sometimes his brother is too open and then tries to close, and that does not work.
Prince Harry is still angry about the death of Princess Diana
One of Prince Harry’s main reasons for the move on Megxit was to protect Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and her son Archie from the media. It arises from the pain he felt regarding the loss of Princess Diana. In 2008, there was a question about the death of Princess Diana.
“The jury found that Diana and her friend Dodi Fayed were illegally killed by a combination of the paparazzi who followed them, as well as by driving their driver Henri Paul,” The Guardian reported. At that moment, Prince Harry and Prince William issued a statement saying, “We agree with their statements and are both extremely grateful.” However, the royal family did not do much more. Royal Reporter Duncan Larcombe told Ok! Magazine that from Prince Harry’s point of view, one statement was enough that he said,
Harry was absolutely terrified that his father’s advisers had made a statement. That was for me a sign that he has a built-in, indecisive anger about having no control over what has been said. This desire to control his own destiny has always been there.
