Princess Diana demonstrated her maternal qualities by always looking out for her boys, Prince William and Prince Harry. Diana did not want her two sons to be compared or given special treatment, even though William was born heir to the Windsor line. William and Harry have always claimed that their mother supported them and gave them sage advice. She gave them some guidance right before she passed away on August 31, 1997, in an automobile accident.
Former Princess Diana’s private secretary, Patrick Jephson, discussed the late princess’s enduring influence on her sons’ life decisions. “If William, Harry, and their advisors closely examine Princess Diana’s life—which I hope they frequently do, they will discover that she gave them both many valuable lessons to learn and some crucial cautions to heed. He told People that self-sacrifice and service are necessary to gain the public’s favor and the lavish benefits of royalty.
“I’m sure they are grateful that every day she can still guide, comfort, and inspire them along the difficult path they were born to follow,” added the royal equerry. Prince William and Prince Harry are at the center of a family issue today, nearly thirty years after their mother’s passing.
Footage from 1997 shows a family reacting to the surprising news that Princess Diana has died in a car crash.
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The eldest son’s tribe, which is encircled by his father, King Charles III, and the Windsors, and the younger son’s clan, which includes his wife, Meghan Markle, have both turned into the palace’s biggest outcasts. Despite rumors of potential reconciliations, the current state of affairs is disagreeable and very different from Princess Diana’s vision for her boys’ future.
Princess Diana, however, continued to be the focal point of the two brothers’ union despite their seeming disagreement. As were the princess’s charitable beliefs, which are now central to Prince William and Prince Harry’s humanitarian endeavors, as both have adopted their mother’s causes. The younger draws attention to the risks of abandoned minefields while the elder battles homelessness.
Diana, ‘Queen of people’s hearts’, died too soon. A death that is still a mystery.
She won the world with her kindness but herself struggled with Depression and Bulimia.
She once slapped her father, gave scandalous interviews and broke many royal protocols.
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When Prince William and Kate Middleton relocate from Adelaide Cottage to Forest Lodge, they are excited to begin “a new chapter.” When they move into the gorgeous eight-bedroom, six-bathroom mansion with a “ballroom” and tennis court in Windsor Great Park later this year, the pair, according to people close to them, want to “start afresh” and put the painful memories of the previous three years behind them.
