Prince Harry reveals how his father broke the news of Princess Diana’s death to him and his brother

Prince Harry and Prince William open up about their mother’s death in candid interview in BBC documentary. The documentary, Diana, 7 Days, marks the 20th anniversary of Diana’s death and tells the behind-the-scenes story of the week before her funeral. 

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A BBC documentary, to be broadcast on Sunday, shows William and Harry speaking for the first time how Prince Charles broke the news of their mother’s death. In an emotional interview, he and Prince William also reveal their reactions to the horrible news.

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The documentary, Diana, 7 Days, also sees Prince William, open up about the decision to have the young princes walk behind their mother’s coffin, as well as his final words to his mother over the phone. Discussions about whether Diana’s boys should walk behind her coffin went on until hours before the funeral itself. William recalls that he “just wanted to go into a room and cry”.

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Prince Harry, then 12, reveals he felt so traumatised by his mother’s death that he vowed never to cry in public for the rest of his life – but almost broke down when Elton John sang at her funeral.

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Paying tribute to his father for his attempts to comfort them in the aftermath of Diana’s death, Prince Harry says: “One of the hardest things for a parent to have to do is to tell your children that your other parent has died. But he was there for us, he was the one out of two left and he tried to do his best and to make sure we were protected and looked after.”

 

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