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Princess Diana, as remembered by her sons William and Harry

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August 31, 2019

Speaking in an interview with <em>GQ</em>, <strong><a href="/tags/0/prince-william">Prince William</a></strong> opened up about his sadness that <strong><a href="/tags/0/princess-diana">Diana</a></strong> will never know his children.
<p>“I would like to have had her advice,” he said. “I would love her to have met <strong><a href="/tags/0/kate-middleton">Catherine</a></strong> and to have seen the children grow up. It makes me sad that she won’t, that they will never know her.”
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Speaking in an interview with GQ, Prince William opened up about his sadness that Diana will never know his children.

“I would like to have had her advice,” he said. “I would love her to have met Catherine and to have seen the children grow up. It makes me sad that she won’t, that they will never know her.”

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In the same <em>GQ</em> interview, <strong><a href="/tags/0/prince-william">Prince William</a></strong> spoke about his grief after his mom died when he was just 15.
<p>“I am in a better place about it than I have been for a long time, where I can talk about her more openly, talk about her more honestly, and I can remember her better, and publicly talk about her better,” he said.
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In the same GQ interview, Prince William spoke about his grief after his mom died when he was just 15.

“I am in a better place about it than I have been for a long time, where I can talk about her more openly, talk about her more honestly, and I can remember her better, and publicly talk about her better,” he said.

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“It has taken me almost 20 years to get to that stage,” he continued. I still find it difficult now, because at the time it was so raw. And also it is not like most people’s grief, because everyone else knows about it, everyone knows the story, everyone knows her.”

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<strong><a href="/tags/0/prince-william">Prince William</a></strong> and <strong><a href="/tags/0/prince-harry">Prince Harry</a></strong> sat down to discuss their mother in a 2017 BBC documentary.
<p>“Part of the reason why Harry and I want to do this is because we feel we owe it to her,” William said. “I think an element of it is feeling like we let her down when we were younger. We couldn’t protect her. We feel we at least owe her 20 years on to stand up for her name and remind everybody of the character and person that she was. Do our duties as sons in protecting her.”
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Prince William and Prince Harry sat down to discuss their mother in a 2017 BBC documentary.

“Part of the reason why Harry and I want to do this is because we feel we owe it to her,” William said. “I think an element of it is feeling like we let her down when we were younger. We couldn’t protect her. We feel we at least owe her 20 years on to stand up for her name and remind everybody of the character and person that she was. Do our duties as sons in protecting her.”

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“We felt, you know, incredibly loved, Harry and I, and I’m very grateful that that love still - still feels there, even 20 years on,” <strong><a href="/tags/0/prince-william">Prince William</a></strong> said. “And I think that’s a huge credit to her that I - I can still feel that now.
<p>“I think she’d be proud that <a href="/tags/0/prince-harry"><strong>Harry</a></strong> and I have managed to come through everything that’s happened, having lost her, and that gives me positivity and strength to know that I can, I can face anything the world can throw at me."
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“We felt, you know, incredibly loved, Harry and I, and I’m very grateful that that love still - still feels there, even 20 years on,” Prince William said. “And I think that’s a huge credit to her that I - I can still feel that now.

“I think she’d be proud that Harry and I have managed to come through everything that’s happened, having lost her, and that gives me positivity and strength to know that I can, I can face anything the world can throw at me."

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<strong><a href="/tags/0/prince-harry">Prince Harry</a></strong> was asked if <strong><a href="/tags/0/princess-diana">Princess Diana</a></strong> would have been proud of the <strong><a href="/tags/0/heads-together">Heads Together</a></strong> campaign.
<p>“I hope so,” he said. “I think she would be proud of the campaign, proud of everybody involved, proud of us. But specifically proud of the UK for having this conversation… From her perspective, she would be overwhelmed and hugely encouraged by the fact that the UK has sudden got to this point - and it’s only taken a year. And specifically this week has really energized the whole nation.”
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Prince Harry was asked if Princess Diana would have been proud of the Heads Together campaign.

“I hope so,” he said. “I think she would be proud of the campaign, proud of everybody involved, proud of us. But specifically proud of the UK for having this conversation… From her perspective, she would be overwhelmed and hugely encouraged by the fact that the UK has sudden got to this point - and it’s only taken a year. And specifically this week has really energized the whole nation.”

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“She was our mum. She still is our mum,” <a href="/tags/0/prince-harry"><strong>Prince Harry</a></strong> fondly said of <strong><a href="/tags/0/princess-diana">Princess Diana</a></strong>. “And of course, as a son I would say this - she was the best mum in the world. She smothered us with love, that’s for sure.”
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“She was our mum. She still is our mum,” Prince Harry fondly said of Princess Diana. “And of course, as a son I would say this - she was the best mum in the world. She smothered us with love, that’s for sure.”

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Shortly after announcing his engagement to <Strong><a href="/tags/0/kate-middleton">Kate</a></strong>, <strong><a href="/tags/0/prince-william">Prince William</a></strong> spoke about giving his fiancee <strong><a href="/tags/0/princess-diana">Princess Diana</a></strong>'s sapphire ring.
<p>“It’s my mother's engagement ring,” he said in their engagement interview. “So I thought it was quite nice. Obviously she’s not around to share the fun and excitement of it all so this is my way of keeping her close to it all.”
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Shortly after announcing his engagement to Kate, Prince William spoke about giving his fiancee Princess Diana's sapphire ring.

“It’s my mother's engagement ring,” he said in their engagement interview. “So I thought it was quite nice. Obviously she’s not around to share the fun and excitement of it all so this is my way of keeping her close to it all.”

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The pair spoke about <strong><a href="/tags/0/princess-diana">Princess Diana</a></strong>’s fun side.
<p>“She was very informal and really enjoyed the laughter and the fun,” <strong><a href="/tags/0/prince-william">Prince William</a></strong> said.
<p>“She was one of the naughtiest parents,” <strong><a href="/tags/0/prince-harry">Prince Harry</a></strong> finished.
<p>In their documentary <em>Diana, Our Mother</em>, Harry elaborated.
<p>“She was one of the naughtiest parents,” he said. “She would come and watch us play football and, you know, smuggle sweets into our socks. And I mean like literally walking back from a football match and having sort of five packets of Starburst. And just the whole shirt was just bulging with sweets and then sort of looking around, open the tuck box, throw it all in, lock it up.” </p>
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The pair spoke about Princess Diana’s fun side.

“She was very informal and really enjoyed the laughter and the fun,” Prince William said.

“She was one of the naughtiest parents,” Prince Harry finished.

In their documentary Diana, Our Mother, Harry elaborated.

“She was one of the naughtiest parents,” he said. “She would come and watch us play football and, you know, smuggle sweets into our socks. And I mean like literally walking back from a football match and having sort of five packets of Starburst. And just the whole shirt was just bulging with sweets and then sort of looking around, open the tuck box, throw it all in, lock it up.”

“When she died there was such an outpour of emotion and love which was quite, which was shocking, <strong><a href="/tags/0/prince-harry">Prince Harry</a></strong> said in the BBC documentary. “It was beautiful at the same time, and it was amazing, now looking back at it, it was amazing that our mother had such a huge effect on so many people.”
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“When she died there was such an outpour of emotion and love which was quite, which was shocking, Prince Harry said in the BBC documentary. “It was beautiful at the same time, and it was amazing, now looking back at it, it was amazing that our mother had such a huge effect on so many people.”

“When you’re that young and something like that happens to you I think it’s lodged in here, there, wherever – in your heart, in your head and it stays there for a very very long time,” Prince Harry continued. “I think it’s never going to be easy for the two of us to talk about our mother, but 20 years on seems like a good time to remind people of the difference that she made not just to the Royal Family but also to the world.”

During <i>Diana: Our Mother,</i> <strong><a href="/tags/0/prince-william">Prince William </a></strong>joked <strong><a href="/tags/0/princess-diana">Princess Diana</a></strong> would be a “nightmare” grandmother. <p>“She’d love the children to bits, but she’d be an absolute nightmare,” he said. “She’d come and go and she’d come in probably at bath time, cause an amazing amount of scene, bubbles everywhere, bathwater all over the place and - and then leave.”
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During Diana: Our Mother,Prince William joked Princess Diana would be a “nightmare” grandmother.

“She’d love the children to bits, but she’d be an absolute nightmare,” he said. “She’d come and go and she’d come in probably at bath time, cause an amazing amount of scene, bubbles everywhere, bathwater all over the place and - and then leave.”

“She was a massive card writer,” <strong><a href="/tags/0/prince-william">Prince William</a></strong> said in the documentary. “She loved the rudest cards you could imagine. And I would be at school and I’d get a card from my mother. Usually she found something, you know, very embarrassing, you know, a very funny card, and then sort of wrote very nice stuff inside. But I dared not open it in case the teachers or anyone else in the class had seen it.”
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“She was a massive card writer,” Prince William said in the documentary. “She loved the rudest cards you could imagine. And I would be at school and I’d get a card from my mother. Usually she found something, you know, very embarrassing, you know, a very funny card, and then sort of wrote very nice stuff inside. But I dared not open it in case the teachers or anyone else in the class had seen it.”

<strong><a href="/tags/0/prince-william">Prince William</a></strong> and <strong><a href="/tags/0/prince-harry">Prince Harry</a></strong> lost their mother, <strong><a href="/tags/0/princess-diana">Princess Diana</a></strong>, when they were just 15 and 12, respectively.
<p>Since her death, the pair have always spoken about her with devotion. They have given the public an insight into what she was like as a mother, and about their grief following her untimely passing.
<p>Photo: © Getty Images

Prince William and Prince Harry lost their mother, Princess Diana, when they were just 15 and 12, respectively.

Since her death, the pair have always spoken about her with devotion. They have given the public an insight into what she was like as a mother, and about their grief following her untimely passing.