When news of Diana's death reached her family, William and Harry were devastated. “There's nothing like it in the world," William said. "There really isn't. It's like an earthquake has just run through the house and through your life and everything.
William likened hearing the news to an earthquake
In "Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy," William explained how he felt after hearing that Diana had died. “There's nothing like it in the world,” he said. “There really isn't.
Prince Harry 'cried once' over Diana's death: Duke reveals he broke down in tears at mother's burial and felt 'guilt' meeting mourners outside Kensington Palace during ITV interview with Tom Bradby to be aired at 9pm.
"The Queen Mother was baffled by the outpouring of grief at the Princess's death, which she thought more effusive than anything she had seen when the city was being pummelled nightly by Nazi bombs during the Blitz."
Prince Harry opened up about learning of his mother Princess Diana's death — and how his father, King Charles III, struggled to deliver the tragic news to his sons.
“Palace staff rushed over to Charles' room and found him collapsed in an armchair, weeping uncontrollably,” the royal author also shared. Andersen went on to state: “I don't think people realize how really stricken he was by her death.
When Princess Diana passed away in 1997, even Queen Elizabeth bowed her head to Princess. Diana's coffin. But Princess. Margaret chose not to bow her head in respect.
Camilla may have been at Diana's wedding but she was not welcome at her funeral, which was watched by an estimated 2.5 billion people around the world. Still, to many her absence echoed around the ancient hall. The Queen made it clear to Charles that he could not take his paramour to the service.
The queen's public words about Diana were sincere, as a private letter—made public in 2017—that she wrote after the funeral to her aide Lady Henriette Abel Smith seems to confirm. "It was indeed dreadfully sad, and she is a huge loss to the country," the queen wrote.
On the death of Princess Diana: Sept.
We have all been trying in our different ways to cope,” she said. “I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness.
It is known that before the Queen, who is the symbol of national unity, everyone bowed. "But that day, it is Elizabeth who bowed her head as a sign of respect for the passage of Diana's coffin, the woman who wore more than anyone else had defied the conventions of the palace."
Queen Elizabeth II bowed to Princess Diana's casket in 1997 - The Washington Post.
The two influential women remained close through the years, with the queen calling Diana 'an exceptional and gifted human being' in a speech at Buckingham Palace after the princess' tragic death.
After tragically losing Princess Diana in a car crash back in 1997, William and Harry have remained close to their maternal aunts Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Jane Fellowes, Baroness Fellowes - but also notably to their uncle, Charles Spencer, Diana's younger brother.
It is nearly 20 years since William and Harry lost their mother, Diana. Prince William and Prince Harry have attended a private service to rededicate the grave of their mother, Princess of Wales, almost 20 years after her death.
According to People, a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess confirmed that the reigning monarch's grandson, Harry, was en route to Balmoral Castle but he didn't quite make it in time to say goodbye to his beloved grandmother before she died.
(Former Buckingham Palace press secretary Dickie Arbiter slammed the program's portrayal of Diana as a “hatchet job” on the royal family.) As TIME pointed out, the royal family had been cool towards Diana even before her divorce from Charles, due to the attention she attracted from the tabloids.
The Queen was first criticised for not immediately travelling to London following the car crash in Paris, which also killed her partner, Dodi Fayed, and the driver, Henri Paul. Secondly, the monarch also refused to fly the flag at half-mast at Buckingham Palace.
Margaret is said to have sent Diana a furious letter and said that after all the support she'd given her, Diana was “incapable of making the smallest sacrifice.” She never forgave her, and became Diana's fiercest critic in the family and actively lobbied for her to be stripped of Her Royal Highness status.
Reports in the British press say Camilla had little desire to attend the ceremony from the very start, but was persuaded by her husband that, as his wife and stepmother to his sons, she should be at his side. But a negative public backlash changed her mind, some British newspapers reported.
Katie Couric has revealed why she broke down in tears while covering Princess Diana\x27s funeral. Couric was struck by an envelope with \\\x22Mummy\\\x22 ... Yes, Prince Harry and Prince William both cried at their mother, Princess Diana\x27s, funeral.
She probably wore it purely because she liked it. "Given it was both Charles and Camilla's second marriages, there are usually less strict rules about those sorts of things!"
Lead-lined coffins slow the body's decomposition by keeping moisture out of the casket. Lead does not decay and so remains airtight, preventing decomposition, but also any smells and gases from being released; not something you want if multiple Royals are sharing a vault or may be moved in the future.
The blue, Saville Row suit he chose was actually a symbol of respect for his ex-wife rather than one of disrespect. The suit was Diana's favourite according to royal author Brian Hoey who, in 1997, said that she had even helped the Prince choose it.
During Princess Diana's funeral, Prince William and Prince Harry walked behind their mother's coffin, along with Prince Charles, their uncle Earl Spencer, and their grandfather Prince Philip. Harry later shared that walking behind his mother's coffin that day was traumatic.