What Made Princess Diana Different? | Diana: The Uncrowned Queen | Timeline

[Music] few lives were less ordinary than that of Diana Princess of Wales born nobles she became royal but was denied her destiny to be Queen beautiful but tragically fated her legacy will prove greater than Thrones and crowns she will be a queen in people's heart [Music] after her divorce and rejection by the British royal family diana discarded the gowns that had once enhanced her position as Princess of Wales and future Queen unwanted reminders of an unhappy past their dispersal marked the end of an era for Diana she was starting a new independent life each dress held the aura of her glamour her allure and her unforgettable style Diana's magic had a value of its own two months before her death 79 of her dresses were auctioned by Christie's in New York for charity each dress tells the story of love and loss not 35 a scarlet lace cocktail dress worn just after her famous television interview in 1995 not 66 a glamorous dinner dress worn to a concert at Versailles in 1994 her first official overseas visit after withdrawing from public life the previous year not 55 a midnight blue silk crepe gown born in New York in 1996 as Diana prepared herself for divorce from Prince Charles lot 11 a blue and white satin dress worn in Hong Kong in 1995 when she travelled the globe as a semi detached royal [Music] the sale raised millions for charity disenchanted with the British establishment diana increasingly turned to America which serenaded her as did Tony Bennett as its adopted princess and when chat show host Phil Donahue danced with her in Chicago in 1996 millions of Americans would have stepped into his shoes with her elegance Grace and charm Diana had replaced Jackie Kennedy as America's uncrowned queen and when statesman Henry Kissinger fell under Diana's spell so did an entire nation I think she loved the warmth of the Americans although she also found it sometimes rather overwhelming because perhaps the British reserved even though everybody adored her here there was still that sort of sense of decorum perhaps in America she was just you know stampeded I think but she adored them because they're spontaneous like her in 1995 Kissinger presented Diana with the humanitarian of the Year award no other British royal had been so honored in America there was tremendously fond of people like Kissinger adored sitting next to him at dinner they got on like a house on fire ladies such as Elizabeth Dole made a big impression on her she said she had such a wonderful sense if he means see this is the thing that Diana appreciated somebody who could not be so withdrawn with her or shy of her but somebody who could sort of just connect with her the humanitarian award was a victory for Diana against the British establishment who considered her a showgirl I want to say a sincere and heartfelt thank you for this award it is humbling to receive it and to know that some of you seated here tonight feel that I should be honored in swaye General Colin Powell and media star Barbara Walters were among America's great and good who recognized Diana's potential as a remarkable m'boy for her country she was both enormous ly interesting - and a very good ambassador for us to what one might call the glittering world of parts of the United States she was a very visible representative in the fashion world there in the theatre movie world and also at the higher levels of politics she obviously connected very well with President and mrs. Clinton but at the other end of the scale and perhaps most importantly she was an extraordinary ambassador for us to the third world what we used to call the third world - people in countries were suffering from one thing or another which she identified with at home but which she picked up very strongly when she was abroad whether again it was AIDS in Africa or the plight of children which she who she visited with Mother Teresa there in India or the whole landmines issue where she was so important and identifying and drawing attention to something which governments have been talking about for a long time but no one in general was had remote interest in mother Teresa of Calcutta was Diana's guiding light through her devotion to the poor the sick and the dispossessed in June 1997 the tall young princess visit of the elderly frail nun in New York who would have guessed that within three months they would die within days of each other actress Joan Collins said after their deaths Diana was a true humanitarian now that mother to raiser is gone who is like that there is no one we have lost someone incredibly special another continent a different culture to support sufferers of a disease that afflicts the whole world diana traveled with her friend Jemima Khan to Pakistan to help raise funds for her husband Imran's Cancer Hospital in Lahore [Music] against home criticism that such visits had a political edge diana displayed the warmth kindness and compassion that distinguished her from the more aloof and distant royal family diana used touch to communicate her empathy with those in pain she created a rapport wherever she went giving hope and comfort especially to sick children her fervent speeches brought international recognition to the hospitals and care centers for otherwise Forgotten victims this is the only private cancer hospital in the world that treats 8% of its patients free Donna once said nothing gives me more happiness and trying to help the most vulnerable people in society it's a goal and an essential part of my life a kind of destiny she had the most incredible level of compassion and she was not afraid of illness or sickness or death and the other thing was about Diana was that she felt particularly with the terminally ill that it was very honest and that there was nothing left to lose and so people lost their shyness says she could really talk to them and there was this incredible sort of depth an intimacy that perhaps was lacking when she met other people at more formal occasions but formality and protocol were everything to the House of Windsor as mother to William and Harry heirs to the throne Diana had to prepare her sons for their royal destiny victory in Japan was commemorated in August 1995 one of several occasions when her boys had to appear in public and behave like adults [Music] Harry nearly 10 found it difficult to concentrate but he looked for guidance to his parents and older brother William 13 had already learned to cope with pomp and ceremony two years later he was shattered by the loss of his mother her death would change him forever he has become a very strong young man he was always strong much stronger than his father who is all the weak and who tends to blame other people for things that go wrong in his life William was a strong of mind when he was a boy perhaps even a bit willful since his mother died and particularly with Harry to look after to oversee he's assumed an importance which he wears very well I mean he happens to be you know tall he's a good-looking chap and he's very bright but he changed him in becoming a more independent boy in taking control in a sense of the situation and he was crucial of course to harris stability within days of the victory parade Williams started senior school at Eton College his parents chose Eton for its close proximity to London and to Windsor Castle Charles refused to send him to the Scottish school Gordon Stern where he himself had been very unhappy as a student Eaton had educated generations of Diana's family including her father and brother but she still sought Williams approval before sending him there she had treated him like a grown-up which is what every teenager longs she'd asked his advice a well William what do you think about this should I do this why shouldn't I now that is very flattering and she didn't tell him what to do I mean Prince Charles is exactly the same I've heard this for several years now that whenever they decide that they're going to go somewhere would do something or there's going to be a photo call and say well we were thinking of doing this what do you think well they also asked Harry and they asked for their input Diana identified in William personal qualities that his father lacked she actively groomed her eldest son to be King as he grew up William became a you knew confidant to his mother she did drop an incredible amount of responsibility I'm Williams very slim young shoulders he was you know barely ten years old when she started revealing how she felt in front of him and I think as a result Williams matured very fast he's much more mature than most boys of 15 but that's also perhaps because of the daunting burden that lies ahead of him in the monarchy and when you're 15 you might want to be a rock star or a nuclear physicist you don't want your life and that dad for you kids about age want to feel free they're all their school friends are talking about you know I'm gonna backpack around Africa or something and and he doesn't have that choice it's it's very sad I've heard Prince Charles talk about how awful it is to have your whole life mapped out for you and I know Williams a very sensitive boy and he'll have absorbed a lot of that and think well I've got the same fate awaits me sitting around waiting for my parent to die so I can become king the ancient courtyards them playing fields of Eton will shape both of Diana's boys for the challenges of a monarchy in a new millennium William will be Harry's protector at Eton where William is doing very well William will really look after him and make sure that as a mother flattened newcomer he'll be well taken care of despite the support of royal friends like Lord and Lady Romsey members of Prince Charles's in a circle there are still fears that Diana's death could affect William so greatly that he may not want to be king whether William given that all he's been through might say in the next few years who needs this the people don't seem to want us anymore we're going into Europe what's the monarchies role it would be very human and people would understand if he said I don't think I want to do this Diana instilled in her son's an understanding of the traditions into which they were born constant examples of duty and dedication were exemplified by the Queen and the Queen Mother the Queen's always paid very important role with William and Diana told me that William gets on very well with his grandmother and she was delighted about that and for the past few years the Queen has been having tea with William on a Sunday we know because he just has to go across the bridge from Eton say he'll go around to Windsor Castle with his detective and when he walks in the room her face lights up and they sit down and they chat about this and that and she tells him what she's been doing and who she's met and he tells her now this is a tradition that the monarch passes down through the generations to her wisdom and there was of time when when the Queen hardly saw William so she's delighted to a form this bond with him Williams confirmation service and March 1997 was the last time that the four members of the Wales family were all seen together Dioner and Charles had agreed to act in harmony for the sake of their children who had suffered from their parents all to public divorce by this time Diana had resolved to leave behind the bitterness of the past and had forged a new friendship with her former husband with her generous divorce settlement diana was seeking a new independent life she felt relaxed enough to kiss Charles goodbye at William speech day in May 1997 they would never be seen together in public again south of France summer 1997 Mohamed al-fayed owner of Harrods in London and the Ritz Hotel in Paris invited Diana and her boys to holiday at his magnificent mansion he or she fell in love with fired's handsome son Dodi Diana would have never married Adi without the consent of the two children and Prince William more than that because she always said that Prince William was her and Kurt and she admired the boy enormously dianna felt free of the emotional chains of her failed marriage on a sun-drenched sea with Dodie her devoted companion a bright new future beckoned they cruise the Mediterranean aboard the fired's luxurious yachts the Joe Nicole William and Harry witnessed their mothers growing romance but the children don't forget she took them on the boat and they had a wonderful time not probably William William was not so happy but the little one was thrilled all the games on the thing and it was probably to accustom them to the situation and when I asked her are you going to marry him and what your children the action she said I ran after William so it was G on sir and he said money I want you to be happy it's been reported that when the first pictures of diana and dodi in that sizzling embrace in the mediterranean were appearing in the press diana rang william and warned him tipped him off that the pictures are about to appear and he's his reaction was fine he just said look what mum whatever makes you happy he was called a mum and you know he was fine about it he knew Dodi he'd met him on the holiday they all shared in the middle of July on the last Saturday of August diana and dodi had dinner together at the paris ribs shortly after midnight they left to return to Dodie's apartment where he had a diamond ring awaiting his princess pursued by paparazzi and driven too fast they crashed in an underpass Diana was 36 years old her work half done and her sons half raised in the new life she was embracing she had exercised her previous one and dismissed it's wiser safety precautions had she been with the boys of course she would have been completely differently protected she would have had a royal protection driver very well trained by police method she would have had probably a follow-up car making sure that the paparazzi were at a distance but of course she one part of her deliberately didn't want that and she did very much feel liberated from many of those constraints in her private life when she gave up being her royal highness and having the trappings of royalty so as on many things she herself was ambivalent there were moments obviously when it would have been very helpful to have proper police protection but there are other moments when she really wanted to escape and I suspect that the second one when she wanted to escape were more important than the first Prince Charles went to Paris to collect the body of his former wife despite her divorce and the loss of the title her royal highness Diana's coffin was draped with the Royal Standard flag she had died a member of the royal family Charles along with Diana's sisters took her home to a country in shock and grief in the next week the royal family were forced to change their behavior as the scale of public mourning overwhelmed them charles rose to the occasion behaving more like a widower than a former husband Diana had often said I will always be the mother of your children even in death she was still bound to him Hillary Clinton joined the famous and the unknown at Diana's funeral she grieved for a young woman she had known and greatly admired on behalf of the President and the American people I came here to express our deep sadness at the loss of Princess Diana we grieve for her children her family and her country she inspired countless men and women throughout the world with her courage perseverance and loving kindness she did hard work in difficult places and she softened hearts and lifted spirits we can honor Diana's memory by continuing her work by bringing care and comfort to the afflicted by reaching out to those who are stranded on the outskirts of hope and opportunity by campaigning against landmines by treating every child with love and compassion today the shadows are longer because we have lost the light that shined brightly and gently and we will miss her every nation color and Creed on earth mourn Diana in cities throughout the world commemorative services were held the soaring notes of opera singer Denise graves in New York's Central Park carried the sorrow of the American people [Music] newspapers and magazines all over America reflected the somber mood [Music] scenes like these were witness throughout the country as people said farewell to the world's most popular and celebrated woman [Music] there was a sense of sharing in a tragic and historic event and in Washington the National Cathedral congregation prayed with the Reverend Nathan Baxter [Music] it is too easy and too safe to place her on a Pius pedestal where we can admire her and fantasize about her but Katherine Graham one of America's most successful women praise Diana she was a star from the beginning she brought something to Royal behavior touching people and speaking frankly two major contributions but we all soon learned that the fairy tale had an unhappy ending the death of Princess Diana with mr. Fayyad and mr. Paul has brought the problems of celebrity culture and its coverage by all of us into sharp relief we all need to think hard about how to solve them this tragedy need not and should not have happened in 16 short years Lady Diana Spencer had risen from unknown aristocrat to the most famous face on earth from a kindergarten assistant to the Princess of Wales and uncrowned queen of hearts before her wedding in 1981 diana spoke of her work as a part-time nanny I only worked three days a week kindergarten and the other two I looked after American baby boy it was very special to me the boy's mother Mary Robertson wrote a book about Diana she praised the happy normal teenager who took loving care of her son Patrick in Washington Mary paid a tribute to her attending Diana's funeral last week was the saddest thing I've ever done as the last him ended and I'd heard only the tread the soldiers boots so chilling and so final as they carried her through the Abbey my only thought was of the two boys who had lost the mother who adored them God willing Diana's spirit will live on in her son's in Paris the site of Diana's fatal crash became a place of pilgrimage a convoy of London taxicab drivers took a party of sick and handicapped children to pay their respects to the princess who had made them feel valued Diana had raised the profile of handicapped people everywhere they remembered her as a friend [Music] shortly before her own death diana comforted elton john at the funeral of murdered fashion designer Gianni Versace a few weeks later Elton would sing at Diana's funeral other artists compiled a musical tribute they were inspired by Elton's best-selling record of the song goodbye England's rose which raised millions for the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund Paul McCartney Cliff Richard Michael Jackson and many more donated their songs to raise money for Diana's charities Diana's final campaign was aimed at governments who spent fortunes on land mines which injured and killed innocent victims she visited Angola in January 1997 and was interested in every aspect of the problem on behalf of the Red Cross Diana pledged her support for the campaign it's an enormous privilege me to be invited here to Angola in order to assist the Red Cross in its campaign to ban once and for all anti-personnel landmines there couldn't be a more appropriate place to begin this campaign than Angola because this nation has the highest number of amputees per population than anywhere in the world by visiting Angola we shall gain an understanding of the plight of the victims of land mines and how survivors are helped to recover from their injuries we'll also be able to observe the wider implications of these devastating weapons on the line of this country as a whole it is my sincere hope that by working together in the next few days we shall focus world attention on this vehicle but until now largely neglected issue our experiences in Angola turned a campaign into a crusade I've had hands-on experiences before but this working trip has been slightly different I've had more contact with people and there's been there's formalities it's the type of program I've been looking for for some time and I'm very happy to have done and achieved what we have remember that the way very large campaigns particularly in Washington and in Switzerland with various organizations what she did is give a lead to all of them they all then fell in line behind Diana with her involvement with her pictures of the potato on the TV and in newspapers across the world everyone then joined the campaign to have them banned in 1993 diana visited Nepal a desolate region far from the Royal Court but one with its own ceremonies to welcome a princess Baroness Chalker a British government minister accompanied her but Diana's official public role was being scaled down always respectful of other cultures and a perfect ambassador for her country Diana would nevertheless be cast aside by the royal family in her own words as a non-starter for Queen one of Diana's greatest achievements was losing the stigma attached to two major diseases of mankind aids and leprosy the leprosy mission was one of her most important charities she had first seen leprosy in Indonesia in 1989 now she was attracting the attention of the world's media to a centuries-old affliction in another forgotten area she wanted to make people aware of the plight of the 32 million people directly or indirectly affected by leprosy leprosy and AIDS twin symbols of fear and ignorance one ancient one modern became personal Crusades for Diana in dealing with AIDS and HIV Diana knew that no amount of words compared with the power of touch in one handshake she dispelled the myth that touching transfers the virus publicity about HIV teams to veer between sex and death horror stories at one extreme to complacency at the other but behind this confused picture lies the reality of a growing worldwide affliction and untold private suffering HIV does not make people dangerous to know so you can shake their hands and give them a hug heaven knows they need it among the hundred or so charities Diana was associated with was the chicken shed theatre group which welcomed children of all abilities [Music] the group miss her warm support she was as irreplaceable to them as to many other organizations causes and charities that she'd help through her celebrity status the chicken shed theatre released a special song at Christmas 1997 for Diana's Memorial Fund the song I am in love with the world competed with the best of the pop world for a place in the chart it was an immediate hit the chicken shed theater promoted the song with a video showing Diana surrounded by the children she had lovingly supported in June 1998 the chicken shed children performed their song at an outdoor memorial concert held by Diana's brother Earl Spencer at all syrup her family estate the concert raise money for her Memorial Fund to help her charities many many have missed that we don't yet know which charities are going to benefit because I've only just started distributing the money I mean if the money continues to come in as it may well do then the charities hopefully in the future will get the sort of money they'd have expected to with Diana alive but at the moment there were a number of charities struggling because that money hasn't come through Diana was a mother to be proud of to her boys she gave her unquestioning love and attention whatever the problems in her personal life or the demands of her public role Diana may have told her boys that leah Rabine widow of the assassinated Israeli prime minister once said to her you and I are the two most tragic figures in the world except that you have a future and I only have a past now diana has no future William and Harry are her living legacy the two brothers as her only children have an unbreakable bond yet they have very different characters but she always said Prince Harry is a mark is like a Spencer and he I don't have worries about him but I think that the future came Prince William has the sense and sensibility of Diana [Music] shortly after Diana's death Charles took Prince Harry to South Africa in Johannesburg they attended a concert of the chart-topping Spice Girls Harry relished the attention they gave him it was a time to smile again and to let his father join in the fun [Music] just thirteen hairy looked lost in unfamiliar surroundings in South Africa he must have missed the reassuring presence of William studying for his exams at school but he seemed happy to watch his father show him the way to behave when dealing with unusual customs and to give him a few stories for his friends back home although Harry seems unaffected by the situation there are moments when the mask slips he has become far more reflective there are long periods I understand where he is very sort of contemplative in a way that he wasn't before well he's only a young boy I think you know all of us who have families and maybe have lost someone close couldn't understand what may be going through his mind thoughts disappointments he must have periods or unhappiness but he is quieter and more contemplative than he was before she died South Africa was a long way from Britain in culture and climate [Music] but it had many fascinating sights and sounds for father and son to share it was a rewarding experience and an opportunity for Charles and Harry to relax in a different atmosphere the tour helped Harry to create a geographical and an emotional distance from the traumatic events after his mother's death like William Harry can never forget the good times they had with Diana she introduced them to new people exciting places and fresh adventures a visit to a Welsh rugby match and a chance to drive an army tank in Germany were part of Harry's upbringing diana never wanted second born to mean second best in a conversation i had with the princess not long before she died in kensington palace she did bring up the question of her concerns for Harry and that William would always be the one the center stage one who was going to be king she was worried for instance rather touchingly I thought that William would get all the girls all the girls would go for wills and poor Harry would do xeni a couple of years younger would be left out and so she was already kind of taking steps to try and make sure that they were treated equally even though in royal standing terms William was it will always be number one although she would have loved a daughter Diana threw herself in thews II a Stickley into the role of mother of two lively boys she gave them the thrills and spills that other children enjoyed this was nothing like Charles's upbringing they braced each other in Colorado in July 1995 and shot down the slides at Thorpe Park another year [Music] distant summers of their past with their memories of a gentle and affectionate mother will always be in their heart but those happy days can never return flowers were left outside Highgrove the country home diana shared with charles until the time when they separated in temporary the village nearest Highgrove local people mourned the princess they had known since she was a young bride the sudden and brutal end of such a vibrant and beautiful woman stunned the world into unprecedented grief with unbelievable bravery diana sons joined Prince Charles Prince Philip and Earl Spencer in the sad procession to her funeral later Earl Spencer said it was the most traumatic day of my life unknown to the watching world Diana's will had given the Spencer's the moral authority to help guide William and Harry to maturity at her funeral Earl Spencer used his position as head of Diana's family to challenge the Royal Family's ability to raise their heirs according to Diana's wishes outside Westminster Abbey a family United only in brief saw Diana's last journey begin the outpouring of public grief for Diana forced the royal family to face changes [Music] our sponsors surprising attack on the House of Windsor one public support and Donna's ancestral home became a shrine to the lost princess a Throop house with its fabled art collection had been her heritage a potent symbol of dynastic grandeur Diana was like her grandmother Cynthia Spencer Diana and her brother Charles had been very close in childhood she had mothered him when their parents separated she was six he was three in July 1981 their father the eighth Earl had proudly given away his youngest daughter in marriage a sick man he was happy to see that day Diana's father was a great prop in her troubled life he died in 1992 just as the truth about her unhappy marriage was to be made public dianna knew then that her secrets would soon be out through her cooperation with a book that would portray the royal world a longtime courtier her father would have been torn by divided loyalties the death of her father was monumental for her he was a big anchor for her and he died at the wrong time for her unfortunately because he was the time she would have needed him more her relationship with her sisters was good with her brother she had an on-and-off relationship shattered by her death and angry at the press he blamed for hounding her our Spencer spoke at his South African home shortly after receiving the terrible news all those who've come into contact for Diana particularly over the past 17 years will share my family's grief she was unique she understood the most precious needs of human beings particularly those that suffered and her vibrancy and sparkle combined with a very real sense of duty and now gone forever it is heartbreaking to lose such a human being especially when she was only 36 above all my thoughts are with William and Harry and with my mother and two sisters who are showing tremendous bravery in the face of senseless tragedy I would ask you please at this time to respect the fact that Diana was part of a family and amongst the general mourning at her death realized that we too need space to pay our final respects to our own flesh and blood for that we will need privacy finally the one consolation is that diana is now in a place where no human being can ever touch her again I pray that she rests in peace at first our Spencer wanted to bury diana with her father and the Spencer ancestors in the little church at great brington near ultram within its ornate tombs lies a dynasty that provided soldiers Admirals Lord Chamberlain's Knights ambassadors and Aykroyd's for sovereign and state the ambitious lady Fermoy had seen her daughter Frances Diana's mother Mary into this noble house and produced the next Spenser generation Diana's sister Sarah had once been courted by Prince Charles but married into the landed gentry her other sister Jane married the Queen's private secretary Diana's royal marriage was suspense a family's brief shining moment our Spencer's remarks about the stripping of Diana's title Her Royal Highness and his promise that the blood family would protect her sons sent shockwaves through the royal family bearing in mind water Spencer said at the Abbey in that very contentious a mother bit of speech about the blood family looking over for the upbringing of the boys one would have expected them to see more of William and Harry they don't and one of the reasons undoubtedly is that what Earl Spencer said upset Prince Charles because it called into question his abilities as a father as head of the Spencer family the angry young Earl lashed out at the royal family for their treatment of his sister they had embraced her as a young and naive bride but then cast her aside after bearing heirs to the throne she came from a very very important and aristocratic family herself I mean a family with roots probably far back further back in the history of this country than the Queen's roots so that I can't I'm not surprised in a way that they responded in this way whether or not what Earl Spencer said at the funeral has lasting impact I'm not sure for 77 miles Diana's flower-strewn hearse was revered along its final journey it was a triumphal parade worthy of a medieval heroine she went home to her grieving family and her ancestral estate to preserve the privacy of her children she was buried away from the public gaze on an island in a lake her brothers scattered her grave with flowers that will recede and grow again on Mother's Day her son sent flowers to her tranquil resting place Diana's caring legacy was continued by the memorial fund set up after her death a major charity event was held for the fund in the famous Beverly Wilshire hotel in Los Angeles there was an air of anticipation before the princess ball as many came to see the star guest the man Diana had called my rock her former butler Paul Burrell emerged as the keeper of the princess's flame with his attractive wife who also worked for Diana Burrell came to salute the memory of the woman he called the boss he was so close to Diana that he attended her burial with her family he wanted her good work to continue this is America's first tribute to Diana Princess of Wales an auction raised money for her causes a box that Diana had given to Paul Burrell was sold and then returned to its owner and the curdled amer a replica of the necklace worn in the film Titanic raised over two million dollars as the brother had said at her funeral Diana needed no royal title to generate her particular brand of magic for Diana's boys the spring of 1998 was a time for growth and renewal William went reluctantly with Charles and Harry to Canada he was embarrassed by his Rockstar reception Harry had grown accustomed to cheering crowds this first appearance of the Wales trio abroad showed the Fed found light after the awful darkness of Diana's untimely death it was the time for jokes and laughter and a time for relaxation as the three princes skied the Canadian Rocky Mountains like Diana Charles had always enjoyed skiing holidays with his sons even when they fell down Charles and his sons were the latest family firm William once hated photo pools now he bantered with reporters this was Charles's chance to show his easygoing relationship with his sons and proves that he didn't need Earl Spencer's advice it was also an opportunity for journalists to compare Harry to William he's got exactly his mother's personality he he's very exuberant very lively fun-loving nothing fazes Harry but William is exactly like his father very reserved very thoughtful conscientious you know he even sounds like his father now that his voice is broken you'd swear you're listening to Charles so you know he looks like his mother but his his father son at Balmoral in August 1997 just days before their mother's death the difference between the two boys personalities was quite evident Harry was the more impulsive William already a cautious boy knows that he is destined to be king one day he will have to choose a future Queen and she will inevitably be compared to Diana Williams got a tough act to follow I know he likes blonds he's always anyone for blonds just like his father so you know it's going to be tough isn't it I mean most boys like to get a girl just like their mother was but for William is there another girl out there who's you know maybe 12 or 13 14 today who's going to grow into somebody who's not only as beautiful as Diana but as compassionate as warm have that magic with ordinary people after Diana's tragedy can her boys hope for happiness let's just hope for both their sakes that those boys are given the freedom to make marriages that really work fine girls but they really care about who really care about them they're prepared to put up with all the inconveniences of being royal as well as the considerable perks and home comforts of being royal but above all that these marriages don't end in divorce like their parents like so many royal marriages recently because of the strains and because of the people in the House of Windsor being so cold to the people that marry into it I think Donna's left enough with those boys for that not to be true of them for William whatever happens to the monarchy life is always going to be like it is for his mother hounded harassed pursued privately as well as publicly his misfortune as well as his good fortune being that he looks rather like her and he's her legacy made flesh as they watch tireness sons grow up the royal family may reflect on what might have been had they kept Diana within their fold dianna the uncrowned queen will always want the family that rejected her [Music]

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Published: Thu Aug 29 2019