On the night of her death Princess Diana called her two sons for a chat.
At the time, 15-year-old William and 12-year-old Harry rushed through the conversation so they could get back to playing with their cousins in Balmoral.
They had no idea that would be the last time they would talk to their mum. Just hours later, Diana was killed in a car crash in the Pont de l’Alma road tunnel in Paris.
Now, 35 and 32, Prince William and Prince Harry have opened up about their regrets over that fleeting conversation from their childhood.
In a documentary called Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy (due to air on Channel 7’s Sunday Night program next week) Prince William admitted that conversation “still sticks in [his] mind” 20 years later.
He also told People magazine there was a “big gaping hole” left when she died.
“All I want to do is make my mother incredibly proud. That’s all I’ve ever wanted to do,” he said.
In the documentary, Prince Harry also reveals he’s only cried twice in the two decades since his mother’s death.
“There’s a lot of grief that still needs to be let out,” he said.
“It has been hard and it will continue to be hard. There’s not a day William and I don’t wish that she was still around, and we wonder what kind of mother she would be now, and what kind of a public role she would have, and what a difference she would be making,” he added.
The documentary marks 20 years since the passing of Princess Diana and it’ll also feature candid conversations with Sir Elton John, Diana’s brother, and even Rihanna.
Top Comments
You never know really when it will be the last time you speak to someone you love. I always make sure no matter how brief or much of a hurry I'm in (or even if I've had an argument) that I tell them I love them. Hindsight is always great or difficult in these situations
They (and people in a similar position ) really should stop beating themselves up about that short conversation.
For starters - they were just kids who were simply in a hurry to get back to playing and that's something she would have expected.
Regrets about "if only we'd known" are a bit futile.
Seriously, none of us would leave the house if we knew what impact doing just that would have on the world.........in fact (to go a bit deeper ) NOT leaving the house also has an impact - ie, "if only I'd been there" etc, etc.
Our presence in the world for better or worse IS important so we may as well try to make it better - OK ?
Positive energy always creates a positive result...........................xx's