11:15, September 2, 2021
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August 31, 1997, when he died in a tragic car accident in Paris Princess Diana, has become a day of mourning not only for the British royal family, but also throughout Britain. Every year on this day, the British commemorate the beloved princess by laying flowers and lighting candles.
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Delayed in the memories of that time, on a fateful day Prince Charles with both sons – to the princes of William and the latest Harry had gone to Scotland, where he visited his mother in Britain Queen Elizabeth II and his dad Prince Philip owned in Balmoar Scotland. When the terrible news reached Charles, it was he who had to convey the message to his sons.
And despite the fact that Prince Charles and Princess Diana were already officially separated, he insisted that he himself take a private plane to Paris for the body of his ex-wife and son’s mother to take him back home. Queen Elizabeth II strongly objected on the grounds that Charles was no longer her legal husband and he was not required to do so.
However, Charles did not give up, and he was always obedient to his mother’s orders and even whims, this time he was willing to take risks, the Telegraph reports. There have been heated debates behind the royal door.
Publicist and journalist Richard Key, Remembering the events of that time, the documentary Diana: 7 Days That Shook the Windsors says: “It was an amazing and courageous act. He was her divorced husband, and in fact he had no right to be there, except the father of both sons. Charles wanted to go to Paris on the Queen’s private plane, but Elizabeth II did not allow it.
Charles fought for Princess Diana more fervently than she had ever done before when she was alive. ”
In the end, Queen Elizabeth II gave in and Prince Charles, along with Diana’s two sisters, Ladies Sarah McCodel a Jane Felows went on the road. Already 16 hours after the princess’s tragic death, the coffin was taken on a royal plane and taken back to London.
After the ex-wife’s body was brought back to London, Charles boarded the plane again to return to his two sons, Prince William and Harry, who were waiting for their father in Scotland, Balmoral, under the care of Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II. On these terrible days, the first hours after Princess Diana’s death, Prince William and Harry remember that they received the greatest support in those days from their grandfather, Prince Philip.
He tried to support the two boys in everything and to be around all the time. He did this for several more years while the princes grew up.
Let us remind you that Prince Philip passed away on April 9 this year, without waiting for his 100th birthday.
Princess Diana’s funeral was held on September 6, 1997, and is remembered as one of the darkest days of her life by Prince Harry, who was only 12 years old at the time. He has talked about it in several interviews.
Brothers – Prince William and Harry at the funeral of their mother, Princess Diana, in 1997.
Photo: SCANPIX / LETA
Prepared according to foreign press materials.
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