Prince Harry was the only one in the Royal Family that openly talked about his depression that followed after the death of his mother. He had a special bond with his mother, and she passed away when he was only twelve years old. As the youngest one in the family, probably he had the closest relations with her. The relationship between Prince William and his mother Diana.
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According to the prince, his whole world crashed the day his mother died. Just to remind the readers, that happened on 31. August 1997. The first one who heard about the tragedy was Prince Charles. He was on the holiday with his sons and the Queen. Prince Harry asked his father to accompany him to Paris and collect his mother`s body. He tried to do everything he could for this mother, even after her death.
In order to protect his son from heartbreaking moments, Prince Charles decided not to allow his sons to go to France. According to the one of the Prince Diana`s most close friend R. Kay, the children were the priority to Prince Charles and the Queen. Prince decided that he will go alone and collect the body of Princess Diana to the UK.
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The Prince`s decision was a brave one. As an ex-husband, he had no obligation to be there. But she was the mother of his children. This was almost the only thing that the Prince and his mother agreed regarding his ex-wife`s death. He needed to step up and be a support to his sons, who lost their mother at a very young age.
He even wanted to take the royal flight to France. The Queen was against that and they argued a lot about that. In the end, the Queen accepted her son`s wishes and allowed him to take the royal flight. As we already said, Prince Harry was the only one in the Royal Family that has been open about his feelings about his mother’s death.
His grief inspired him to be the founder of health initiatives, which are there to support the people who want to be open about their feelings. He also said that he is sorry that he didn`t talk about his grief sooner. In the documentary that was released last year, he said that he wouldn`t accept that his mother was no longer beside him. He thanked his father for being there for him.
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His opinion is that the hardest thing for a parent is to tell the kids that the other parent is not alive anymore. When asked what his first reaction to the news was, Prince Harry said that he didn`t believe that his mother is dead. Also, he added that he doesn`t know how his father reacted to the new, but he said that he was there for them and that this is the most important thing the Prince of Wales did. Prince didn`t talk about the relationship of his mother and his older brother William.
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