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Queen Elizabeth II’s demise this week led to a strikingly related scene as mourners watched on whereas Her Majesty’s coffin made its means from Buckingham Palace and traveled to Westminster Corridor, a picture paying homage to Princess Diana’s memorial 25 years in the past when Prince William and Prince Harry adopted their mom’s casket to its remaining resting place shortly after she died.
As Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin made the 20-minute journey by way of the streets of London, the world was transported again to 1997 the place the younger princes stood sturdy of their final bodily act of defending their mom earlier than she was laid to relaxation.
On Sept. 6, 1997, Prince William and Prince Harry walked alongside their father Charles, the late Prince Philip and Diana’s brother, Charles, the Earl of Spencer, on the two-mile route from Kensington Palace and thru central London to Westminster Abbey for her service.
William was 15 years previous on the time and Harry was 12. Their mom was 36 years previous when she died on Aug. 31, 1997 following a automobile collision in Paris, France. She was often known as “The Folks’s Princess” regardless of her disdain for the press and life within the highlight, and divorced Charles in 1996, with paparazzi finally chasing her to demise.
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Prince William and Prince Harry (pictured left in 1997, proper on Wednesday) mourned the lack of Queen Elizabeth II throughout a funeral procession just like Princess Diana’s.
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The brothers reunited as soon as once more Wednesday to stroll for Her Majesty, as they adopted the Queen’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Corridor. Companies are deliberate for Monday, Sept. 19.
Much like the Queen’s coffin, Diana’s was lined within the Royal Normal and featured white flowers.
The late Prince Philip insisted the boys stroll behind their mom’s coffin 25 years in the past, in keeping with Tina Brown in an excerpt from her 2007 ebook, “The Diana Chronicles.”
“‘I’m not going to march in any bloody parade,’ William had wept,'” she wrote. “Philip had gently cajoled him: ‘If I stroll, will you stroll with me?”
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“To maintain the boys from breaking down alongside the route, Philip talked to them quietly about every of the historic landmarks of London they handed.”
In Sally Bedell Smith’s 2017 biography, “Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Unbelievable Life,” Prince Philip reportedly advised Diana’s sons, “When you do not stroll, it’s possible you’ll remorse it later.”
Throughout a 2017 interview with Newsweek, Prince Harry mentioned, “I do not assume any youngster needs to be requested to try this, below any circumstances. I do not assume it might occur at present.”
Princess Diana was buried on Sept. 6, 1997, and her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, joined the funeral procession on the request of the late Prince Philip.
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The Princess of Wales’ coffin, escorted by Coldstream Guards, in The Mall on the day of her funeral service.
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The Duke of Sussex additionally admitted within the TV documentary “Diana, 7 Days That Shook the Windsors” that he was glad he did it. He additionally appreciated how his father Charles supported him and William regardless of the tough time, which was just one 12 months after Charles and Diana’s divorce was finalized.
“One of many hardest issues for a mum or dad to should do is inform your kids that your different mum or dad has died. The way you cope with that, I do not know,” Harry mentioned. “However he was there for us. He was the one out of two left. And he tried to do his finest and to make it possible for we have been protected and taken care of. However he was going by way of the identical grieving course of as nicely.”
William added, “However I’ve to say, when it turns into that private as strolling behind your mom’s funeral cortege, it goes to a different stage of responsibility.”
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On the time, Diana’s brother, the Earl of Spencer, was in opposition to the boys strolling within the procession and advised BBC Radio 4 that it was a “very weird and merciless” factor to ask such younger folks to be a part of. He mentioned he was “lied to and advised they wished to do it.”
He added: “It was actually horrifying, really. We might stroll 100 yards and listen to folks sobbing after which stroll spherical a nook and any person wailing and shouting out messages of affection to Diana or William and Harry, and it was a really, very difficult time.”
Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Earl Spencer, Prince William and the Duke of Edinburgh (L to R) walked into Westminster Abbey for Diana’s companies in September 1997.
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Prince William and Prince Harry view the flowers left behind by hundreds of mourners following Princess Diana’s demise in 1997.
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Prince William gave an emotional speech to mourners Thursday outdoors Sandringham Home, and shared simply how painful it was strolling behind his grandmother’s casket within the procession the day earlier than.
From a video captured by Sky Information, the Prince of Wales admitted he was considerably “ready” for the day, whereas additionally not totally able to be within the place to say his goodbyes.
“Doing the stroll yesterday was difficult,” he mentioned. “It introduced again a couple of recollections. It is a kind of moments the place you form of assume to your self, ‘I’ve ready myself for this,’ however I am not that ready.
“It is this bizarre form of factor … As a result of we knew she was 96.”
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One mourner recalled William saying that following his grandmother’s procession reminded him of “his mum’s funeral.”
“Catherine mentioned it is simply been such a tough time for all of them, for the entire household,” Jane Wells advised The Telegraph.
Because the royals reunited final week, turmoil among the many household nonetheless persists as Harry’s birthday on Thursday, Sept. 15 wasn’t even observed by the official royal social media pages, together with the accounts operated by his brother and sister-in-law.
The brand new “Fab 4” reunited after years aside, however weren’t with out some criticism as Prince William went viral in a video the place he was criticized for his lack of chivalry for his spouse, whereas Harry rushed to be by Meghan’s facet and open a automobile door because the group left the occasion collectively Saturday.
Prince William, left, and Prince Harry, second left, comply with the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II throughout a procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Corridor in London, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. The Queen will lie in state in Westminster Corridor for 4 full days earlier than her funeral on Monday Sept. 19.
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Senior members of the British Royal Household comply with behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II throughout a procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Corridor.
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Prince William and Kate Middleton lead procession as Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin is transported to Westminster Corridor, with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle standing within the distance.
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In 2020, Harry and spouse Meghan Markle departed from royal duties attributable to what they described because the British media’s intrusion and racist demeanor towards their household.
Markle revealed she felt suicidal earlier than they determined to go away England and transfer again to her dwelling state of California, and Harry acknowledged there was rigidity along with his father over his choice to not solely step away from his royal duties, but in addition for his marriage to the biracial actress.
It is nonetheless unclear which of the Queen’s great-grandchildren will probably be concerned within the funeral on Monday, with hypothesis that William’s eldest son George could also be in attendance, if any of the great-grandkids are.
A serious level of competition for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex remained unanswered — if their kids, Archie and Lilibet, would obtain the “His/Her Royal Highness” titles, however King Charles III did agree to offer the kids prince and princess titles following his ascension to the throne.
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“So this was an enormous competition through the Oprah interview, as a result of Meghan advised Oprah Archie was entitled to be a prince and that the household had denied him. That was not proper. That was incorrect,” royal professional Shannon Felton Spence defined.
Prince William, Prince of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales view floral tributes at Sandringham on September 15, 2022 in King’s Lynn, England.
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Kate Middleton, Prince William, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle pictured outdoors Windsor Citadel Saturday.
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Now that Charles has change into king, Prince Harry and Markle’s kids are grandchildren of the sovereign.
“I feel that it is lovely now that at present is Harry’s birthday, and the king has granted them the titles,” Spence mentioned. “It is a privilege of being the grandchild of the sovereign. That is nice, and I feel that it ought to present that each one that was stopping it was a doc.”
Spence additionally defined why Harry and Markle’s kids will seemingly not obtain His/Her Royal Highness (HRH) titles at this level.
“Harry’s all the time had one and Meghan acquired hers once they acquired married as a result of they have been working royals,” Spence advised Fox Information Digital. “Their first full-time job was working royals. Utilizing the HRH titles simply permits further privileges, like state-funded safety. In order that’s why we now not name Prince Harry, His Royal Highness, Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, or Her Royal Highness, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. They don’t seem to be going to take them away, however they do not use them.
“So Archie and Lili will not get them proper now as a result of they are not working royals, and their dad and mom do not use them,” she continued. “That does not imply that they will not ever get them. It simply signifies that, at this second, they do not have HRH. It does not actually make any distinction to their lives in California in any respect.”
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Fox Information’ Ashley Papa contributed to this report.
