William emerged as Diana's confidant because of her dysfunctional relationship with his father, Prince Charles, Brown explained.
Princess diana and her precious and favourite son prince harry.
Prince Harry Was 'Closer' to King Charles Than William in Childhood—Diana. Princess Diana said Prince Harry "is actually closer to his father than perhaps William at the moment" at the time she cooperated with a 1992 biography.
Princess Diana's BFF, Jemima Khan, is calling it like she sees it when it comes to her late friend's marriage to Prince Charles. And many royal watchers would agree with her assessment even though they probably prefer not to say it publicly: Diana and Charles' marriage was planned by palace insiders.
Diana enjoyed a close relationship with her sons before her tragic death in 1997. She wanted her children to have as normal an upbringing as possible and treated them to days out at theme parks, sent them to public school and took them on royal tours.
Yes, over the years, Diana's two sons Prince William and Prince Harry have both visited their mother's grave. In July 2017, the two princes attended a private service at her grave to mark 20 years since her death - it was held on what would have been her 56th birthday.
Over the years, Harry has remained incredibly close to his aunts. Diana was four and six years younger than Fellowes and McCordquodale. In 1997, the women accompanied the former Prince Charles to Paris to bring Diana's body back home to the UK after her death following a car crash at age 36.
Camilla Is Related to Both Diana and King Charles
Strangely, they are also both related to the late Princess Diana through shared ancestry dating back to King Charles II. Also note that Camilla's great-grandmother was a mistress to King Edward VII, the great-great-grandfather of King Charles.
The Queen Mother also reportedly didn't approve of Charles and Camilla's relationship, with royal author Robert Jobson writing in his 2006 book, William's Princess, that "it was a fact that Camilla's name was not allowed to be spoken in the presence of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother."
But the Queen Mother had an agreement that Prince Harry would get more than Prince William. So, when she passed away aged 101, the brothers had £14million to split between them, but as agreed the younger brother did better out of the deal.
Before King Charles III (then Prince Charles) married Princess Diana (then Diana Spencer) in 1981, he was apparently already smitten with his former girlfriend, Camilla Parker Bowles (then Camilla Shand, now Camilla, Queen Consort).
In a new interview clip promoting the publication of his autobiography Spare, Prince Harry recounts how he and Prince William were unable to show any emotion as they met mourners in public. He told ITV's Tom Bradby he had cried when his mother was buried.
In 1969, the family unit ruptured when Diana's mother reportedly abruptly left her father for Peter Shand Kydd, an Australian wallpaper tycoon (no known connection to Camilla Shand). What ensued was a courtroom and custody battle, and resulted in what her brother called an “unhappy childhood.”
He was the one out of two left, and he tried to do his best and to make sure that we were protected and looked after,” Harry continued. “But ... he was going through the same grieving process as well.” William said that he remembered feeling "completely numb," "disorientated" and "dizzy" at the news.
The last time Prince William and Prince Harry are known to have spent time hanging out with their mother Diana, Princess of Wales, was in July 1997 — and in the company of her brand new boyfriend Dodi Fayed, the playboy son of controversial business tycoon Mohamed Al Fayed.
"One of the most shocking things that Diana told me was that the night before the wedding, Charles told her that he didn't love her," Thornton said. "I think Charles didn't want to go into the wedding on a false premise. He wanted to square it with her, and it was devastating for Diana."
Despite Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles' dating history, she still made the royal wedding's guest list — likely due to her husband Andrew Parker Bowles' role as the Commanding Officer of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.
On 22 February, Buckingham Palace announced that the Queen would not attend the wedding ceremony, but would attend the church blessing and host the reception afterwards. The reason stated by the palace was the couple wanted to keep the occasion low key.
Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, is once again talking about her friendship with the late Princess Diana. On an episode of her new podcast, Ferguson said Diana "never understood how brilliant she was really, you know, and together we both didn't. And I used to hug her but she wouldn't understand."
Princess Diana's BFF, Jemima Khan, is calling it like she sees it when it comes to her late friend's marriage to Prince Charles.
Diana and Camilla might have never had a close friendship, but when Charles and Diana started dating the pair were friendly with each other. At the time Camilla was married to Andrew Parker Bowles and had two children with him.
Apparently, when Diana died in 1997, Harry was allowed to select his favorite piece from their mom's jewelry collection—and he selected the sapphire engagement ring.
Harry has remained close to his mother Princess Diana's side of the family.
In the book, referring to Diana's death, Harry said he thinks that he is unable to cry in public because of his family's preference for not showing emotion. According to The Telegraph, Harry wrote, "I disliked the touch of those hands. What's more, I disliked how they made me feel: guilty.