From jokes to a Big Mac before Blind Date, she gave her boys wonderful

I WAS very moved by the documentary because it’s candid, honest and raw.

I want to say well done to the boys, they are a credit to their mother.

Even now, I don’t see two grown men, I still see two young boys. I remember all the lessons Diana taught them.

She instilled in them her ideals, hopes and dreams. That’s what this programme is about. She gave them moments they will never forget. Diana used to pull out all the stops at Christmas. William and Harry, or “ma boys” as she called them, came before everything – even herself.

She’d spend hours looking for jokey things for their stockings. One year, Harry got fake dog poo and he said he was going to trick Granny. Dressing the boys the same was another joke.

It was a case of “you will wear what Mummy tells you to and that’s the end of the story”. George and Charlotte are dressed in quite a retro way and that’s obviously a throwback to William’s past. In the show, Harry talks about packets of Starburst. They came from a secret sweet shop in a storeroom in the basement at Kensington Palace.

Starburst were Harry’s favourite. Diana would take a carrier full of sweets and she’d sneak off to watch them play football or rugby at school.

She didn’t get to see them much so it was about that extra time. They’d be thrilled to see her on the sidelines. I’m surprised they didn’t talk about their Saturday night ritual with their mum.

The three of them would nip to Mcdonald’s for a Big Mac and fries before coming back to watch Blind Date. All three of them would squat on this massive, stuffed hippopotamus Diana had in her sitting room.

They loved Blind Date and I’d hear them all screaming things like “Oh don’t pick him!” and “Lorra, lorra