Prince Harry: Charles was there for us after Diana’s death
Prince Harry has paid tribute to the Prince of Wales for the parental care he showed to his sons in the aftermath of Diana, Princess of Wales’s death, describing how he was “there for us”.
Harry’s words of praise come in a BBC documentary where he also appears to confirm that Charles broke the news to his sons that their mother had been killed in a Paris car crash.
The prince was in a state of “disbelief ” and said he refused to accept his mother’s death while older sibling the Duke of Cambridge felt “completely numb” and asked himself the question “Why me?”, the programme reveals.
William and his brother have spoken candidly about their grief and Diana’s death in the run-up to its 20th anniversary, 31 August, in a series of high profile interviews and documentaries, but until now have not spoken of their father’s role.
Harry, who at the time was on holiday at Balmoral with his brother, father, the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, said: “One of the hardest things for a parent to have to do is to tell your children that your other parent has died.
“How you deal with that, I don’t know, but, you know, he was there for us.
“He was the one out of two left and he tried to do his best and to make sure we were protected and looked after.
“But, you know, he was going through the same grieving process as well.”
The documentary Diana, 7 Days is screened on Sunday and chronicles the days after the princess’s death.