“He didn’t take me in his arms”, King Charles icy to announce the death of Diana

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In his memoir, which will appear in bookstores on January 10, Prince Harry returned to the moment his father told him of the accident that claimed the life of his mother, Princess Diana, in 1997.

A drama that shocked the whole world. the August 31, 1997, Princess Diana has died following a tragedy car accident occurred at Paris, in the tunnel located under the Place de l’Alma, while his vehicle was chased by paparazzi. Alongside the Princess of Wales was her companion, Dodi Al Fayed, who also died in this accident. This terrible event naturally occupies a large place in memoirs of prince harrywhich will be released in bookstores January 10 next.

In this book, titled Spare (The Alternate in French), the Duke of Sussex evokes precisely the day he learned of thefatal accident that claimed the life of his mother. According to Mirrorwhich is based on an excerpt from the Spanish version of the memoir which accidentally already came out in Spain, the husband of Meghan Markle notably described the his father’s behaviorKing Charles III, when the latter told him the shocking news. He didn’t take me in his armsrevealed Prince Harry, at the time only 12 yearsin The Substitute.

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“He put a hand on my knee”

The American site Us Weekly, who obtained a copy of Prince Harry’s memoir, quotes the passage in which Archie and Lilibet’s father recounts that fateful moment in detail. “[Charles] sat on the edge of the bed. He put a hand on my knee. ‘My dear son, mom had a car accident‘”, thus wrote the brother of prince William, who added to have wondered if his mother was well despite this accident: “I vividly remember that thought that crossed my mind. And I remember waiting patiently for dad to confirm that indeed mom was fine.. And I remember he did not done.”

The 38-year-old prince also explained that if his father did not take him in his arms at this precise moment, it was because the latter simply did not have the habit of doing so. He wasn’t not good at showing emotions under normal circumstances, how could he be expected to show them in such a crisis?” asked Prince Harry, who clarified that his father’s hand is still “fallen once again on [son] knee, before saying: ‘It’ll be OK.'” “It was a lot for himunderlined the author of the Substitutecalling his father’s gesture a paternal, hopeful, kindand at the same time “so wrong”.

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