In support of the January 10, 2023, release of Prince Harry's widely anticipated memoir, Spare, the former senior royal has been participating in a number of interviews about the book and his relationships with members of the British royal family.
Harry is also opening up about the death of his mother, Princess Diana, who lost her life in a fatal car crash in 1997. In the book, he revisits the night his father told him Diana had died.
Harry explains, "[Dad] sat down on the edge of the bed. He put a hand on my knee. ‘Darling boy, Mummy’s been in a car crash.’ I remember thinking: Crash … OK. But she’s all right? Yes? I vividly remember that thought flashing through my mind. And I remember waiting patiently for Pa to confirm that indeed Mummy was all right. And I remember him not doing that."
Harry adds that it was then that he realized something terrible must have happened. Unfortunately, his father didn't seem able to comfort his son the way Harry might have needed.
Harry continues, "Pa didn’t hug me. He wasn’t great at showing emotions under normal circumstances, how could he be expected to show them in such a crisis? His hand did fall once more on my knee and he said, ‘It’s going to be OK.’ That was quite a lot for him. Fatherly, hopeful, kind. And so very untrue."
Harry continues by noting that though his father told him that his mother was badly injured, he believed doctors would be able to "fix her head" and that he would see her later that day.
There is more in the video below.
