A difficult walk. Prince William admits he remembered Diana at Elizabeth II’s funeral – The Observer

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Twenty-five years separate the funerals of two women in the Prince of Wales’ life. At the age of 15, William accompanied the coffin of his mother, Princess Diana. At the age of 40, he has made the same march again now to honor his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.

The King’s grandson will have spoken to many of the people who accompanied the procession outside Sandringham House, to whom he acknowledged the memories the moment evoked. “Bring back some memories‘ said the current Duke of Cornwall to the walk that reminded him of a funeral Lady Di quoted BBC.

The heir to the throne walked behind his father, King Charles III, along with his younger brother, Prince Harry, during last Wednesday’s procession that transported the late Elizabeth II from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall.

“It has been a challenging career.‘, as Prince William also assumed, when referring to the funeral procession Who is your grandmother who will be buried? next Monday.

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In September 1997, the brothers followed their mother’s coffin across central London under the eyes of the world’s media, he recalls Reuters. Princess Diana died in a Paris car accident at the age of 36, in an incident that defined the lives of the Queen’s grandchildren and affected the British people.

In 2017, the younger brother of the Crown Prince, in statements to NEWSWEEKNo child should be invited to this march, under any circumstances. “At the moment, I don’t think that’s going to happen,” he said.