Harry Herbert, a close friend of Princess Diana, has revealed that The Queen was concerned about Diana’s well-being during the breakup of her marriage with Prince Charles.
Speaking in an interview for ITV and HBO’s Our Mother Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy he reveals that The Queen asked if he could confirm the rumours about Diana’s growing sadness.
Harry Herbert said: “The Queen wanted to talk to me about it because she was worried. She was so, you know, worried about Diana.”
“The Queen wanted to know how was Diana feeling – and was it as bad as it was. And it was a sad discussion – a sad moment really because that was everything at its worst.”
Herbert talked about the first time he met Princess Diana while he played golf at Balmoral. He said “Just as I was about to play my shot, this vision of beauty appeared, full of laughter and energy. And like everyone who meets her she has a big impact.”
Following his talk with The Queen, he visited Diana at Buckingham Palace. He discovered that “although things weren’t particularly easy” in her marriage her two sons, Prince William and Harry, quickly changed her mood.
“She was, you know, very emotional. And, suddenly, these two boys came thundering round the corner in their dressing-gowns, this was before bed, and just watching her face light up.”
Herbert revealed that Princess Diana’s sons had a hugely positive effect on her despite the difficult times: “And through all the difficulty of other stuff at that time, you could see it was the most important thing in her life were her boys.”
The programme Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy airs on ITV at 9 PM today.
It is a tribute to Princess Diana and features the thoughts and feelings of her two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. They talk about the last contact they had with their mother and the emotional impact it had on them.
Time to let this go now after all it’s twenty years……May she be allowed to RIP xxx
This documentary will do nothing except cause terribly hard feelings for those involved. I think it is disgraceful the boys are doing this. They should have more respect for their father, who stood by them and went through pure hell dealing with Diana and her tirades. Grow some balls boys, let it go, you are not the only ones to loose a parent.
You sound like you know them personally! And you know all this about Diana how ?
Camilla stop hiding behind these words…
Prince Charles is the cause of all the depression of Princess Diana if it wasn’t for Prince Charles in love with Camilla and destroyed Princess Diana’s love for Charles she would still be alive I do not feel sorry for Prince Charles and Camilla they made their own destiny the next king and queen of England King William and Queen Katherine
Greetings,
Enough is enough. These two have lived off this grief for 20 years and dragging the rest of the World with it. People can feel what they feel however raking over all this and now with bill middleton “vowing” not to speak about it so publicly again – maybe someone has told him to stop using his Mother’s death as a crutch.
Many people have lost parents or siblings, public and private yet have not worn it like a badge of office.
They have had a life of privilege, been over indulged, and it is still being played out on the world stage for sympathy.
Sick of it – compare it to the Grenfell Tower (will that be rehashed for the next 20 years and goodness knows those poor people deserve the sympathy) – they do not have the millions of pounds to hide behind, prop themselves up, their WHOLE lives have been wiped out.
What has been done is done. Any more than that is grave robbing and disrepectful on every level. It is manipulative and nauseating to see.
Caring is one thing, grief another but using as an excuse to hurt those still living is just being spiteful.
Who is “Bill Middleton?”
Pr Williams father in law.
Thank you for answering, but Prince William’s father in law is Michael Francis Middleton.
Yeah, right. I’m sure you believe that. And I have this marvy bridge for sale cheap too.