On what would have beenPrincess Diana‘s 58th birthday,Prince Williampersonally thanked those who were helping to keep her memory alive.
“William told me he knew we’d been coming here for years and thanked us for what we were doing for his mother,” John Loughrey, 59, told theDaily Mail.“I’m still shaking now. I feel very emotional.”
The mourners decorated the Kensington Palace gate with photos, flowers and flags.
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Maria Scott, 48, shared that it was important to keep Princess Diana’s memory alive for the new generations.
“We are here to honor Diana’s legacy,” she told theDaily Mail.“We are two generations down now, and there are children growing up who don’t even know who she is. It’s important that we remind them and remember.”
She added, “None of us could believe it when William suddenly walked down the drive to come and thank us. He really is his mother’s son.”
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William also talked about thecommemorative statue of his motherto be placed in the Kensington Palace gardens, saying it would be coming “soon, very soon.”
“We just want to make sure it is right,” he said, according to theDaily Mail. “It’s important to get it right.”
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Prince Harryrecently opened up about how fatherhood, his son Archie was born on May 6, has made him feel the loss of his mother Princess Diana.
“I told Harry about my mother, and we talked about our shared experience of missing a mom,” Dennis shared. “He said missing a mother is like missing some kind of security, how you need that as a son and it falls away when you lose your mother. He said he meets a lot of people in his work who have lost a mother, father, sister, brother or relatives and when he hears their story, as he heard my story, he said he doesn’t feel so alone.”
source: people.com
