On June 21, 1982, a future king was born.
Princess Dianaand Prince Charles welcomed Prince William at St. Mary’s Hospital in London36 years ago today.
“He has the good fortune not to look like me,” Charles said at the time of his first-born son.
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Prince George andPrincess Charlotte‘s names weren’t revealed until two days after their births, whilePrince Louis‘took four days. Charles and Diana delayed sharing William’s name for several days as well.
Kate Middleton, Prince George and Prince William.
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A notable difference between William’s debut versus his kids is the wait time between when Kate made an appearance on St. Mary’s steps as opposed to when Diana did.
Diana wasn’t as into the same-day dash. After William’s birth, she spent the night, and introduced him to the public with Charles one day later. She did the same with his brother,Prince Harry.
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The royal dad has paid tribute to his late mother in many ways—from naming his children after her (Charlotte’s middle name is Diana) to continuing her humanitarian work.
“William is keen to subtly keep [Diana’s] legend alive,”Ken Wharfe, Diana’s ex-bodyguard, previously told PEOPLE.
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Since 2007, he has alsoserved as presidentof the Royal Marsden Hospital Trust, a position his mother held from 1989 until her death. Just as she did in 1996, William observed a procedure during a November 2013 visit.
“We’ve got more photos up ‘round the house now of her and we talk about her a bit and stuff,” William said last year in the documentaryDiana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy.
“It’s hard because obviously Catherine didn’t know her so she cannot really provide that…level of detail. So, I do regularly (when) putting George or Charlotte to bed, talk about her and just try to remind them that there were two grandmothers in their lives,” he continued. “It’s important that they know who she was and that she existed.”
source: people.com
