entered the tunnel? prince harry was going to make sure that history was not repeated, basically saying back off, you re hounding her like you hounded my mother. she was betrayed by so many people. we only know half the story. it was getting late in the city of lights, that last saturday in august, 1997. but sidewalks cafes in paris were still bustling. the mulan rouge was aglow. riverboats along the seine were teaming with for us, and the paparazzi was out in full force because a special visitor was
screaming, we need support, we need air support. that was my calling. i felt healing from that, weirdly. and that multitasking, the brain work of that, that felt good to you. it felt like i was turning pain into a purpose. i didn t have the awareness at the time that i was living my life in adrenaline. and that was the case from age 12 from the moment that i was told my mom had died. you say war didn t begin in afghanistan. it began in august 1997. yeah, the war fe m unknowingly, was when my mum died. who were you fighting? myself. i had had a huge amount of frustration and blame towards the british press for their part in it. even at 12, that young, you were feeling that toward the british press? yeah, it was obvious to us, as kids, the british press part in our mother s misery.
your brother told you pretend we don t know each other. and at the time, it hurt. i couldn t make sense of it. what do you mean, or at the same school. i haven t seen you for ages. now we get to hang out with each other and he s, like, no i take that personally. but, yes you hit the nail on the head. we had a very similar traumatic experience. and then we dealt with that two very different ways. william try to talk to you occasionally by your mom. but as a child, you could not respond? for me, it was never a case of i don t want to talk about it with you, i just don t know how to talk about it, i never ever thought that maybe talking about it with my brother with anybody else at that point, would be therapeutic. in august 1997, harry and william were vacationing in scotland with their father. harry was 12 and william was 50. they were asleep at balmoral
as a child, you couldn t respond. for me it was never a case of, i don t want to talk about it with you. i just don t know how to talk about it. i never thought talking about it with my brother or with anybody else at that point would be therapeutic. in august 1997, harry and william were vacationing in scotland with their father. harry was 12, william, 15. they were asleep at balmoral castle on august 31st, when harry was awakened by his father, who told them his mother had been in a car crash in paris. in the book, you write, they tried darling boy, she didn t make it. these phrases remain in my mind like darts on a board. did you cry? no. i never shed a single tear at that point. i was in shock. 12 years old, 7:00, 7:30 in the morning, your father comes if had and puts his hand on your knee and tells you there s been
point would be therapeutic. in august, 1997, harry and william were vacationing in scotland with their father. harry was 12. william, 15. they were asleep in balmoral castle on august 31st, when harry was awakened by his father, and told him his mother had been in a car crash in paris. in the book, you write, you says, darling boy, i m afraid you didn t make it. these phrases remain in my mind like darts on board, that s what you say. did you cry? never showed a single tier at that point. i was in shock. you know, a 12 year old, sort of 7:00, 7:30 in the morning, early before your father comes, in boots on the bed, puts his hands on your knee, and tells your mom was in an accident. i couldn t believe. and you write in the book that that did not hug me. he wasn t great at showing emotions, but his hand did fall