but it was all the tears that they were wiping away. the television interviews were supposed to be the first time we heard some of the detail of harry s book. but when it accidentally went on sale early in spain last thursday, we got an earlier than planned look at spare. drugs, sex and bitterfamily fallout there has been little holding back. but again and again he returns to the devastating death of this mother and the impact on him and prince william. everyone thought and felt like they knew our mum, and the two closest people to her, the two most loved people by her, were unable to show any emotion in that moment. buckingham palace will be watching what harry has to say in the coming days, but for now there is no official response a position that is unlikely to change. daniela relph, bbc news.
memories of diana princess of wales and the anguish and grief of her son at her death are at the heart of prince harry s memoir, spare. in the first of his television interviews, to be shown this evening, he describes the days after her death and, as a 12 year old, how he viewed the public response. everyone knows where they were and what they were doing the night my mother died. i cried once, at the burial. and you know, i go into detail about how strange it was, and how actually there was some guilt that i felt, and i think william felt as well, by walking around the outside of kensington palace. there were 50,000 bouquets of flowers to our mother, and there we were shaking people s hands, smiling. i ve seen the videos, right? i ve looked back over it all. and the wet hands that we were shaking we couldn t understand why their hands were wet,