anticipated wedding of prince william and catherine middleton. ironically, it was this abbey where his mother, princess diana, was laid to rest in 1997. and in the years between that memorial and this celebration, the legacy of diana and the tragedy of her life were critical in prince william s journey to the altar. i think she s probably never far from his mind. i think he thinks about her every day. jules knight says he s been friends with prince william for more than a decade. did he give any inklings about the relationship that he had with his mother? i think it was evident to everybody that they were incredibly close. he s mentioned on a number of occasions that she was never far from his mind. when you re going through these sorts of rites of passage where you re growing up and you don t have that incredibly important figure in your life, it must be incredibly difficult because you think oh, i wish my mum was here for that. rites of passage that were not easy gi
teacher at the west heath school remembers. there was an awful lot of unrest in her home life. that often affects children in their work. were her bad grades troubling to her? oh, i think immensely troubling, and i think she tried really hard, but i think her concentration was elsewhere. on what? family. with absentee parents, diana was forced to struggle through on her own. many say that the insecurity fostered in these years would stay with her for the rest of her life. it was very different for kate middleton though. her parents immediately switched their daughter to another nearby boarding school, marlborough college. and the lessons she learned would make her stronger. marlborough was a big school. i was there from the age of 13
sports and learning, but soon that all changed. she became the victim of the mean girls in the school. there was malicious gossip about her background because she was one of the very few girls from a working class background attending that school. many say kate became miserable, shy and withdrawn, much like diana when she first went to boarding school. she was very shy, so i didn t really notice her. penny walker, diana s music teacher at the west heath school remembers. there was an awful lot of unrest in her home life. that often affects children in their work. were her bad grades troubling to her? oh, i think immensely troubling, and i think she tried really hard, but i think her concentration was elsewhere. on what? family. with absentee parents, diana was forced to struggle through on her own.