he was a fully formed teenager. harry was too small. and she sounded him out on most the major decisions she took in the later part of her life, she asked william first. selling all those frocks in new york. giving up her title which she did. he said, i don t care, mummy. the remarkable thing about diana, we re in buckingham palace here and around here is kensington and her old lare. she used to go out in discuss at night, two, three times a week. she told me this. and she would just go and hang out with the tramp, the vagrants on the street, and she would take them clothes and food and drinks. this went on for years. two or three times a week. the princess of wales would be out there with the homeless. yeah. it makes her sound rather sad, doesn t it? she had to fill her hours doing things like this. i mean, it s partly sad, and i get that argument. also an illustration of her
it s not a state occasion. and we know that william would have much preferred a smaller family-type affair. and he s sort of been gently nudged in this direction. it s exciting, but i don t find it quite as palpitating as it was 30 years ago. do you still have any contact with william? i didn t have contact with william, unlike you. who i know dined with her him and her on one occasion. i did it was a fascinating lunch. it was just the three of us. and paul burrell, of course, the notorious butler, was serving the drinks. but i was really struck, and i ve said this a few times this week, by the remarkable closeness of the relationship between william and his mother. even at 13. she told him everything about her life. presumably because it was all being laid bare on the front pages of newspapers. so he had to grow up very quickly, that boy. he did. i think he was the one man that she could trust. i mean, william was a man before he was a fully formed teenager. harry was too
guest: you will see when she comes on to the world stage she will blouses only, she is a mystery at the moment but i do think in time you will see a wonderful asset to the royal family. jonathan: the royal family certainly needs a wonderful asset. shepard: everyone does. and she is becoming a style icon, it goes with the crown. jonathan: she will inherit the mantle of diana in the fashion sense. when william first saw her she was headed down a fashion runway in a see through place number which revealed her black number, more conservative but no less stylish since then, and a long time royal photographer says she is going to be the new diana. listen. she looked fantastic. she takes great care to detail, and everyone is really smart like all the royals. jonathan: and we. be there to breakdown exactly