Funeral of Lady Diana, the moment when the procession behind the mother coffin could be spared to Prince Harry

There is an image that cannot be forgotten of the Funeral of Princess Diana: The children, the then Prince Charles, the Duke of Edinburgh and his brother who walk behind the coffin. It was September 6, 199728 years ago a week after the accident under the Alma bridge in Paris. That procession of the coffin on the streets of London is a moment discussed now as then, especially for the choice to make Lady Diana’s children walk behind her coffin: Prince William, then fifteen, and Prince Harry, who was 12 years old.

Harry, in his 2023 book, Sparedescribed that day, from the amazement for the royal banner on the mother’s coffin to the discussion for the procession they should have taken part. «According to the top floor, the coffin was transported on the streets on a carriage driven by horses by the company of the king, while Willy and I would have followed it on foot. He seemed to ask for too much two kids. Several adults were horrified. The mother’s brother, uncle Charles, made an uproar. “You can’t let these guys walk behind the mother’s coffin! It’s a barbarism” ».

There was an alternative proposal. Make William who was 15 years old walking behind the coffin. “”Leave the youngest out. Save the smallest “. But the answer came: “They must be both principles.” To get sympathy, presumably, “” Harry wrote that his uncle was furious. “I didn’t want Willy to face such a ordeal without me. If the roles had been reversed, he would never have wanted me – on the contrary, he would never have allowed – I did it alone”.

Harry wrote that Prince Filippo seemed to have a serene expression as if it were another real commitment. «I could see his eyes, of course, because they looked straight in front of them. Everyone did it. But I kept my mind facing the road. Willy did the same».

The prince says he only remembered the sound of the horse -drawn chariot. “There was no locomotive, a truck, a bird. There was no human voice, which was impossible, because two million people rushed along the streets. The only clue we were marching through a canyon of humanity was an occasional lament ».

This unit among the brothers has ceased over the years. In a recent exclusive of PeopleDiana’s biographer, Andrew Morton, said: «Diana always said he had two children for one reason: the youngest would have been there to support the greatest in the solitary task of the future king. If it had been still alive, they would have solved things differently ».

In two days Harry will be in London and, if a meeting with his father Carlo has been hypothesized, the position of William is different who appears much less inclined to the softness towards his brother Ribelle Harry. Its position, according to sources close to Royal Family, can be defined as “neutral but wary”: it does not hinder a meeting, but neither encourages it, fearing that it can generate new fractures.

In these days, among the numerous speculations related to the return of Harry to London, some American media They reported, without official confirmations, of an alleged summit at Balmoral Castle between the principles of Wales and King Carlo. On the table there would have been a very delicate theme: the future of the Dukes of Sussex within the royal family. “Apparently it seems a normal family holiday, but in reality there are enormous decisions that could change the fate of the family forever,” said a source. An insider added: “The plan was that the real seniores, the king, the queen, William and Catherine, together with a small group of trusted advisers, met in private, far from the rest of the family”.