Princess Diana’s death had a profound effect on Prince Charles
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In a tragedy that shook the world, Princess Diana was killed in a Parisian car crash on August 31, 1997, along with her companion, Dodi Fayed, and the car’s driver (via Biography). This left a divorced Charles with two young sons who adored their mother. He also had a heavy heart as he had to present a solid family to the world, who mourned Diana’s death along with him.
Royal expert Matt Robbins, who produced CNN’s 2021 docuseries simply titled “Diana,” told US Weekly that Charles felt a deep responsibility after Diana’s passing. “I see him as somebody who carried an enormous burden through her death and her funeral, somebody [who] has to make impossible decisions,” Robbins said, referring to the fact that some people criticized his choice to walk alongside his sons during Diana’s funeral procession. “You know, he has been criticized for the fact that [his sons Prince William and Prince Harry] walked alongside him [during the procession], but what do you do, and how many of us would make the perfect call every time, where the eyes of the world [were] upon us?”
Is This How Prince Charles Really Felt After Princess Diana’s Death?
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By Hope Campbell/Nov. 19, 2021 11:38 am EST
Princess Diana’s death had a profound effect on Prince Charles
David Levenson/Getty Images
In a tragedy that shook the world, Princess Diana was killed in a Parisian car crash on August 31, 1997, along with her companion, Dodi Fayed, and the car’s driver (via Biography). This left a divorced Charles with two young sons who adored their mother. He also had a heavy heart as he had to present a solid family to the world, who mourned Diana’s death along with him.
Royal expert Matt Robbins, who produced CNN’s 2021 docuseries simply titled “Diana,” told US Weekly that Charles felt a deep responsibility after Diana’s passing. “I see him as somebody who carried an enormous burden through her death and her funeral, somebody [who] has to make impossible decisions,” Robbins said, referring to the fact that some people criticized his choice to walk alongside his sons during Diana’s funeral procession. “You know, he has been criticized for the fact that [his sons Prince William and Prince Harry] walked alongside him [during the procession], but what do you do, and how many of us would make the perfect call every time, where the eyes of the world [were] upon us?”
Royal expert Matt Robbins, who produced CNN’s 2021 docuseries simply titled “Diana,” told US Weekly that Charles felt a deep responsibility after Diana’s passing.
“I see him as somebody who carried an enormous burden through her death and her funeral, somebody [who] has to make impossible decisions,” Robbins said, referring to the fact that some people criticized his choice to walk alongside his sons during Diana’s funeral procession.
“You know, he has been criticized for the fact that [his sons Prince William and Prince Harry] walked alongside him [during the procession], but what do you do, and how many of us would make the perfect call every time, where the eyes of the world [were] upon us?”
