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Boys to Men

Thursday May 24, 2007 12:00 PM EDT

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Diana (top, at a Brazilian hostel for abandoned children in '91) had a passion for helping the underprivileged; now her sons have it too. Harry (bottom) bonded with Mutsu, 6, on a trip to a Lesotho children's home in '06. Says Lesotho's Prince Seeiso: "He took to Harry like a fish to water."

Tim Graham / Corbis; JOHN STILLWELL / AP

And just as Diana carved her own path through the hazards of royal life, Harry and Will are trying to decide for themselves what roles they will play in the monarchy. "I'm not going to be some person in the royal family who just finds a lame excuse to go abroad and do all sorts of sunny holidays and whatever," Harry declared in 2005. "I can see myself doing as much as I can in the position that I've got." Their upcoming tributes to Diana, for example, were entirely their idea, and both are actively involved in planning them. "The 10th anniversary comes at a time when William and Harry are just entering their adult lives," says a senior palace source, "and they feel ready to make a statement about how they want their mother to be remembered."

Many would say Will and Harry – older and wiser than when they ate at Sticky Fingers, but still, in some ways, the same sweet kids – make that statement every day. "The most important thing to Diana was to make sure her boys grew up to be normal human beings," says a family friend. "And apart from the fact that everyone in the world knows their faces, they are very normal boys. That is Diana's legacy."

• By Alex Tresniowski. Reported by Simon Perry, Ellen Tumposky and Liz Corcoran in London