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Prince William Inspired to Follow in His Mom's Footsteps
Originally posted 03/18/2009 02:20PM
Prince William sees himself carrying on his mother's legacy.
Less than a week since he movingly spoke about the emptiness he feels since Princess Diana's death in 1997, he went on a U.K. children's show to talk about how his patronage of London's Royal Marsden Hospital is something that would make mom proud.
"For a very long time my mother was involved with the Royal Marsden, and she had a very close connection with them ... So I wanted to follow in her footsteps, in that sense, and help," he told CBBC's Newsround show for 6- to 12-year-old children.
Diana opened the current children's unit in 1993 and the prince, 26, is lending his support to the building of a special Children's and Teenage Cancer Centre.
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Prince William Bares His 'Emptiness' Since Losing Diana
Originally posted 03/13/2009 09:30AM
Mother's Day isn't easy for Prince William – it stirs up the palpable "emptiness" he says he feels since losing his mother, Princess Diana, more than 10 years ago.
William was only 15 when his mother died in 1997, and he and Prince Harry were watched by millions of people around the world as they walked behind the carriage carrying her coffin. They rarely speak about her death and the pain that they felt.
But, now 26, William has accepted a new responsibility – royal patron of the Child Bereavement Charity, to which Diana was closely linked through her life – and he addressed families at a London event about how "losing a close family member is one of the hardest experiences anyone can endure."
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Prince William Honors Mother, Friend
Originally posted 01/09/2009 09:05AM
Prince William invoked the memory of his mother Thursday night as he spoke at the launch of a charity dedicated to a close friend who died in a car crash – like Princess Diana.
William, 26, speaking at the reception to mark the day he and brother Harry became patrons of the Henry Van Straubenzee Memorial Fund, called becoming a patron of the charity, which helps schools in Uganda, Africa, the "easiest decision I've had to make."
Standing alongside his brother, William said, "Having lost someone so close in similar circumstances, Harry and I understand how important it is to keep their memory alive, there's no finer way than [his family] have chosen."
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Dodi's Dad: 'I Accept' the Diana Inquest Verdict
Originally posted 04/09/2008 10:15AM
Mohammed Al Fayed – who has tirelessly argued that Princess Diana and his son, Dodi, were killed by the British secret service at the behest of the royal family – has announced he will begrudgingly accept the latest inquest ruling.
The inquest, which lasted more than six months, concluded Monday, when the 11 jurors found that the couple’s tragic 1997 deaths were caused by the "unlawful, negligent driving of [their chauffeur] and the following vehicles."
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Jury: Driver, Paparazzi to Blame for Princess Di's Death
Originally posted 04/07/2008 11:40AM
The jury at the inquest into the 1997 deaths of Princess Diana and her boyfriend Dodi Fayed found they were unlawfully killed because of the actions of their driver and the pursuing paparazzi, it was announced Monday.
The couple's deaths were caused by the "unlawful, negligent driving of the Mercedes and the following vehicles," the 11 jurors determined.
The jury also delivered a damning verdict for driver Henri Paul, who also perished in the Paris traffic tunnel crash. The accident, they said, was "caused or contributed to" by the speed and manner of driving of the Mercedes and the following vehicles, the impairment of the driver through alcohol, the fact that neither were wearing seatbelts and that the car hit a pillar in the Paris underpass.
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Princess Diana's Former Lover Breaks Silence
Originally posted 01/15/2008 12:05PM
As the inquest into the death of the Princess Diana continues, her former lover Hasnat Khan has finally broken his silence – on television.
"Sometimes I felt like screaming," the heart surgeon revealed in an exclusive interview with ITV News at Ten Monday night. Coming to terms with her death over the last decade, "There have been very bad times," he conceded.
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Butler: Diana's Mom Condemned Her Daughter
Originally posted 01/14/2008 02:05PM
Princess Diana was called a "whore" by her mother – who didn't like the fact her daughter was dating a Muslim, according to testimony Monday.
The revelation came from the princess's former butler Paul Burrell, who gave evidence at the current inquest into Diana's August 1997 death. (Having reopened in October, the inquest is expected to last until March.)
Burrell – who has written two best-sellers on Diana – also told how his former employer planned a secret wedding with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan, whom she dated until July 1997. Diana, 36, died the very next month.
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Princess Diana's Love Letters – to Dodi and Prince Philip
Originally posted 12/14/2007 08:50AM
Love notes from Princess Diana to Dodi Al Fayed, the boyfriend who died alongside her 10 years ago, were revealed Friday and offered new insights into their relationship.
"Darling Dodi, these cufflinks were the very last gift that I received from the man I loved most in the world, my father," reads a message that accompanied a gift of jewelry.
Diana's note became public during the ongoing inquest into her and Fayed's fatal car crash, which took place in a Paris traffic tunnel on Aug. 31, 1997.
Permalink | Filed Under: Crime & Courts, Dodi Al Fayed, Princess Diana
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Princess Diana Inquest Jury Must Avoid the Media
Originally posted 09/27/2007 03:15PM
Potential jurors for the London-based inquest into the 1997 deaths of Princess Diana and her companion Dodi Fayed must have one thing in common: very little knowledge of the case.
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Diana Remembered with Loving Words and Tears
Originally posted 08/31/2007 07:45AM
A somber Prince William listened reflectively as his younger brother, Harry, spoke of their mother, Diana, during Friday's noontime service to the late princess at the Guards Chapel near Buckingham Palace in London.
Permalink | Filed Under: Prince Harry, Prince William, Princess Diana
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