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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 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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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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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 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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