Between the Duke of Sussex’s move abroad and the coronavirus pandemic preventing travel, he hasn’t seen the royal family much since his move to California in 2020. The day has been anxiously anticipated as the rift between William, 39, and Harry has grown wider. The sculpture, created by Ian Rank-Broadley, will reside in the newly redesigned Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace, where some of the Princess of Wales’ favorite flowers have been planted. The statue was originally commissioned in 2017 to mark the 20th anniversary of her death, but now commemorates what would’ve been her 60th birthday.ĭiana’s sons came together with a committee of her sisters, friends, experts and charity workers to come up with a perfect tribute.
Prince Charles was not in attendance.ĭiana died in a car crash at age 36 in 1997.
The event was also attended by her siblings, Charles Spencer, Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Lady Jane Fellowes. Harry, 36, and Prince William unveiled the bronze homage during a ceremony on Thursday. Those Smiles! William and Harry Reunite at Diana's Statue Unveiling Read article She was our guardian, friend and protector.” When she was alive, we completely took for granted her unrivaled love of life, laughter, fun and folly. The measure of a mans real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. And then there are the 10 years since our mother’s death. “There were those years when we were blessed with the physical presence beside us of both our mother and father.
“William and I can separate life into two parts,” Prince Harry, then 22, said in a speech during that event. Of this woman as a woman regardless of birth.Īs the palace’s statement notes, the same poem was used in a program for the memorial service commemorating the 10th anniversary of Diana’s death in August 2007. “These are the units to measure the worth Prince William, looks at the statue that he and Prince Harry commissioned of their mother Princess Diana, on what woud have been her 60th birthday, in the Sunken Garden on Jat Kensington Palace, London, England.
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