Prince Harry Visited his mother Princess Diana Graves, The Daily Beast is told by a friend and neighbor of Diana’s brother, the 9th Earl, Charles Spencer, when he stayed at her ancestral home in the UK last week.
The gesture would reinforce the notion that Harry wanted to reinforce his identity as Diana’s son, rather than continue to be defined by his exhausting feud with his brother. Prince William.
The tomb is on a small island in a lake on the magnificent Althorp estate in Northamptonshire. It was located in this secluded and inaccessible location to ward off ghosts and sightseers, and was always reached by small rowing boats. In May, Earl Spencer revealed that he had been given a newly handcrafted wooden boat by a friend to reach the island.
Diana died 27 years ago, on August 31, 1997. Harry was in England a few days before the anniversary of his death. Attending funerals Her uncle Robert Fellowes (who married Diana’s older sister Jane). It is believed that he stayed with his uncle Charles the evening of the funeral and made his personal visit to the grave before flying home to California.
A Spencer friend told The Daily Beast: “Harry visited the grave when he was at Althorp. It is a very special place for all the family but especially for Harry. That was a significant part of his motivation to stay there.
They were not ready to divulge further details of Harry’s visit.
Harry’s office declined to comment to The Daily Beast. However, sources in Harry’s camp told US magazine people that he stayed at Althorp.
The news of Harry visiting his mother’s grave coincides with comments made by sympathetic sources about Diana’s legacy in Harry’s new profile. Daily Telegraph to celebrate his upcoming 40th birthday.
In the report, a source was quoted as saying: “The people he works with … don’t know or care about the ins and outs of Harry leaving the working royal family. They will always see him as the grandson of the queen [Elizabeth II] Or Diana’s son.”
The profile adds that a series of meetings in New York later this month are aimed at “restoring Harry’s own long-term projects, as well as positioning him as Diana’s son.”
Harry wrote about taking his wife Meghan Markle To visit her mother’s grave in her memoir Spare, said: “Meg for the first time. After all, I was bringing the girl of my dreams home to meet mommy.”
“Looking like Megan might want a moment too, I went around the hedge, scanning the pond. When I came back Meg was on her knees, eyes closed, palms against the stone.
– Prince Harry
“We hesitated, hugged and then I went first. I put flowers on the grave. Meg gave me a moment, and I talked to my mother in my head, telling her I missed her, asking her for guidance and clarity. Thinking Megan might want a moment too, I walked around the hedge, scanning the lake. When I came back Meg was on her knees, eyes closed, palms against the stone.
“I asked what she prayed when we got back to the boat,” Harry wrote. “Clarity, she said. And guidance.”
Fellowes’ funeral was previously described in The Daily Beast as a “huge gathering of the Spencer clan”.
Interestingly, it seems that the service may have been delayed for Harry to attend. Fellowes died on 29 July and was cremated on 28 August. Harry is required to give 28 days’ notice to UK police to seek police protection when visiting the UK.
No friends Princess Diana’s birth family, the Spencers previously told The Daily Beast Prince William Agreed to the attendance of fellows Funeral service In the knowledge that Harry There would be “a glimmer of hope in an otherwise deeply hopeless impasse.”
The Daily Beast is told that the clan is “working hard to reconcile the brothers.” There are hopes that Jane, who is loved by both William and Harry, will be able to “mediate” between the estranged brothers at a future stage.
However, another source close to the royal family said, “If there is anyone who has a deeper hatred for the royal family than Harry, it is Charles Spencer. He would consider Harry staying at Althorp as rebellion.
The estate office at Althorp did not respond to questions about whether Harry had visited his mother’s grave.
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