Royals pay rich tributes to Diana
Saturday, September 1, 2007
BRITAIN'S Prince Harry called princess Diana "the best mother in the world" at a memorial service on the 10th anniversary of her death yesterday that reduced hundreds of public mourners outside the venue to tears.
Harry, who was 12 when his mother died, also spoke of the sense of loss he and his brother Prince William still feel, a decade after their mother was killed in a high-speed car crash in a Parisian tunnel.
"William and I can separate life into two parts," he told 500 guests at the Guards Chapel in central London as his elder brother bowed his head in the front row.
"There were those years when we were blessed by the physical presence beside us of both our mother and father and then there are the 10 years since our mother's death."
William and Harry spent months organising the event, attended by Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Diana's two sisters and brother, plus friends like Sir Elton John who sang at her funeral.
It was the main event to commemorate Diana on the anniversary, although a crowd of her supporters also gathered outside her former home to pay their own tribute.
The 22-year-old prince, who is now an army officer like his brother, said his mother would "always be remembered for her amazing public work."
"But behind the media glare, to us, just two loving children, she was quite simply the best mother in the world," he added.
"We would say that wouldn't we. But we miss her."
He concluded his speech by saying: "She made us and so many other people happy — may this be the way that she is remembered."
AFP
Harry, who was 12 when his mother died, also spoke of the sense of loss he and his brother Prince William still feel, a decade after their mother was killed in a high-speed car crash in a Parisian tunnel.
"William and I can separate life into two parts," he told 500 guests at the Guards Chapel in central London as his elder brother bowed his head in the front row.
"There were those years when we were blessed by the physical presence beside us of both our mother and father and then there are the 10 years since our mother's death."
William and Harry spent months organising the event, attended by Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Diana's two sisters and brother, plus friends like Sir Elton John who sang at her funeral.
It was the main event to commemorate Diana on the anniversary, although a crowd of her supporters also gathered outside her former home to pay their own tribute.
The 22-year-old prince, who is now an army officer like his brother, said his mother would "always be remembered for her amazing public work."
"But behind the media glare, to us, just two loving children, she was quite simply the best mother in the world," he added.
"We would say that wouldn't we. But we miss her."
He concluded his speech by saying: "She made us and so many other people happy — may this be the way that she is remembered."
AFP
Business Besides Oil
