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What was Prince Harry and his mother Diana’s relationship<\/a> like? How did Harry cope with her unexpected death in 1997?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Spare<\/em>, Harry describes his relationship with his mother as loving, but her unfortunate death in a car crash left him in pain. It wasn’t until years later in therapy that he finally confronted the trauma he endured after her death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read below to learn more about Prince Harry and Diana’s relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

How Harry Remembers Diana<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The family member that Harry talks about most is the one who was in his life for the least amount of time: his mother, Princess Diana. Harry\u2019s parents separated in 1992, and officially divorced in 1996. Princess Diana died in a car crash one year later, in 1997, when Harry was only 12. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prince Harry and Diana’s relationship is remembered fondly, and he speaks frequently about the pain of her absence. His intense love for Princess Diana, and the trauma he experienced as a result of her death, are recurring themes throughout the book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: Harry is not the only one who remembers Princess Diana fondly\u201425 years after her death, she\u2019s still one of the most popular members<\/a> of the British Royal Family. Even people born after she passed away hold a generally positive opinion of Princess Diana, and they have roughly the same level of familiarity with her as they do with living royals.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry explains that he had problems with his memory after losing his mother\u2014many of the anecdotes from his childhood are things that he heard about himself secondhand. He also had trouble processing and expressing his emotions, saying that until around 2014, the last time he cried about his mother\u2019s passing was at her burial. (Shortform note: Issues with memory<\/a> and emotional struggles<\/a> are common responses to grief. One way to treat these effects is through counseling or therapy\u2014we\u2019ll explore Harry\u2019s experiences in therapy later in this guide.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry blames the press for his mother\u2019s death\u2014he says she got into that fatal car crash while trying to flee from reporters and photographers. We\u2019ll discuss Harry\u2019s issues with the press further later in this guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: The official story of Diana\u2019s passing is that her driver was drunk and accidentally crashed the car<\/a> while being chased by the press, and numerous investigations into that night\u2019s events confirm the story. However, there are countless conspiracy theories arguing that her death was actually murder<\/a>\u2014although who supposedly orchestrated the crash, and why, change from theory to theory. It\u2019s worth noting that Harry isn\u2019t pushing one of those theories; he doesn\u2019t accuse the press of killing his mother on purpose<\/em>. Rather, he says the reporters chasing her created a dangerous situation that led to the fatal accident.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry’s Opinion of Camilla and Diana<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During Harry\u2019s childhood, Charles was involved in an extramarital affair with a woman named Camilla Parker Bowles (who is now Charles\u2019s wife, and therefore Queen Consort of the United Kingdom). Harry says that his father\u2019s relationship with Camilla eventually drove his parents\u2019 relationship apart. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: Reports say that Camilla\u2019s presence had always loomed over Charles and Diana<\/a>. Charles\u2019s courtship with Diana only lasted five months before they got married, and he was evidently in contact with Camilla, who he\u2019d previously dated in the 1970s<\/a>, even then. Charles resumed his affair with Camilla in earnest in 1986\u2014five years after he married Diana\u2014which Diana said was a serious blow to her mental health and self-esteem. It\u2019s worth noting that Camilla herself was also married during this time; she wouldn\u2019t divorce her first husband, Andrew Parker Bowles, until 1995<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry has mixed feelings about Camilla. He resents her for her role in breaking up Charles and Diana and says that she unwittingly played a role in Diana\u2019s death by splitting them apart. Harry also has reason to believe that Camilla leaked private details about his life to the press and spread rumors about him in order to boost her own reputation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: Charles\u2019s former communications secretary, Kristina Kyriacou, has said Harry\u2019s belief that Royal Family members leak stories about each other is not just untrue, but absurd<\/a>. Regarding his specific accusations against the Queen Consort, Kyriacou says that she\u2019s never heard of Camilla doing any such thing, and she can\u2019t imagine her intentionally harming her own stepchildren\u2019s reputations.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, he also admits that Camilla brings Charles a great deal of joy. <\/strong>While Harry and his brother William initially asked Charles not to marry Camilla, at their wedding, he\u2019s surprised to realize that he wants both of them to be happy. He adds that Camilla might be less likely to dig into Harry\u2019s life for more tidbits to feed the press if she\u2019s content. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: William and Harry weren\u2019t the only ones to have reservations about Charles and Camilla marrying. In 2004, a year before the couple married, public opinion on the matter seemed mixed\u2014only around a third of Britons supported the marriage<\/a> (although only 29% actively opposed it). Since then, Camilla\u2019s reputation has remained somewhat tarnished\u2014recent polls suggest she has an approval rating of only 39%<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry’s Experiences With PTSD and Anxiety<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Harry reveals that he\u2019s experienced intense anxiety throughout most of his life. By the end of the summer of 2013, his mental health was declining sharply. He experienced alternating bouts of crippling depression<\/a> and panic attacks. He developed a phobia of crowds and public spaces, but his worst fear was of cameras, with days-long anxious episodes triggered by the mere sound of a camera shutter. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry began spending most of his days indoors, locked in his apartment, watching old sitcoms on repeat and eating takeout. Though he sometimes went to a dinner party or a club, he says that it was never worth the anxiety and the media attention he got from doing so. When he had to go shopping, he planned his outings as if they were missions for the military: He\u2019d have the most efficient route planned out ahead of time so that he could spend as little time as possible in the store. Harry eventually realized that he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); <\/strong>not just from his experiences in Afghanistan, but from a lifetime of trauma beginning with his mother\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting Effective Therapy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Years later, during an argument, Harry lashed out in anger at his wife Meghan. She insisted that he go back to therapy and get help for his anger, anxiety, and trauma. Harry finally found a therapist that he liked, who helped him to open up about his painful experiences with his family<\/strong> and about how unfairly he and Meghan were being treated by the media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This new therapist also helped Harry to remove a mental block<\/a> he\u2019d built up about his mother: Previously, he\u2019d struggled to remember details about her, and he\u2019d lost many memories involving her. The therapy allowed him to recall those old memories and start to process his feelings about her in a healthy way. This was a major step forward for Harry\u2019s mental health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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