26 years ago today, half the world mourned the death of Princess Diana of Wales and many still remember and praise her for her life and works. Her brother, Charles Spencer, Count of Spencer, has honored the first wife of Carlos III with a photograph of both of them when they were little, to which he has added this maxim: “Diana will never be forgotten.”
The mother of the current Prince of Wales died at the age of 36 at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital after the traffic accident on the Alma bridge in Paris on August 31, 1997, in which Dodi Al Fayed and the driver of the vehicle also died. Henry Paul. The early death of the princess who had become the most famous and most admired woman in the world ended up raising her to legend and her figure remains an icon more than a quarter of a century later.
Charles Spencer continues to live in the family’s ancestral home, Althorp House, where he grew up and where Diana’s grave is supposed to be, though there is debate over the princess’s true resting place. A mecca for Lady Diana fans, the 16th-century mansion can be visited during the summers when the Earl of Spencer and his family vacation outside of Northampton.
Charles Spencer’s speech at the funeral was interpreted as a declaration of war on the British royal family, something that was eventually forgotten. The count attended the weddings of his nephews, Princes William and Henry, and when Queen Elizabeth II died, he cleared up any hint of apathy by dedicating a photograph to her on his Instagram in which the monarch appeared with her father, John Spencer.
Another relative of the princess, her son Enrique, has also taken advantage of the indicated date to remember her. The Duke of Sussex has released his new Netflix documentary, Corazón Invictus, in which he insists on criticizing his family, one day before the anniversary of his mother’s death. Beyond honoring the memory of his mother, the prince has alluded to how he felt after her death.
“It triggered something in me, and it was everything that had happened since 1997, when I was 12 years old. I lost my mother when I was young and it was a trauma that I was not aware of.” “It was never discussed and it was never talked about, during all those years I did not have any emotions, I could not cry, I could not feel,” adds Enrique in this production that explores the lives of wounded and sick military veterans who participate in the Games. Invictus, an annual sports competition created by the prince.
