Prince Harry recounted details of the day he took Meghan Markle to Lady Di’s grave

“Finally, I was bringing home the girl of my dreams to meet Mom,” she recalled

El príncipe Harry recordó cómo fue la primera vez que llevó a Meghan a la tuma de su madre, Diana de Gales 
Foto: Anwar Hussein

The Duke of Sussex has been very open in recent years about how difficult it was for him to process the death of his mother, Diana Spencer, who after her wedding to Prince Charles III, became known worldwide as Diana of WalesDiana died in a car accident on August 31, 1997, she was buried on an island located in The Round Oval Lake and access to her grave is forbidden to this day to tourists.

In his memoir, released last January under the name SpareHarry recalled the first time he took his wifeMeghan Markle, to her mother’s grave. The cathartic visit took place precisely on the previous anniversary of Diana’s death, when the princess celebrated 25 years of death, a figure that had her son, now 38 years old, in shock.

“Ninguna visita a este lugar fue fácil, pero esta... vigésimo quinto aniversario. Y la primera vez de Meg. Por fin, traía a casa a la chica de mis sueños para que conociera a mamá”, declara Harry en sus memorias
Dominic Lipinski/Pool vía REUTERS“No visit to this place was easy, but this one… twenty-fifth anniversary. And Meg’s first time. Finally, I was bringing home the girl of my dreams to meet Mom,” Harry declares in his memoirs Dominic Lipinski/Pool via REUTERS

“No visit to this place was easy, but this one… twenty-fifth anniversary. And Meg’s first time. Finally, I was bringing home the girl of my dreams to meet Mom,” Harry begins this anecdote in Spare.

The Duke of Sussex continues to confess that he knelt in front of his mother’s grave, trying to seek advice, but in addition, Meghan also had a private moment with what would have been his mother-in-law.

“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, told her I missed her, asked for guidance and clarity. Feeling that Meg would want a moment, too, I circled the hedge and scanned the pond. When I returned, Meg was kneeling, with her eyes closed, palms against the stone.”

"Puse flores en la tumba. Meg me concedió un momento, y hablé con mi madre en mi cabeza, le dije que la echaba de menos, le pedí orientación y claridad", escribe Harry

Back home, Harry shares that he was curious about what Meghan had prayed in front of Diana’s grave, to which the mother of his two children confessed: “Clarity and guidance.”

Recently, Netflix released the documentary Heart of Invictus, which follows the lives of six veterans of the Afghanistan war who try to overcome their physical and mental injuries through a sports competition created by Harry himself. In the second episode of the series, the youngest of Diana of Wales’ children shared more details about what it was like to grieve the death of his mother in a context in which his family turned their backs on him.

Recientemente, Harry hizo una progunda reflexión sobre cómo fue perder a su madre en un contexto donde su familia le dio la espalda 
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I was never aware of the trauma of losing my mother at such a young age. It was never talked about and I didn’t talk about it (…) What was most difficult for me was that no one around me could help me. I didn’t have that support structure, that network or that expert advice to identify what was really going on with me.”

In 2017, Harry gave an interview in which he recalled with great regret his mother’s funeral, where in addition to having to overcome the loss, the young British royal had to walk a long way behind his mother’s coffin while thousands of cameras followed his every move.

“William y yo teníamos 14 y 12 años cuando murió nuestra madre y tuve que caminar un largo trecho detrás de su ataúd", dijo Harry en una entrevista en 2017 
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“William and I were 14 and 12 years old when our mother died and I had to walk a long way behind her coffin, surrounded by thousands of people watching me while millions more watched on television. I don’t think any child should be asked to do that, under any circumstances. Of course, it would not happen today.”

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