Prince Harry has revealed that he spent the first 11 years following the death of his mother, Princess Diana, believing she was alive and that her death was a “hoax”.
And the 38-year-old Duke of Sussex said, during a 60 Minutes interview with Anderson Cooper on Sunday: ‘For a long time, I just refused to accept his departure, part of me said he would never do this at all. us. You may have heard that it was all part of a plan. For a while I thought she was alive and would call us, and we would go and join her.
“I had an enormous amount of hope,” she added, “her passing has left a huge void in me at such a young age.”
Prince Harry continued: ‘I was mainly looking for evidence that she was in the car. Evidence of her injury and evidence that the photographers who chased her into the tunnel were the ones who were photographing her as she lay half dead in the back of the car. The images showed the reflection of a group of photographers taking pictures through the window, and only their image was on the window’s reflection.
He indicated he was grateful to his private secretary and adviser for not allowing him to see the “more horrific” images, explaining that “all I saw was my mother’s head falling into the back seat. I will forever be grateful to my counselor for denying me the ability to inflict pain upon seeing this. Because these things stay in your mind forever.
