The dramatic moments that Buckingham Palace experienced immediately after the news of the violent death in a car accident of Diana, were revealed during a special TV show of "Channel 5". |
According to a lifo.gr article, until today, everything has come to light regarding the two sons left behind by Lady Di, however, for the first time details became known from the way the palace was first found in exceptional difficult position, mainly because few knew how to handle the palace's two children, William and Harry.
According to the show "The 7 Days That Shocked the Windsor", there were many problematic points regarding Diana's funeral.
First, the organizers of the ceremony were given a strict deadline of one week by the palace to carry out an event. It was fatal to terrorize the people who took this risk, as it was known in the palace circles that millions of people who wanted to say goodbye to Diana could tear down Westminster Abbey. The organizers were right, as that day more than 2 million people and in an atmosphere of absolute emotion accompanied Diana to her last home.
Second, the palace had to handle the issue of the two boys who were in Baltimore on vacation, along with their grandmother, Queen Elizabeth.
Upon hearing the news, psychologists and experts arrived at the palace, the windows were covered with heavy curtains and special covers, so that the teenager William and little Harry would not notice the presence of journalists and photographers in the courtyard of the palace. Radios and televisions were hidden in order to minimize the possibility that children would have access to something from it and be informed of the news from there.
When these issues were settled, it was up to the children to learn that their mother was no longer alive.
The tragic news was conveyed to the boys by Elizabeth together with Prince Charles, who was afraid that his children would be injured forever by this event and for this reason he tried the children to learn only the fact, without details. According to the show, the reaction of the then little boy, Harry, was to fall to his knees, begging his father to take him with him to Paris, in order for both of them to accompany Diana's body back home.
The next problem was that the then 15-year-old Prince William was so shocked that he refused in any way, both to appear at his mother's funeral, and to follow her coffin during the funeral procession.
This was overcome, as revealed in the show, both with the intervention of Prince Charles and with the telephone intervention of Prince Philip. According to the same TV tribute, this must have been the biggest internal - and family - crisis that the palace has ever had to run, both because of Diana's popular personality and because of the media involvement from the outset in the case. of her death.
Source: Sigmalive