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Royal biographer: young William didn't like 'playing a happy family' for Diana

'30.08.2020'

Source: Yandex Zen

The authors of the popular biography of the royal family are convinced that Diana's relationship with the children was not so ideal, writes the author of the blog "Royal Weekdays" on Yandex Zen.

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The closer the anniversary of the death of Princess Diana, the more various "new" information about her emerges on the network. For example, many British media recalled a 2007 book in which the author, Howard Hodgson, tried to portray the relationship between Prince William and his mother, Princess Diana, from a different angle. So who rewrote history?

Howard Hodgson is the author of a biographical book about Prince Charles. In 2007, he published the book Charles: The Man Who Will Be King. In it, he expressed the opinion that the relationship between Diana and William was not as good as it might seem. Like, the boy was embarrassed by the way the Princess of Wales behaved in public.

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In the book, the author emphasizes the contrast in the upbringing of William and Harry. While Charles taught her sons the duties of heir to the throne, Diana tried to give the children a normal childhood. She wanted the boys to know what ordinary life is. She took them to McDonald's, took them to rest away from the public eye. But sometimes she wanted the kids to be “normal” for the audience. Then the usual family outings were made public.

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The most famous was the trip of Diana and her sons to an amusement park in 1993. You are well aware of the series of photographs that convey the genuine emotions of the royal trinity. And so Howard Hodgson claims that this serenity was ostentatious.

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At that moment, William already felt how the relations between his parents were escalating. He had to take all the blows of enmity and misunderstanding on himself:

“William was used to his mother calling him while he was in school and crying hysterically. We are not saying that he did not love her - on the contrary, he loved her very much - but he wanted her to behave differently. ”

Allegedly, William did not like “her one-sided and unfair attitude towards her father” and he hated the fact that they had to play a happy family for the audience.

Hodgson suggested that although William is happy in the photographs, the walk did not bring him much joy.

“He didn't want to be a city kid, he wanted to hunt, fish, play polo with his father. He found his mother's mood swings very disturbing. For him, the time spent with Diana could turn into a serious emotional burden, ”writes the biographer.

The biographer also recalls another episode. Charles once took Harry and William to the Royal Shakespeare Theater in Stratford-upon-Avon. They were accompanied by Bel Mooney and her daughter. Allegedly, the conversation between Charles and Mooney turned about The Goons. Bel began to sing one of their songs. Her daughter turned to William and said, "God, don't your parents bother you?" And then, according to the writer, William said: "Dad does not bother me - mom does."

However, Hodgson writes that while Diana tried to publicize her relationship with her children, she really just wanted to give them a normal childhood.

“She understood that her children were born in a difficult and very privileged environment. She considered it her duty to show what ordinary life can be. "

Original column published on the blog. "Royal weekdays" on Yandex Zen.

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