These Poignant Photos Show How Much Diana Loved William And Harry
A look at Diana and her sons over the years.
Prince William and Prince Harry, the Duke of Cambridge and Duke of Sussex, unveiled a statue of their mother, Princess Diana, on Thursday, which would have been her 60th birthday. She died as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash on Aug. 31, 1997, when her sons were 15 and 12 years old. Here is a look back at Diana and her two sons over the years.
Diana, Princess of Wales, stands with her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, at the piano in Kensington Palace on Oct. 4, 1985.
Diana helps William with a jigsaw puzzle in his playroom in Kensington Palace on Oct. 22, 1985.
William and Harry stand with their mother, Diana, in the garden of Highgrove House in Gloucestershire on July 18, 1986.
William on his pony at Highgrove on July 18, 1986
Diana carries Harry on her shoulders at Highgrove on July 18, 1986.
William and Harry with their mother in Mallorca, Spain, Aug. 12, 1986
Diana steps off a royal flight with her sons at Aberdeen International Airport on Aug. 16, 1986.
Diana with William on her lap at polo on May 17, 1987
Diana with Harry in Mallorca, Spain, on Aug. 10, 1987
Diana, William, and Harry play on the banks of the River Dee near Balmoral Castle in Balmoral, Scotland, on Aug. 18, 1987.
Diana and William on Harry's first day at nursery school in London, Sept. 1, 1987
Harry rides a pony with Diana beside him on Dec. 31, 1987.
Harry sticks his tongue out at Trooping the Colour on June 11, 1988.
Diana on holiday in Mallorca with William and Harry, Aug. 13, 1988
Diana plays with Harry during a holiday on Necker Island on Jan. 9, 1989.
Diana walks with Harry and William outside Wetherby School in Notting Hill, London, Sept. 1, 1989.
Diana, William, and Harry on Necker Island on April 11, 1990
Diana, William, and Harry arrive at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham to visit Prince Charles on Sept. 4, 1990.
Diana, Harry, and William on a ski lift during a trip to Austria on April 10, 1991
Diana and William enjoy some refreshments at Windsor Great Park in Windsor, England, on June 1, 1991.
Diana with her sons at Niagara Falls, Oct. 1, 1991
Diana greets her sons on the deck of Britannia, the royal yacht, in Toronto, when they joined their parents on an official visit to Canada on Oct. 23, 1991.
Diana and Harry on the Depth Charge ride at Thorpe Park amusement park, April 18, 1992
Diana and her sons visit an amusement park on April 13, 1993.
Diana with her sons at Hyde Park on May 7, 1995
Diana, Harry, and William attend the 50th-anniversary celebrations of V-J Day on Aug. 19, 1995.
Diana, Harry, and William on the day William joined Eton on Sept. 6, 1995.
Diana with her sons at William's confirmation ceremony on March 9, 1997
William and Harry unveil a statue of their mother, Princess Diana, in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace on July 1, 2021.
