These Poignant Photos Show How Much Diana Loved William And Harry

A look at Diana and her sons over the years.

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Ellie Hall
by Ellie Hall

BuzzFeed News Reporter

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.

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Diana, Princess of Wales, stands with her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, at the piano in Kensington Palace on Oct. 4, 1985.

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Diana helps William with a jigsaw puzzle in his playroom in Kensington Palace on Oct. 22, 1985.

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William and Harry stand with their mother, Diana, in the garden of Highgrove House in Gloucestershire on July 18, 1986.

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William on his pony at Highgrove on July 18, 1986

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Diana carries Harry on her shoulders at Highgrove on July 18, 1986.

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William and Harry with their mother in Mallorca, Spain, Aug. 12, 1986

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Diana steps off a royal flight with her sons at Aberdeen International Airport on Aug. 16, 1986.

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Diana with William on her lap at polo on May 17, 1987

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Diana with Harry in Mallorca, Spain, on Aug. 10, 1987

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Diana, William, and Harry play on the banks of the River Dee near Balmoral Castle in Balmoral, Scotland, on Aug. 18, 1987.

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Diana and William on Harry's first day at nursery school in London, Sept. 1, 1987

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Harry rides a pony with Diana beside him on Dec. 31, 1987.

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Harry sticks his tongue out at Trooping the Colour on June 11, 1988.

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Diana on holiday in Mallorca with William and Harry, Aug. 13, 1988

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Diana plays with Harry during a holiday on Necker Island on Jan. 9, 1989.

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Diana walks with Harry and William outside Wetherby School in Notting Hill, London, Sept. 1, 1989.

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Diana, William, and Harry on Necker Island on April 11, 1990

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Diana, William, and Harry arrive at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham to visit Prince Charles on Sept. 4, 1990.

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Diana, Harry, and William on a ski lift during a trip to Austria on April 10, 1991

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Diana and William enjoy some refreshments at Windsor Great Park in Windsor, England, on June 1, 1991.

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Diana with her sons at Niagara Falls, Oct. 1, 1991

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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.

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Diana and Harry on the Depth Charge ride at Thorpe Park amusement park, April 18, 1992

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Diana and her sons visit an amusement park on April 13, 1993.

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Diana with her sons at Hyde Park on May 7, 1995

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Diana, Harry, and William attend the 50th-anniversary celebrations of V-J Day on Aug. 19, 1995.

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Diana, Harry, and William on the day William joined Eton on Sept. 6, 1995.

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Diana with her sons at William's confirmation ceremony on March 9, 1997

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William and Harry unveil a statue of their mother, Princess Diana, in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace on July 1, 2021.