William and Harry had ‘short’ chat with Princess Diana on day she died
The British royals are ‘open and did not put any subject off limits’ in the new documentary created for the 20th anniversary of Diana’s death in a Paris car crash
Britain’s Prince William and Harry have spoken of their regret over the last conversation they had with their mother, Princess Diana, before she died, saying the telephone call was "desperately rushed". In a documentary, called Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy, timed to coincide with the 20th anniversary of Diana’s death in a Paris car crash on August 31 1997, the two princes said they spoke to their mother shortly before she died. "Harry and I were in a desperate rush to say goodbye, you know ‘see you later’ … if I’d known now obviously what was going to happen, I wouldn’t have been so blasé about it and everything else," William said. Prince Harry said: "It was her speaking from Paris, I can’t really necessarily remember what I said but all I do remember is probably regretting for the rest of my life how short the phone call was." Nick Kent, the film’s executive producer, said he believed the document offered a glimpse of "the private Diana". "Nobody has ever told this story...
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