Princess Diana 10 Year Memorial Service | Britain Remembers ‘The Queen Of Hearts’
Today saw the memorial service take place to commemorate 10 years since Princess Diana died in a car crash.
The memorial service took place at the Guards’ Chapel near Buckingham Palace with both Princes William and Harry in attendance.
Prince Harry said:-
“To lose a parent so suddenly at such a young age, as others have experienced, is indescribably shocking and sad,”
“It was an event which changed our lives forever, as it must have done for everyone who lost someone that night,”
“But what is far more important to us now and into the future is that we remember our mother as she would wish to be remembered, as she was: fun-loving, generous, down to earth and entirely genuine.”
The Bishop of London gave a sermon at the memorial and used it to call for an end to the sniping between Diana’s fans and detractors. The debate carries on as to how Diana died, and who was to blame. There is also continuing views and disagreements on how the Royal Family dealt with the event of Diana’s death in the days after it happened.
Prince Charles new wife Camilla Parker Bowles wasn’t present at the service, deciding that it would be more fitting for her to stay away. Diana is known to have blamed Camilla for the break up of her marriage to Charles.
The Queen and Prince Phillip were at the memorial, along with 500 other mourners paying their respects. Prince Edward, Charles’ younger brother, and his sister, Princess Anne, were also there, as were Prime Minister Gordon Brown, former prime ministers John Major and Tony Blair, and representatives of the many charities Diana supported.
Let’s hope that this memorial service, and the recent ‘Concert For Diana‘ puts a full stop to the whole sorry saga. We all remember Diana with fond memories, and that’s what should continue without the continual bitching and posturing. Remember Diana, but move on and respect the wishes of her sons Princes’ William and Harry.
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September 1st, 2007 at 9:37 pm
I just can’t believe that it’s been 10 years already. Wow. What a classy, beautiful, sexy lady though, huh? The world still misses her.