Harry has begun approaching Princess Diana‘s old friends to take part in a film about his mother, Richard Kay has claimed, in a project the royal expert says will occupy the Prince during his first year back in Britain.
Next year marks the 30th anniversary of the princess’s death in Paris, with a string of events and tributes already planned.
Speaking on Palace Confidential, the Daily Mail’s Senior Editor-at-Large predicted the anniversary will drag Diana’s legacy back into focus and place fresh strain on William and Harry’s already fractured relationship.
The brothers are understood not to have spoken for the best part of four years, and were last seen together in public at Charles’s Coronation in May 2023.
‘Diana has dominated the thinking of both William and Harry for the last ten years,’ Kay told host Luke Blackall.
‘When they made, nine years ago, those documentaries to mark the 20th anniversary of their mother’s death, that was the last time they were really in step together.
Prince Harry has begun approaching Princess Diana’s old friends to take part in a film about his mother, Richard Kay has claimed
Next year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Princess’s death in Paris, with a string of events and tributes already being planned
The Daily Mail’s Senior Editor-at-Large predicted the anniversary will drag Diana’s legacy back into focus and place fresh strain on William and Harry’s already fractured relationship
‘I am told that one of the reasons Harry’s here is to make a television film, his own film, about his mother. I know he has been reaching out to his friends and others who knew her, asking them to contribute. That’s going to occupy a lot of his headspace over the next 12 months.
‘Of course, it throws up that old canard. People always link Harry to Diana, but she was the mother of two boys. William is just as much his mother’s son as Harry is, and Harry has tried to claim the Diana legacy for himself, to William’s intense frustration.
‘He does not bang on about his mother all the time, though he has at several points. This issue of trying to use Diana, the Spencer brand, the Spencer name, to divide himself away from the House of Windsor, I think is something we’re going to see even more of.
‘Let’s not forget who Harry spent time with when he was here in July, it was Diana’s family at Althorp.’
If the prince were making a film about his mother, it would follow the announcement by Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer, that he has written a new book about his sister, to be released this month.
Harry, Meghan and their children Archie and Lilibet stayed with the Spencers at the family’s Althorp estate during their visit to Britain in July.
Editor-at-Large Alison Boshoff reported this week that a film studio is among the features on the Sussexes’ wish list as they search for a home in the Cotswolds.
Editor-at-Large Alison Boshoff reported this week that a film studio is among the features on the Sussexes’ wish list as they search for a home in the Cotswolds
Elsewhere in the show, Richard Eden revealed how William and Catherine intend to respond to the Sussexes’ return. From what he has been told, they plan to ignore it entirely
Elsewhere in the show, Diary Editor Richard Eden revealed how William and Catherine intend to respond to the Sussexes’ return. From what he has been told, the Prince and Princess of Wales plan to ignore it entirely.
‘Friends of theirs say: why should they do anything differently?’ Eden said.
‘They are two people who are now private citizens, not working royals. It should make no difference whether they are in California or Britain.
‘To me, it’s like a spoiled child, if you give in, what do they do? They just demand more.
‘You have got to be firm with them, or it will lead, I think, to the end of the monarchy.
