Prince William Still Grieves Over Princess Diana

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Prince William tells the Daily Mirror:

Prince William has spoken for the first time about the devastating effect of losing his mother as a teenager.

The prince, who was just 15 when Princess Diana died, said: ‘Never being able to say the word “Mummy” again in your life sounds like a small thing.

‘However, for many, including me, it’s now really just a word – hollow and evoking only memories.’

The 26-year-old prince has always refused to talk in public about his grief, but he changed his mind after becoming the Royal Patron of the Child Bereavement Charity.

Losing a child or being a child when your parent dies is the awful reality for over 23,000 families in Britain every year.

Initially, there is a sense of profound shock and disbelief that this could ever happen to you. Real grief often does not hit home until much later.

For many it is a grief never entirely lost. Life is altered as you know it, and not a day goes past without you thinking about the one you have lost.

However, I also know that over time it is possible to learn to live with what has happened and, with the passing of years, to retain or rediscover cherished memories.

Our families and friends play a crucial role in coping with grief. The Child Bereavement Charity can never replace their love.

It can, though, provide another, sometimes invaluable lifeline. The charity is there to help the bereaved directly.

I think William is truly maturing and may be looking to settle down now.  And I think he is coming to grips with his mother’s death, a decade after it happened.

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