Prince William on Grief Over Princess Diana

Prince William on Grief Over Princess Diana
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Prince William spoke at an event about his sense of loss after losing his mother, the much-loved Princess Diana, at the age of only 15.

People.com reports that William spoke at an event for the British organization Child Bereavement Charity, and told the assembled crowd: "Never being able to say the word 'Mummy' again in your life sounds like a small thing. However, for many, including me, it is now really just a word - hollow and evoking only memories."

According to People, William told the crowd, some of whom were parents who had lost a child, in solidarity: "Losing a close family member is one of the hardest experiences anyone can endure."

The organization has a new campaign that attempts to raise awareness for how to be of assistance to grieving parents when Mother's Day rolls around, People reports.

Published 3/13/09 by the Insider

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  • This poor woman. Although I was only a child when she died, I understood the impact she had on the world. What a wonderful person that was taken too soon from this earth. She did not deserve such a painful, untimely death. I feel so sorry for Prince...
    Anonymous 8/5/09 Reply
  • I understand very well how Prince William feels. I lost my mother in 1991 and, although I was a grown woman (37), it was and remains very difficult no matter how old you are when she dies. I had imagined Mom and me when she was really old --- me...
    MISSMOO 3/14/09 Reply
  • When I was 48, I must say, the loss of my Father left only memories also. If only I could pick the phone up and call him....I miss him every day of my life.
    Tacha
    Anonymous 3/14/09 Reply
  • Prince William seems to have known the depth of his loss when, Princess Diana died. To the world she was known as "Our Princess, " To William, Princess Diana was his world.It was a very sad and cruel death for such a lovely person, I am sure William...
    audreyindia 3/14/09 Reply
  • It is very good he is speaking up about the unthinkable.I can relate to having lost both parents.While the world hard rotates on its axis . It is hard to note how everyone around you moving on; Inside your screaming with each seasons changes.On the...
    Anonymous 3/14/09 Reply
  • Ilost my mother when I 11 yrs old, and never,
    ever forgot her, it is a trauma at a young age.
    Anonymous 3/13/09 Reply
  • Finaly he speaks...for the love of Diana!
    CindyA2 3/13/09 Reply
  • his mother would be so proud. it is hard for people who have lost their mother's far too early i am sure on mother's day as it is with people that mother's live to be elderly. your mother is your mother.
    Anonymous 3/13/09 Reply
  • if we have an other Diana the world will be full of love.
    katrean 3/13/09 Reply
  • She was a wonderful person and a lot was lost the day she died
    Anonymous 3/13/09 Reply
  • He's so handsome and he looks so much like his mother. She was a wonderful person and a lot was lost the day she died.
    Grams 3/13/09 Reply
  • Wow:)
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