The world went into mourning after Princess Diana’s death, after she was tragically killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997 aged 36-years-old.
As millions paid tribute to the Princess of Wales, the media scrutiny of her two young children Prince Harry and Prince William (then just 15 and 12-years-old) was palpable. How will this affect them growing up? As adults, how will they react to persistant questions about their late mother? Their grief was open to public analysis.
But now Prince Harry has shed light on how he has coped with his grief. Speaking at his mental health charity Heads Together - attended by a number of high-profile sports stars including Rio Ferdinand - the royal revealed that he only opened up about Diana’s death three years ago.
According to the BBC, speaking to Rio Ferdinand, whose wife Rebecca Ellison died of cancer last year, he made his comments about his mother's death as he talked to the former England and Manchester United footballer.
'You know, I really regret not ever talking about it,' Harry said. Adding that he has not spoken about losing his mother suddenly 'for the first 28 years of my life'.
‘It’s OK to suffer,’ Harry says. ‘As long as you talk about it. It’s not a weakness. Weakness is having a problem and not recognising it and not solving that problem.’