In honor of Diana: Her Life with William and Harry (996 hits)
When Prince William marries on April 29, the absence of his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, will be a dark spot on an otherwise celebratory day.
—Diane Eble, author of Abundant Gifts: A Daybook of Grace-Filled Devotions---
God saw {Diana's} situation, and he cared. Out of his compassion and justice, he gave her children to comfort her. God always sees and cares, and is willing and able to bless us despite what other people do. We don't need to be a victim of other people's bad choices, for the Lord can always bring comfort and good out of every situation...
Two princes speak on the 10th anniversary of their mother's death Princess Diana was a champion of many causes, like relief for victims of landmines and shelter for the homeless. She was one of the first prominent people to reach out to AIDS patients, literally.
Matt Lauer: Was there a time in your lives when you were younger that your folks sat you down and talked about the responsibility of helping others? Did you have that kind of a talk? Prince William: Not as formal as you put it, but you know it was always a topic. You get onto a certain subject and its then like, well you know, there are certain things that you have to do that are really difficult. And no one wants to do but you've got to do them. Or that there's all these sort of life lessons. You know you've got to take responsibility for self and for other people. All the sorts of things you talk about as families. Matt Lauer: As young guys though, I mean, what about sports, what about girls and all this stuff. How did that come, how did that responsibility feel to you? Prince Harry: Well, I think it all came as the same package. I mean without sounding cheesy it was just sort of when we're around our mother. It would just come out in conversation about you know what she'd been doing that day or how she felt, how we were feeling at school and stuff like this. Matt Lauer: So it wasn't as much what she said. It's just the way she lived. Prince William: It's the way… Matt Lauer: You learned by osmosis. Prince Harry: It's the way she was the whole time. She was doing so much more behind the scenes.
Matt Lauer: Your mom used to say that one of her main concerns for you two was that you live as normal lives as possible. Prince William: Um-hm. Prince Harry: Um-hm Matt Lauer: So ten years later do you think she would be happy or saddened by the state of normalcy? Prince Harry: I think she'd be happy in the way that we're going about it but slightly unhappy about the way the other people were going about it as in saying, "Look: you're not normal, so stop trying to be normal," which is very much what we get a lot. You know it's like stop trying to be normal. You've got certain responsibilities. Which obviously we do and we know we have certain responsibilities. But within our private lives and within certain other parts of our life we want to be as normal as possible. And yes it's hard because to a certain respect we never will be normal. Prince William: You may be abnormal. I'm pretty normal.
For them, "normal" will always be a relative term. Prince William, 24, heir to the British throne, the future king of England. Harry, his kid brother, 22, also known as Harry, Prince of the United Kingdom.
They are the grandsons of Queen Elizabeth, sons of Prince Charles and, of course, the late Princess Diana. The world has watched them grow from babes in their mother's arms, to proper English schoolboys, to grief stricken young men walking with their father behind Diana's casket. But they've never done an interview together for an American, never sat down and answered unscripted questions -- until now. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19190534/
