Time—or, more specifically, publication of Prince Harry’s memoir 'Spare' next month—will tell if relations are thawing or freezing over between father and son.
Time—or, more specifically, publication of Harry’s memoirFrom very early in his childhood, Harry knew the strange world of royal parenting up close. In 1992, when he was 8 years old, the collapse of his parents’ marriage had just been officially confirmed with the announcement that Princess Diana and Prince Charles were separating .
As she says that, Harry can be heard, larking about. An 8-year-old is surely sentient enough to get the drift and would, in any case, be aware of his father’s absence. Three years later, by which time Settelen’s work was done and Diana’s soulful delivery and timing were natural to her, Diana went public with the sensational BBCinterview with Martin Bashir, memorably saying “there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.” .
Diana barely knew Charles when they were married; “We met 13 times and we got married” she said. She was unprepared for what was to come, and dependent on Charles for support she didn’t get. It was Mountbatten who steered Philip toward the young Princess Elizabeth and it was Mountbatten who directed Charles to endure an education at an academy entirely unsuited to his nature, Gordonstoun in Scotland, a spartan regime that Charles later described as “Colditz in kilts”—referring to an infamous Nazi prisoner-of-war camp. And it was Mountbatten who urged Charles “to find a young virgin” and, when he found Diana, pushed hard for the marriage.
It does seem clear from the documentary that Harry developed a strong attachment to Philip. In his later years, Philip mellowed from the oftentimes testy and frustrated second fiddle to become a patient conciliator between the warring children, of whom Princess Anne was his favorite, since her independence of character was more like his. Philip had also shown more understanding of Diana’s stresses than others and had wanted Charles to make more of an effort to save the marriage than he did.
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