Princess Diana’s brother Charles Spencer visits her grave almost every day

Charles Spencerbrother of Princess Dianavisits his sister’s grave at the Spencer family ancestral home in Althorp “almost every day”, he revealed during the Tuesday, October 15, episode of Good morning Great Britain.

Diana died aged 36 in a car crash in Paris in 1997 and was buried on a small island near the Round Oval lake near Althorp. Charles, 60, has been manager of the estate since 1992 after the death of his father. John Spencer.

“And of course she’s buried at home,” Charles said. ‘Yes, it is, and I go almost every day. Last week, one of her childhood best friends came to the island. And that was so nice.”

When Diana died, her funeral was one of the most watched programs in Britain’s history, with tributes from all over the world. Today, the island where Diana is buried is only accessible by boat, cut off from the general public.

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There was at one point a bridge connecting the island to the rest of the estate, but this was removed to protect the family’s privacy. Prince Harry wrote in his 2023 memoir: Save.

“The bridge was removed to give my mother privacy and to keep intruders away,” he wrote.

“I’m sure almost everyone watching this show has had trauma in their family at some point,” Charles said. “And like everyone else, you kind of get used to it and it never goes away.”

Harry, who was days away from his 13th birthday at the time of Diana’s death, brought along his wife, Meghan Markleto visit his mother’s grave for the first time in 2022, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the accident.

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“No visit to this place has ever been easy, but this… 25th anniversary,” Harry wrote Save. ‘And Meg’s first time. I finally brought the girl of my dreams home to meet my mother.”

“We hesitated, hugged, and then I went first. I put flowers on the grave,” he continued. “Meg gave me a moment and I spoke to my mother in my head, telling her I missed her, asking her for guidance and clarity. Feeling that Meg might want a moment too, I walked around the hedge and scanned the pond. When I returned, Meg was kneeling, eyes closed, palms against the stone.

As the pair walked back to the boat that took them to the island, Harry asked Meghan what she was praying for at that moment.

“Brightness,” she said. And guidance,” he wrote.