Prince Harry is making sure his kids know about their late grandmother, and there are a lot of sweet ways to remember Princess Diana. You can talk about her commitment to motherhood, her enviable style, her love of dance, and her hilarious side-eye. And/or you could talk about the deeper topics, like her praiseworthy humanitarian work. Recently, Prince Harry chose the latter.
During the Invictus Games in Vancouver, Prince Harry talked about an intense conversation he had with his 5-year-old son Prince Archie that ultimately led to a chat about “Grandma Diana.” When discussing the Invictus Games — an Olympics-style tournament for sick, wounded, and injured service members and veterans — with his son and 3-year-old daughter Princess Lilibet who he shares with wife Meghan Markle, they started talking about the athletes’ injuries.
“You either shut it down straight away, which I would never do, or you engage in the conversation and you try to explain things,” Prince Harry told CTV, per People. “Archie was asking about landmines, so I was talking about how some of these guys were blown up.”
He conceded that talking about IEDs would probably be “a bit too much” for a 5-year-old, but they did discuss landmines.
And that naturally progressed into a chatting about Princess Diana, who famously championed efforts to clear landmines. In 1997, less than a year before her tragic death, the “People’s Princess” walked through a minefield in Angola.
“He wanted to see videos and photographs of his Grandma Diana out doing her thing for landmines all those years ago,” Prince Harry said, tugging on our heartstrings.
“It produced a very interesting conversation between me and him, different to what I thought it would be,” the Duke of Sussex said. The dad of two did not elaborate on what “very interesting” meant, but we have to imagine it was an intense but meaningful chat and a special way for Prince Harry to introduce Archie to his grandmother’s philanthropic efforts and the way they intersect with his own.
In the fall, Prince Harry gave a sobering speech at an event supporting The HALO Trust, the organization Princess Diana partnered with to raise awareness about landmines.
“I do know that my mother would have been horrified that anyone’s children or grandchildren would live in a world still infested with mines,” Prince Harry said. ” … Carrying on her legacy is a responsibility that I take incredibly seriously and I think we all know how much she’d want us to finish this particular job.”
Before you go, check out these precious photos that show Princess Diana’s best motherhood moments.
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