Meghan MarkleandPrince Harry’s children will grow up knowing their grandmotherPrincess Diana.
In a tender scene in the first episode ofHarry & Meghan,the Duchess of Sussex, 41, holds sonArchie, now 3, in his nursery, as they look at a framed portrait of Harry’s late mother on the wall.
“Hi, Grandma. That’s Grandma Diana,” Meghan tells her son.
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“I got a photo of her in his nursery, and it was one of the first words that he said — apart from ‘mama,’ ‘papa,’ it was then ‘grandma’. Grandma Diana,” Harry said in the special, released May 2021. “It’s the sweetest thing, but at the same time, it makes me really sad because she should be here.”
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Elsewhere in the first episode ofHarry & Meghan, the Duke of Sussex spoke about how Meghan and Diana share many of the same traits.
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“So much of what Meghan is, and how she is, is so similar to my mom. She has the same compassion, she has the same empathy, she has the same confidence. She has this warmth about her,” he explained, as the camera panned between footage of Princess Diana withPrince Williamand him as toddlers, moving to video of Meghan hugging and kissing Archie.
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“I accept that there will be people around the world who fundamentally disagree with what I’ve done and how I’ve done it,” Harry continued in a sit-down interview. referencing his decision to step back as a senior working royal. “But I knew that I had to do everything I could to protect my family, especially after what happened to my mum. I didn’t want history to repeat itself.”
Volume one ofHarry & Meghanis now streaming on Netflix. Volume two premieres next Thursday, Dec. 15.
source: people.com
