What Prince William tells George and Charlotte about Granny Diana
<p>His young children may never have the opportunity to meet their paternal grandmother, but in a candid new documentary special, Prince William has revealed how he’s keeping Princess Diana’s memory alive for Prince George and Princess Charlotte.</p>
<p>In the TV special <em>Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy</em>, William opened up about how he and Kate are ensuring their young ones know “Granny Diana”. “We’ve got more photos up around the house now of her and we talk about her at bedtime,” he revealed.</p>
<p>“It’s hard because, obviously, Catherine didn’t know her, so she cannot really provide that level of detail. I do, regularly, putting George and Charlotte to bed and talk about her and just try to remind them there are two grandmothers, there were two grandmothers in their lives. It’s important they know who she was and that she existed.”</p>
<p>Prince Harry also spoke about his passion to ensure his mother’s legacy continues, chatting with Diana’s close friend, Sir Elton John, about a matter close to them all – HIV/AIDS.</p>
<p>“It was considered to be a gay disease and for someone who was in the royal family and who was a woman and who was straight, just to have someone care from the other side was an incredible gift,” Sir Elton reflected.</p>
<p>Harry, who brought out photos of Diana with AIDS patients, spoke of the positivity with which his mother radiated at a time when the reality was “all doom and gloom”.</p>
<p>“Look at her face in every photograph. There’s a positive, wonderful glow,” Sir Elton agreed. “Also, she had this incredible ability – which he [Prince Harry] kind of inherited, and I told him that, and he said, ‘Thanks very much’ – to make people feel at ease and to make them feel that everything will be alright."</p>
<p>“I haven’t experienced many people that have that ability, but she could walk into a room of people and make them feel as if everything was great.”</p>
