Princess Anne says Queen did the right thing after Diana’s death Thanh Thanh4-5 mins Princess Anne says Queen did the right thing after Diana’s death – 1 The grief of Princess Anne and others of Queen Elizabeth II after her death (Photo: Reuters). In a recently revealed interview from 2017, Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, said her mother made the right and correct decisions by staying at Balmoral Castle with Princes William and Harry in the days after Princess Diana died in a traffic accident in 1997.
Princess Anne, 72, told ITV News Royal about her mother’s 70-year reign in 2017 and was first broadcast on December 9. Queen Elizabeth II faced criticism after deciding to stay at Balmoral Castle in Scotland with her family, while the whole of Britain and the Royal Family grieved after the car crash in Paris (France) that killed Princess Diana. At that time, Prince William was 15 years old and Harry was 12 years old. “I think she made the right decision. She did something extraordinary that any parent would do. There will also be a way to bring the two children from here (Balmoral Castle) to London,” Princess Anne confided. “I don’t think the two children could have endured such a huge shock if they weren’t with the Queen at that time,” Princess Anne affirmed. And Queen Elizabeth’s only daughter added: “It was the best decision for the two children. The Queen needs to calm their spirits and protect Princess Diana’s children, give them time to understand the problem so they can suffer the least damage.” Princess Diana suffocated to death in a traffic accident in a tunnel in Paris, France in 1997.
The accident happened after Diana and Prince Charles, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, had kissed in 1996. Speaking on this issue, in 2017, former senior royal courtier Malcolm Ross, who was in charge of Princess Diana’s funeral, also agreed with the Queen’s handling of the situation by prioritizing her grandsons, and said that both the Queen and her staff were very sad. “If you were a grandmother of a 15-year-old and a 12-year-old whose mother had just died in a car accident, what would you do? She was absolutely doing the right thing,” Mr. Ross commented. “If I were the Queen, I would do the same. Why bring them to London? Why not let them get over the shock in their own family?”
Mr. Ross said. Mr Ross also added that it was the Queen who decided that her ex-daughter-in-law would be given a royal funeral. In addition to sharing how the Queen handled the issue after the death of Princess Diana in 1997, Princess Anne also praised her parents’ 73-year marriage, saying, “The Queen and the Prince’s marriage was really important.” Queen Elizabeth II passed away today, September 8, at the age of 96, just over a year after her husband, Prince Philip, passed away. The hearse carrying the Queen’s coffin left Balmoral Castle on November 9 to travel to Edinburgh, preparing to return to London before the official funeral on September 19. When the Queen’s hearse left Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire on September 11 and arrived at Holyroodhouse Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland, Princess Anne sat in a car that accompanied the hearse for six hours. As the honor guard entered the palace, Princess Anne stood at the gate and saluted with a pillow.
Princess Anne was particularly close to her mother and spent time with her in Scotland during the Queen’s last summer vacation. Other members of the Queen’s family, including King Charles III, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Prince Edwards, Earl of Wessex, will attend various events to honor Queen Elizabeth II after her death.
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