A statement by Prince William and Prince Harry
7th April - Clarence House
We should like to thank the members of the Jury at the Inquests into the deaths of our mother and Dodi Al Fayed for the thorough way in which they have considered the evidence. We agree with their verdicts, and are both hugely grateful to each and every one of them for the forbearance they have shown in accepting such significant disruption to their lives over the past six months.
Both of us are much indebted to the Coroner, Lord Justice Scott Baker, for his unfailing courtesy, and for all the consideration shown by him and his staff not only to us but to all those involved in this hearing.
We are particularly grateful to Trevor Rees, and to others who came forward to give evidence – in many cases reawakening their painful and personal memories.
Finally, the two of us would like to express our most profound gratitude to all those who fought so desperately to save our mother’s life on that tragic night.
April 8th, 2008 08:59
i like both of you statement! but i don’t know what to say about your mom case, but i have my opinion about this case in my mind. i wish both of you just pray for her to rest in peace at heaven with Dodi amien. i really really adore your mom like as i adore both of you guys!
April 8th, 2008 10:37
It’s such a sad story how Diana and Dodi died.
It must be hard for William and Harry to go to court and testify what happend to Diana and Dodi.
April 8th, 2008 10:43
Will and Harry made only I statement about their beloved mother and dodi. It’s such a tragic story for them and all of us.
April 8th, 2008 13:17
i’m so very glad both of you prince will & prnice harry It’s very such sad with mom diana & dodi died. missing heaven is really happing. it must to be very hard for son prince will & harry, only easy to us feeling with dad prince charles but it is made to say talk about queen for help with family, i agree with you in reference to be km & pw. cd & ph. that why is for help with people*
April 8th, 2008 14:44
hope they let her rest in peace.
April 8th, 2008 16:42
I really liked the statement, it sound more written by the boys then by Clarence House PR.
Al Fayed go home, he wants to appeal the verdict I read, maybe back to Egypt.
April 8th, 2008 20:32
it sounds like.. there are deeper in their hearts , im sure that they thinked of their mom pd.
April 8th, 2008 21:03
The only reason the inquests go on and on into Diana’s death is because Mohammed al-Fayed refuses to accept the fact that his bodyguard was driving drunk and dangerously and the paps were acting crazy that night by chasing them. Plus, sadly, Diana was not wearing her seatbelt and neither were Dodi and Henri Paul. That could have saved them, especially Diana was bouncing all around in that car, which helped cause massive internal trauma and bleeding. Trevor Rees is the only one who wore a seatbelt and even with all his potentially fatal injuries, he survived.
Mr. al-Fayed, let your son, Diana and Henri Paul rest in peace. Your actions have tormented William and Harry for too many years.
April 9th, 2008 09:50
I wish Diana were still alive today if the accident didn’t happen to her it would make the boys happy.
April 9th, 2008 21:50
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/columnists/columnists.html?in_page_id=1772&in_article_id=558231&in_author_id=230
PS Some four and- a-half hours after the Diana inquest returned its verdict, Clarence House issued a statement from Princes William and Harry.
In it, they thanked the jury and the coroner and paid tribute to former bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones for his evidence.
What was puzzling was why it took so long for their comments to come out, for it was hardly a surprise that the inquest was reaching its end.
I understand the statement was watered down under pressure from Buckingham Palace officials.
“The boys wanted to show more firmly that they concurred with the verdicts,” I am told. “But this was edited out because the Palace didn’t want to risk more attention just a day after Prince Philip came home from hospital.”
April 10th, 2008 22:13
wonder if charles would have married camilla if diana were still alive