From the day they were born, Prince William and
Prince Harry have been the focus of attention in Britain
and around the world. Their parents' fairytale wedding,
followed swiftly by the arrival of two sons, seemed like
the perfect happy ending. Growing up in Highgrove and at
Kensington Palace, the two young princes were
successfully sheltered from the pressures that drove
their parents apart and, ultimately, led to their
divorce. Following the tragically early death of their
mother, Diana, William and Harry attracted massive
public sympathy, a sentiment that still attaches to them
to this day. But as well as sympathy, the public now
respects them as outgoing, hard-working and competent
young men, who have honoured their mother's legacy in
their charity work and in their determination to protect
her memory. The world has also seen that their
relationship with their father is a loving and happy
one, and that in this, at least, the Royal family
appears to have learnt a lesson from Diana.As they move
into their adult roles - whether in the form of official
Royal duties or those on the front line, fighting
alongside their fellow countrymen - they are both
developing into a new breed of Royal, as much at home
organising a pop concert or taking a gap year in Africa
or South America, as they are at State occasions or in
full regimental dress uniform. |
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