Princess Diana’s bodyguard Ken
Wharfe has revealed how Prince William and Prince Harry are
looking to their own fun childhood as an inspiration for raising their own
children.
“Although the boys had
nannies, she was a hands-on mum and was always with them in their nursery or
bringing them down to the kitchen for breakfast,” Ken, who worked with
Diana from 1988 to 1993, writes.
“They were allowed to
have their friends for sleepovers and she’d let them bring them on holidays,
too… She took them to Thorpe Park – where they had to queue for the rides
like everyone else – a London bus and the underground, and to burger bars and
restaurants such as Bill Wyman’s Sticky Fingers.
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“She was a hands-on mum and was always with them
“She even took the boys
to M&S to buy William’s favourite sausages, which they found exciting, but
Charles couldn’t understand because they had the finest chefs at Kensington
Palace.”
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Ken added: “Harry and
William remember their childhood with great fondness and appear to be drawing
on the experiences Diana gave them to shape the upbringing of their own
children. George, Charlotte and Louis are being educated in the same way
as William, and all three of them could be seen enjoying the music at the
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee concert.
“They enjoy
bucket-and-spade family fun on the beaches in Norfolk – while Harry and
Meghan have been spotted taking Archie and the family dog for walks on the
beach near their home in California.”
