Prince William and his wife, Catherine, posted on Sunday on Instagram cards that their three children made for “Grandma Diana”, or the mother of William and Harry, to celebrate Britain’s Mother’s Day. The posting takes place amid conflicts with William’s brother, Prince Harry, and his wife, Meghan, who detailed the crack between the brothers in a bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey.
For Mother’s Day on Sunday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge posted on the official Kensington Royal Instagram account that “for those in mourning, today can be particularly challenging”. William and Harry’s mother, Princess Diana, died in a car accident in Paris in 1997 when William was 15 and Harry was 12.
“Every year on Mother’s Day, George, Charlotte and Louis make cards in honor of their grandmother, Diana, for William,” the caption said.
“Dear Grandma Diana, I’m thinking of you on Mother’s Day,” wrote Princess Charlotte, 5. “I love you so much. Daddy is missing you. So much love, Charlotte.”
Prince George, 7, wrote “Happy Happy Mother’s Day. I love you very much and I think about you always.”
Prince Louis, who is almost 3 years old, designed a heart.
William and Catherine also posted a photo of a cake they said was made by the children celebrating “two other special mothers today” and a photo of Catherine as a child and her mother.
Messages arrive a week later Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, told Oprah about the differences between them and members of the real family, including William and Catherine. Meghan refuted a 2019 story that said she made Catherine cry before Meghan and Harry’s wedding, saying that it was Catherine who made her cry.
In clips broadcast on “CBS This Morning,” Meghan said the royal family never recognized that there was any difference in the way she was treated – including racist attacks and the introduction of social media – and the way Catherine was treated.
“Kate was called ‘Waity Katie’, hoping to marry William, while I imagine it was very difficult, and I think. I can’t imagine what it was like. It’s not the same, ”said Meghan.
She continued, “What if a member of your family comfortably says that we all had to deal with things that are rude, rude and racist are not the same thing.”
Meghan also said there had been discussions within the royal family about “how dark” his son Archie’s skin tone would be, a conversation that Harry said he never wanted to discuss. When asked about these comments a few days after the interview, William said the family “is not very racist”.
Harry said that at one point his father, Prince Charles, “did not take my calls” when he asked for more security for him and Meghan. He said he saw “history repeating itself” in the way Meghan was treated compared to the way her mother was treated by her family.
Harry said that he and William “went through hell together”, but are now on “different paths”.