Prince Harry was just 12 when he lost his mum in a tragic car accident and wanted to fulfil one last request for her – but his dad wouldn't let him, it has been reported.
Princess Diana died 23 years ago today, killed in a Paris tunnel car crash while fleeing the paparazzi. News of her death reached her ex-husband Prince Charles at Balmoral, where he was on holiday with young Prince Harry and William, early in the morning.
He woke the princes, then aged 12 and 15 respectively, before dawn to deliver the devastating news.Harry, who was particularly close with Diana, at first he simply "refused to accept" she had died.But once he overcame his shock, he became determined to fulfil one final deed for his mum — he wanted to go with his dad to.
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