Prince William's enraged phone call to Princess Diana

Olivia Morris
·Contributor

Still to this day, people still talk about Princess Diana‘s explosive 1995 interview with BBC Panorama host Martin Bashir.

At the time of the chat Diana discussed Prince Charles‘ affair with Camilla Parker Bowles, admitting there had always been “three people” in her marriage.

The interview left Charles, the royal family and the whole world in shock, and now it has been revealed just how Diana’s eldest son, Prince William, reacted to the exposé.

Still to this day, people still talk about Princess Diana’s explosive 1995 interview with BBC Panorama host Martin Bashir. Source: BBC
Still to this day, people still talk about Princess Diana’s explosive 1995 interview with BBC Panorama host Martin Bashir. Source: BBC

In a new Amazon Prime documentary William and Harry: Brothers in Arms, royal correspondent for Vanity Fair Katie Nicholls revealed how furious William was with his mother over the interview.

“William was exposed to everything from the interview and called his mother in a fury and a rage,” she said.

Katie was given a further insight to the phone call by the late Princess of Wales’ close friend, Simone Simmons.

Prince William called his mother “in a rage” over the 1995 interview. Source: Getty
Prince William called his mother “in a rage” over the 1995 interview. Source: Getty

“[She told me] it was the one time William turned on his mother and said that he would never forgive Diana for what she’d done,” the royal correspondent recalled in the documentary.

William opening up about Diana’s 1995 interview

Last year the Duke of Cambridge opened up about the shocking 1995 interview, in a documentary to mark the 20th anniversary of Diana’s tragic death, Diana, 7 Days.

“I can understand, having sometimes been in those situations, you feel incredibly desperate and it is very unfair that things are being said that are untrue,” he said.

William spoke about his late mother’s shock interview in a documentary last year titled, <em>Diana, 7 Days</em>. Source: BBC
William spoke about his late mother’s shock interview in a documentary last year titled, Diana, 7 Days. Source: BBC

“The easiest thing to do is just to say or go to the media yourself. Open that door. [But] once you’ve opened it you can never close it again.”

Finding out about Diana’s death in 1997

In the candid 2017 documentary, Prince William and Prince Harry also opened up about their father, Prince Charles, telling them the heartbreaking news.

“One of the hardest things for a parent to have to do is to tell your children that your other parent has died,” Harry said.

In the 2017 documentary, Harry opened up about Prince Charles telling him and his brother William about their mother’s death. Source: BBC
In the 2017 documentary, Harry opened up about Prince Charles telling him and his brother William about their mother’s death. Source: BBC

“But he was there for us, he was the one out of two left and he tried to do his best and to make sure we were protected and looked after.

“But, you know, he was going through the same grieving process as well.”

The Duke of Sussex also spoke about his disgust at the people who chased her into the tunnel snapping images of Diana as she lay dying in the car, claiming it is one of the “hardest things to come to terms with”.

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