Overview

• Multiple outlets marked the anniversary by summarizing Spare passages recounting disputes over whether the princes should follow their mother’s coffin.
• Harry wrote that an alternative had Prince William walking alone, and he chose to join to ensure his brother did not endure the ordeal by himself.
• He said Earl Spencer objected to involving the boys, yet the final decision required both princes to take part in the procession.
• Harry recalled the Royal Standard on Diana’s coffin as an unusual break with protocol that prompted questions about her standing and “forgiveness.”
• He wrote that tears nearly came during Elton John’s performance at Westminster Abbey but that he broke down only at the Althorp burial, linking the day to later anxiety and efforts to numb pain.