OMG — Meghan Markle’s Two-Word Plea at Princess Diana’s Grave Has Finally Been Revealed, and It’s Sparking Fresh Royal Discussion
The Duchess of Sussex first visited the site in 2022.
Meghan Markle visited Princess Diana’s grace in 2022 (Image: Getty)
Meghan Markle asked for two things when she first visited her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana’s grave, according to Prince Harry. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are coming back next month for a highly anticipated visit to Britain as a family for the first time in four years.
Reports have claimed that the couple may visit the late Princess of Wales’s final resting place. Diana was laid to rest on a small island in the ornamental lake known as The Round Oval, within Althorp Park’s gardens, following her death during a car crash in Paris in 1997. Leading to the Oval is a path consisting of 36 oak trees, marking each year of her life.
The Duchess of Sussex is coming back to the UK (Image: Getty)
In his 2023 memoir, Spare, Prince Harry opened up about his wife’s first visit to Diana’s burial site in 2022.
He wrote: “No visit to this place was ever easy, but this one… twenty-fifth anniversary.
“And Meg’s first time. At long last, I was bringing the girl of my dreams home to meet mum.”
“We hesitated, hugging, and then I went first. I placed flowers on the grave. Meg gave me a moment, and I spoke to my mother in my head, told her I missed her, asked her for guidance and clarity.”
He then spoke about Meghan’s moment at the site and revealed what she had asked of her late mother-in-law.
The duke wrote: “Feeling that Meg might also want a moment, I went around the hedge, scanned the pond. When I came back, Meg was kneeling, eyes shut, palms against the stone.”
Princess Diana’s resting place is in Althorp Park (Image: Getty)
“I asked, as we walked back to the boat, what she’d prayed for. Clarity, she said. And guidance.”
Originally, Prince William and Prince Harry’s mother was meant to get buried in the Spencer family vault, however, the plan was rejected over safety concerns.
Princess Diana’s funeral took place on September 6 1997 in a ceremony attended by 2,000 people and watched by another 2.5 billion worldwide.
The official ceremony was held at Westminster Abbey in London and finished at the resting place in Althorp.
In his memoir, Spare, Prince Harry wrote that there was “absolutely no way” he would have let William walk behind their mother’s coffin alone.
He said: “There’s absolutely no way that I would let him do that by himself.
“And there’s absolutely no way that he would let me do that by myself. It was as if it was role reversal.”
SOURCE: DAILY EXPRESS
