So SadPrince Harry on Mother Princess Diana’s Death — “I Never Really Dealt With What Had Happened”
Prince Harry is bringing tears to our eyes.
The red-headed royal was just 12-years-old when he heard the news of his mother Princess Diana‘s tragic death from a car accident — and now, nearly two decades later, he is opening up about he coped with her unfortunate passing.
“I never really dealt with what had happened. It was a lot of buried emotion,” Harry, 32, said in a recent documentary for ITV called Prince Harry in Africa. “For a huge part of my life I didn’t really want to think about it.”
![prince harry princess diana getty images prince harry princess diana getty images](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/princess-diana-prince-harry.jpg?fit=400%2C605&quality=86&strip=all&resize=400%2C605)
Harry and Diana in 1986.
“I used to bury my head in the sand, and let everything around you tear you to pieces,” he continued. “I now view life very differently from what it used to be.”
Harry’s older brother, Prince William, 34, recently revealed how he’s dealt with losing his mom. “Time makes it easier. I still miss my mother every day — and it’s 20 years after she died,” the Duke of Cambridge confessed. “The important thing is to talk about it as a family.” So sweet.
Click through the gallery below to see Diana’s cutest moments with William and Harry!
![Diana william harry june 1982](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-june-1982.jpg?fit=800%2C1183&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry auh 1982](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-auh-1982.jpg?fit=800%2C1204&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry dec 1982](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-dec-1982.jpg?fit=800%2C1022&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry dec 1983](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-dec-1983.jpg?fit=800%2C593&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry april 1983](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-april-1983.jpg?fit=800%2C1162&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry feb 1983](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-feb-1983.jpg?fit=800%2C1209&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry september 1985](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-september-1985.jpg?fit=800%2C1208&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry oct 1985](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-oct-1985.jpg?fit=800%2C547&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry april 1985](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-april-1985.jpg?fit=800%2C500&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry july 1986 2](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-july-1986-2.jpg?fit=800%2C538&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry dec 1986](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-dec-1986.jpg?fit=800%2C1150&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry july 1986](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-july-1986.jpg?fit=800%2C1177&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry march 1986](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-march-1986.jpg?fit=800%2C1166&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry aug 1987](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-aug-1987.jpg?fit=800%2C1421&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry aug 1989](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-aug-1989.jpg?fit=800%2C1203&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry may 1989](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-may-1989.jpg?fit=800%2C752&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry april 1990](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-april-1990.jpg?fit=800%2C1019&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry oct 1991 2](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-oct-1991-2.jpg?fit=800%2C568&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry oct 1991](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-oct-1991.jpg?fit=800%2C827&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry april 1991](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-april-1991.jpg?fit=800%2C550&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry april 1992](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-april-1992.jpg?fit=800%2C1168&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry march 1993](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-march-1993.jpg?fit=800%2C515&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry april 1993 2](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-april-1993-2.jpg?fit=800%2C560&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry may 1995](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-may-1995.jpg?fit=800%2C517&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry sept 1995](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-sept-1995.jpg?fit=800%2C907&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry aug 1995](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-aug-1995.jpg?fit=800%2C1122&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images
![Diana william harry march 1997](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/diana-william-harry-march-1997.jpg?fit=800%2C800&quality=86&strip=all)
Getty Images