--- title: Prince Harry Regrets Not Talking Earlier About Diana's Death description: Prince Harry has expressed regret over not speaking up sooner about the death of his mother Princess Diana canonical: https://time.com/4421319/prince-harry-diana-death-mother/ author: Amanda Calvo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-25T08:12:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:54.292Z og:title: Prince Harry Regrets Not Talking Earlier About Diana's Death og:description: He lost his mother to a car crash in 1997, when he was 12 years old. og:url: https://time.com/4421319/prince-harry-diana-death-mother/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59803bba3afd5ac0/69889f0fcf40a81c98c4427c/gettyimages-545303134.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5184 og:image:height: 2916 og:image:alt: Prince Harry visits HIV Service at Kings College Hospital London og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Prince Harry Regrets Not Talking Earlier About Diana's Death twitter:description: He lost his mother to a car crash in 1997, when he was 12 years old. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59803bba3afd5ac0/69889f0fcf40a81c98c4427c/gettyimages-545303134.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Prince Harry Regrets Not Speaking Up Earlier About Princess Diana's Death > Sponsored content. 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Prince William and Harry visit the Star Wars set and meet Luke Skywalker_ by [Amanda Calvo](https://time.com/author/amanda-calvo/) ## Amanda Calvo Jul 25, 2016 8:12 AM UTC  Prince Harry takes part in a round table discussion with HIV doctors as part of his desire to raise public awareness in the fight against HIV and AIDS both internationally and in the UK at King's College Hospital on July 7, 2016 in London, England. Prince Harry takes part in a round table discussion with HIV doctors as part of his desire to raise public awareness in the fight against HIV and AIDS both internationally and in the UK at King's College Hospital on July 7, 2016 in London, England. Matt Dunham—WPA Pool/Getty Images by [Amanda Calvo](https://time.com/author/amanda-calvo/) ## Amanda Calvo Jul 25, 2016 8:12 AM UTC Prince Harry has expressed regret over not speaking sooner about the death of [his mother Princess Diana](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36880847). The Prince opened up during a high profile event at Kensington Palace for his mental health charity Heads Together, the BBC reports. The event was attended by several famous athletes. When asked by former English international soccer player Rio Ferdinand, whose wife died from cancer last year, about his mother’s death, Harry responded, “You know, I really regret not ever talking about it.” The 31-year-old prince revealed that he neglected to speak about her “for the first 28 years” of his life. “It is okay to suffer, but as long as you talk about it. It is not a weakness. Weakness is having a problem and not recognizing it and not solving that problem,” the prince told a BBC morning television program at the event. Prince Harry went on to explain that the key message behind his event was to show that anyone from athletes to members of the royal family can suffer from mental health issues. “Whether you’re a member of the Royal Family, whether you’re a soldier, whether you’re a sports star, whether you’re a team sport, individual sport, whether you’re a white van driver, whether you’re a mother, father, a child, it doesn’t really matter.” Prince Harry lost his mother to a car crash in 1997, when he was 12 years old. \[[BBC](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36880847)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4421319/prince-harry-diana-death-mother/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4421319/prince-harry-diana-death-mother/"},"headline":"Prince Harry Regrets Not Speaking Up Earlier About Princess Diana's Death","datePublished":"2016-07-25T08:12:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:02:54.292Z","description":"He lost his mother to a car crash in 1997, when he was 12 years old","url":"https://time.com/4421319/prince-harry-diana-death-mother/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Mental Health","Death","royals","Prince Harry","People","Princess Diana"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59803bba3afd5ac0/69889f0fcf40a81c98c4427c/gettyimages-545303134.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amanda Calvo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/amanda-calvo/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59803bba3afd5ac0/69889f0fcf40a81c98c4427c/gettyimages-545303134.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Prince Harry visits HIV Service at Kings College Hospital London","caption":"Prince Harry visits HIV Service at Kings College Hospital London","creditText":"Matt Dunham—WPA Pool/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4421319/prince-harry-diana-death-mother/","name":"Prince Harry Regrets Not Speaking Up Earlier About Princess Diana's Death"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Prince William and Prince Harry Mingle On Star Wars Set","description":"Prince William and Harry visit the Star Wars set and meet Luke Skywalker","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Dn7zXyAR/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-04-19T15:04:07.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Dn7zXyAR.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4421319/prince-harry-diana-death-mother/","duration":"PT57S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4421319/prince-harry-diana-death-mother/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```