Prince Harry: I wish I'd opened up over Princess Diana's death

Royal tells Rio Ferdinand about the emotional impact of losing his mother at the age of 12

Prince Harry
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Prince Harry has admitted he only began talking about his mother's death in the last three years.

Speaking at an event at Kensington Palace for the mental health charity Heads Together, the Prince said he had kept his emotions bottled up after Princess Diana was killed in car crash in Paris in 1997, when he was 12 years old.

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