Prince Harry, who has been snubbed by King Charles on various occasions amidst the internal Royal family rift, opened up about heartbreaking moments he experienced after his mother, Princess Diana’s demise.

At the tender age of twelve, Harry received news of Diana’s death from his father, King Charles, on August 31, 1997. The Duke said he had hoped his mother would be alright at first, but he also acknowledged that his father had said some poignant words that had stayed in his memory “like darts in a board” at the moment.

In his book, Spare, Harry described how King Charles broke the devastating news to him by sitting on the edge of his bed and placing his palm on his knee. He said that his father “looked at me in a funny way, a way he’d never looked at me before”, GB News reported.

Harry stated that he watched anxiously for his dad to confirm that his mother would be alright even after Charles informed him about the accident. Harry wrote, “She’s been taken to the hospital, they’ll fix her head, and we’ll go and see her. Today. Tonight at the latest,” elucidating the 12-year-old son’s thought process