William and Harry share touching childhood memories of their 'naughty, total kid' mum

"Our mother was a total kid through and through."
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The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry have revealed how fun their mum was in a clip from a new documentary to mark the 20th anniversary of her death.

The princes shared happy memories of their mother's fun antics during their childhood in Diana, Our Mother: Life and Legacy which airs Monday at 9pm on ITV.

"Our mother was a total kid through and through," said Prince Harry in the clip.

Prince Harry revealed that his mother told him: "You can be as naughty as you want, just don't get caught." Words Prince Harry has definitely been living by.

"She would come and watch us play football and smuggle sweets into our socks," added Harry. He recalled walking back from football matches with five packets of Starburst in his socks and his entire shirt bulging with sweets.

Prince William added that when he was 12 or 13 years old, his mum organised to have Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell waiting at the top of the stairs. He'd had posters of the supermodels up on his bedroom wall.

"I went bright red and didn't quite know what to say," said William.

Aw. Bless him.

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Rachel Thompson
Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.


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