Princess Diana and notPrince Charles chose Prince William’s first name.
Diana, however, had her heart set on naming their firstborn after William the Conqueror.
That was, apparently, that.
Princess Diana wouldn’t just give Prince William his namesake.
She also dished out a refreshing kind of shock and awe.
Then there was the time Diana brought supermodels to the palace.
Instead of “Her Royal Highness Princess Diana,” she became, simply, “Princess Diana.”
When William was 10, Junor wrote, Charles and Diana got into a fight.
Diana shut herself into the bathroom to cry.
William, in turn, found a pack of tissues and passed them to his mother under the door.
“I hate to see you sad,” the young prince allegedly said.
It’s a heartbreaking gesture, and it was far from the last of the kind.
James Hewitt, Diana’s former lover, had recently published a book about their affair.
In the aftermath, Diana went to visit her boys and help them weather the press storm.
“William produced a box of chocolates,” the princess told Bashir during the interview.
“And said, ‘Mummy, I think you’ve been hurt.
These are to make you smile again.'”
