Prince Harry says he remained ’emotionally numb’ for years after Diana’s death

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• Prince Harry has spoken about the lasting impact of his mother Princess Diana’s death, saying he spent years feeling emotionally numb and did not cry for nearly two decades after she died in a car crash in 1997.
• Harry, who was 12 when Diana died in Paris aged 36, discussed his experience of grief in a MasterClass session titled Redefining Grief: Building Resilience Through Loss, in conversation with neuroscientist Dr Mary-Frances O’Connor.
• He said he had spent a long time feeling emotionally numb because he had not understood that experiencing happiness did not mean he was betraying his mother’s memory.

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