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Frankly, one does not even need to be a royal fan to recognize the agony those photographs captured.

Here is a closer look.

Charles Spencer posing

“It seemed like a lot to ask for two children.

“You cannot force these children to walk behind their mother’s coffin.

It’s a barbarity!”

Earl Spencer standing outside

Harry recalled his uncle saying as decisions were being made about Diana’s funeral.

Harry later described the experience as numbing.

Though he managed to keep his composure throughout the eulogy, it was far from easy.

Princess Diana’s family at her funeral

“In the final paragraph I had run out of energy, almost out of oxygen.

I know you would have expected nothing less from us,” he concluded.

However, he also saw some of the royals he had so drastically alienated just years prior.

Princess Diana’s family at fountain opening

That’s not to say that there wasn’t a little bit of drama, however.

Such tension hadn’t really calmed down by the 2011 wedding, either.

They have done all the hard work and I can tell you it has taken months.”

Earl Spencer at William’s wedding

“Incredible likeness with Prince William,“wrote another.

The two tied the knot in a beautiful ceremony, and Charles Spencer was proudly in attendance.

“Then, the older prince turned to his uncle Charles Spencer for help,” Lacey continued.

Earl Spencer posing

“The result of the Spencer intervention was an even more bitter explosion.

Once again Harry refused to slow down.

When their aunts and uncle arrived at the garden, Harry and William both gave a heartfelt hello.

Earl Spencer at Harry’s wedding

“I led Meg up the path, around a hedge, through the labyrinth.

There it was, looming: the grayish white oval stone,” Harry wrote.

“At long last I was bringing the girl of my dreams home to meet mum.”

Earl Spencer with Harry and Sarah

“Feeling that Meg might also want a moment, I went around the hedge, scanned the pond.

When I came back, Meg was kneeling, eyes shut, palms against the stone.

I asked, as we walked back to the boat, what she’d prayed for.

Earl Spencer with William and Harry

Clarity, she said.

“Is Harry still obsessed with former love Chelsy Davy?”

the Mail’s Amanda Platellwroteon the social media site amid Harry’s testimony.

Harry with his aunts and uncle

“Harry mentions her 118 times in court evidence, Meghan just five times.

No wonder Meg’s didn’t show up!”

Harry and Meghan smiling

Earl Spencer posing

Harry in court 2023