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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Kristin Contino

Prince William "Was Aghast" at Princess Diana's Actions in the '90s and Vowed to Avoid "Pain and Royal Dramas" With His Own Kids

Prince Charles, Prince William, Princess Diana and Prince Harry sitting in a row in chairs.

With the 30th anniversary of Princess Diana's bombshell Panorama interview approaching this week, royal experts are weighing in on the impact his mother's confessions had on Prince William and his role as a parent. The late princess made a number of shocking revelations in her 1995 interview with Martin Bashir, including confessions of infidelity—ones that rocked the future King and shaped how he parents his own children.

"William’s attitude has been influenced by his childhood and the public nature of the war between his parents, especially the Panorama debacle," royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams told Fox News. Prince William, who was 13 at the time, had to deal with the aftermath of Diana's confessions while he was attending boarding school at Eton College.

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