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She was the people's princess, but for two sons she was simply mummy.
Since Princess Diana's death in 1997, Princes William and Harry have rarely spoken about their mother.
But, on the day Prince William became patron of a children's charity, he spoke candidly of his loss.
In a moving speech, he said losing a close family member is one of the hardest family experiences anyone could endure.
Prince William was only 15 when his mother was killed in a car crash in Paris.
He walked with his younger brother Harry behind his mother's coffin as the world grieved around them.
Twelve years after her death, William has become patron of the Child Bereavement Society, and in doing so, has revealed some of the affinity he feels with children who have lost their parents.
He said it was a loss felt hardest around Mother's Day.
"What I understand now is that losing a close family member is one of the hardest experiences anyone can endure, never being able to say the word mummy again in your life sounds like a small thing, however for many including me, it is now just a word hollow and open to only memories," said Prince William in his speech.
He says not a day goes by when he doesn't think of his mother and he seems determined to carry her work.
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