Jeffrey Archer talks about his bond with Diana, says former Princess of Wales would have reunited William, Harry

Jeffrey Archer, the best-selling novelist, and former politician, recalled accompanying a depressed Diana when she announced her retirement from public life a year after her divorce from Charles.

There are moments in life that are so pivotal that we know history is written as it passes. The magnificent solemnity of the Queen's burial. Princess Diana's untimely death. Even her divorce from Prince Charles, which allowed Camilla to become Queen Consort, was historic.

The loneliness on the face of the Princess who just came back from a solitary dinner held at Kensington Palace after informing the nation that she would be stepping down from her official engagements, a sign that she would never be Queen, brings sadness to his voice, not more so the recollection of her famous speech, calling for time and space.


Archer remembered how later that evening, she told him she'd watched TV alone with a tray of food on her lap and how, had he known, he'd have offered company for supper. He told Mary (his wife) that he would always regret not asking her; that she had spent that night alone.



And, towards the end, she'd call and talk, which was incredibly flattering. But, in reality, she was lost.

Even though Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare met the Queen at official and charitable engagements. But he became the late Princess's confidante and friend.

He believes Diana would have been invited to Her Majesty's funeral and he believes Diana would have brought the reconciliation between her sons, Princes William and Harry.

He claimed that Diana would have been devastated by the split between the princes, but that if anybody could have brought them together, it would have been her.

FAQs

1. Who was Princess Diana?
   Diana, Princess of Wales, was a member of the Royal Family of the United Kingdom. She was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, and the mother of Princes William and Harry.
2. When and how did Princess Diana die?
   Diana died in a car accident in Paris on August 31, 1997, sparking widespread public sorrow and global media attention.