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Yesprincess diana were still alive todayShe celebrated her 59th birthday. But in reality, the last anniversary the princess of the people celebrated the 36th year in 1997, only two months.Before his death at the end of the month of August this year. Now, 23 years later, a Palace Insider tells me that Diana's last anniversary was an opportunity "a little sad" for a particular reason: the princess revealed to friends whom she feared thatPrince William andPrince Harry "were engulfed by the duty" and that she could not compete with the kind ofThe life of the royals offered his sons. "So she made a particularly sour-sweet birthday wish." At the time of his last birthday, Diana told his friends thatHis greatest wish was to stay as close to his sons as she had been when she was growing up, "says my source.

The initiate added: "Maybe because it was a very difficult time for her, but she felt them slippery and it upset her. She knew in a few years of short years, they would be young men with their own life And she feared since she "split of the royal family, they would manage it."

But as it had been the case for most of his life, Diana was able to hide his sorrow behind a breathtaking exterior Glamor. On July 1, 1997, sheCelebrated its 36th anniversary As a guest of honor to the 100th anniversary of Tate Gallery in London. His brother,Charles Spencer, accompanied him.

Spencer recalled last night he spent with his sister two months later in the ripening elly he delivered to his funeral. "The last time I saw Diana was on July 1st, his birthday in London, while she did not take a while to celebrate his special day with friends, but was invited to honor in a special evening of Collection of charity ", he said. "She was scintillating of course."

The Gala night, Diana dazzled the crowd when she emerged from her car in one of the most bold dresses she had ever worn. His black dress with beaded lace byJacques Azagury Was a birthday gift from the designer and definitely lower than anything she had ever brought as a member of the royal family. She will look at her eyes with a superb emerald seam and diamond and drops earrings with her jewelry collection. Azagury designed the dress to reflect a shorter dress in powder blue that it makes for the princess thatShe had brought to the ballet of London A month before.

Speaking to Azagury for my bookDiana: the secrets of his style, he said that, as a result of herdivorcePrince CharlesDiana was excited to wear more sexy clothes and more concerned with her body that showed her silhouette. During the fitting, he told he told him, "It's a little too low." But the eyes of Diana enlightened as she said, "" No, it looks great, "said Azagury." She had a good eye and knew immediately what she wanted. She came to me for a specific type of dress, "he said.

But the dazzling appearance of Diana that the night has been sick of the really solitary period in his life. As the anniversary of one year of her divorce of Charles nearby, Dr.Hasnat Khan, the Pakistani heart surgeonShe was in love with, started going away and William and Harry would leave London soon to go to August in Balmoral with the royal family. (Khan would break with Diana a week later. "The boys loved being in Scotland doing everything Diana hated - kill things and carve things," my source said. "There was even a Go-Cart track on the domain that William and Harry loved. They were quite limited when they were at the Kensington Palace with Diana. She knew how they were olding, it was no longer very fun for 'They are in London with her. "

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But the boys were violently dedicated to their mother, even though their teenage activities have often turned their interests elsewhere. At 15,William was the confidence of his mother's confidence. He had given him the idea of ​​the very successfulAuction for its dresses at Christie'swhich collected millions of dollars for research on AIDS and cancer. She had shared the details of her relationship with him and even discussed the terms of her divorce with her son before finalizing the agreement. In 1997to interviewThe New Yorker, Diana saidTina Brown, "All my hopes are on William now." William and Diana worried about Harry and often talked about their concern to foll over and neglected in his role as "Spare".

During his last birthday, before she walked towards the Tate, she received 90 bouquets of nearby farm flowers and charities she supported. Harry called his mother of the school and enlisted the help of his classmates to sing "happy birthday" to her.

"But when she returned to Kensington's palace that night she was alone," said my source. "She was resolved about finding a way to spend a wonderful moment with her sons that summer. Nobody could have predicted how much he was going at all and that would be the last time they would be together." And for more than this fateful summer, check The 6 biggest response issues surrounding the death of Princess Diana .

Diane Clehane is a journalist and author of New York Imagine Diana and Diana: the secrets of his style .