Princess Diana’s ‘Brokenness’ Made Her More Hands-On With Sons Than Prince Charles

Princess Diana was reportedly more hands-on with her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, than Prince Charles was with them. However, the reason was not only because she was their mom.

On the online forum site Quora, royal fans shared their thoughts on why they think Princess Diana was more present in her sons’ life than Prince Charles was.

Mesha Karl, a royal fan said that Prince Charles is a future King so he has more responsibilities compared to Princess Diana. Another reason had to do with the fact that Princess was broken. The late royal came from a broken family that’s why she craved love and affection.

“She was determined to have that with her children. In many ways, this was a positive thing and certainly her sons have said that they can still feel their love today and that she was the best mother they could’ve imagined,” Karl wrote.

Eileen Wood, a real estate agent, said that Princess Diana wasn’t more hands-on compared to Prince Charles in the overall scheme of things. But just like other working dads, Prince Charles couldn’t spend as much time as he wanted with his kids.

“Charles is ‘old-school royal.’ That means that some things are simply not for public exhibition. Family play time is strictly a private thing and not a publicity stunt… Their private time was too precious to them to waste on cameras,” she wrote.

Timothy Soo said that claims that Princess Diana was more hands-on than Prince Charles are nothing but complete myths. He said that both royals were very hands-on with Prince William and Prince Harry especially while they were growing up.

For Soo, the only reason why royal fans perceive Princess Diana as the more hands-on one is that the media has placed more attention on all of the things that the Princess of Wales did both in public and in private to sell their newspapers.