- Princess Diana visited a war cemetery in Bosnia, weeks before her death.
- Her friend Jerry White has described how the ‘emotional’ visit is just one of the examples of her compassion.
- This follows royal news that her son and daughter-in-law, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have included a lovely tribute to her in their son’s nursery.
Known as the People’s Princess, there are countless examples of Diana’s kind, loving and nurturing nature during her life - both through her charity work, and how she raised her two sons.
But there’s one moment that’s particularly poignant, for how candid it was.
The special moment was revealed ahead of the release of the 2017 documentary Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy, to mark the 20 years since her death in 1997.
The Princess of Wales was visiting Bosnia just weeks before her death as part of her anti-landmine advocacy work with friends Ken Rutherford and Jerry White, and insisted they should visit the Sarajevo War Cementary, where victims of the Bosnian War were buried.
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Mr White told Entertainment Weekly at the time: "The image of her in a cemetery in Sarajevo, on the last day of our trip still haunts me. It wasn't planned. It was never on the itinerary.
“She walked slowly, among tombstones and even yellow rose bushes."
During the short visit, Diana met a Bosnian woman who was there visiting her son’s grave, and the two connected immediately despite not knowing each other’s languages.
"Diana didn't speak Bosnian, and this mother didn't know English," Mr White continued. “So they just embraced. So intimately, so physical, so emotional, mother-to-mother.
"Diana listened more than she spoke. It was intense to watch her absorb human pain. She was hyper-intuitive and fully appropriate in the face of people's suffering."
Princess Diana sadly past away 22 years ago, on August 31st, in a car accident in Paris.
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