William’s brother Prince Harry has said on several occasions that he fears history will “repeat itself” in reference to what their mother went through, and the manner in which she died. This was most recently seen in a clip released ahead of the broadcast of his and Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey, in which he said: “My biggest concern was history repeating itself.” He previously expressed these fears in an interview with ITV’s Tom Bradby during the Sussexes’ Africa tour.
Back then, he explained: “Everything that she went through and what happened to her is incredibly raw every single day, and that’s not me being paranoid, that’s me not wanting a repeat of the past.”
Harry added that he will “always protect” his family and it was no doubt a result of this attention, pressure and scrutiny that ultimately contributed to him and Meghan stepping down as senior royals.
However, he is not the only royal husband to have these concerns and William has also been very protective of Kate and their children.
In the early years of their relationship, William wrote to the press and even threatened legal action after Kate was harassed by photographers while trying to go about her life.
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Prince William was furious when he felt Kate was suffering what Diana did (Image: GETTY)
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in their Oprah interview (Image: CBS)
Then, in 2012, a year after they got married, the couple were subject to one of the worst invasions of privacy yet.
Long-lens pictures were taken of the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing topless on a terrace of a guest house and were published in a French magazine.
The Cambridges were on holiday in Provence, France, at the time and staying at a chateau owned by the Queen’s nephew Lord Linley.
The royal couple were taking a break ahead of the Diamond Jubilee tour of southeast Asia and the South Pacific on behalf of the Queen.
Prince William is very protective of Kate (Image: GETTY)
William and Kate reportedly did not know anything about the pictures until the magazine’s website showed an image of its new front cover with a heavily-pixelated image of a woman that it claimed was the Duchess in a
