Princess Diana: Childhood 'impacted parenting' says expert

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The Princess of Wales grew up in Park House on the Sandringham estate. Diana’s mother, Frances Ruth Roche, was reportedly forced to give up her children in a custody battle after a bitter divorce.

Speaking to 9 Honey, former magazine editor-in-chief Deborah Thomas explained that Diana’s childhood shaped her own approach to parenting.

The royal commentator said: “She had a very unhappy childhood…she didn’t want that for her children.”

In the Royal House of Windsor documentary, narrator Gwilym Lee spoke about how Diana’s childhood experience had an impact on her.

He said: “A witness to her parents’ acrimonious divorce, she and her siblings were the subjects of a bitter custody battle.

“As a result, Diana’s mother had to give up her children.

“Diana later admitted she had been haunted by the crunch of the gravel as her mother departed.”

Mr Lee explained how being raised by only her father and nannies affected Diana in her later years.

He added: “Diana’s neediness stemmed from a troubled childhood.”

Diana’s youngest son Harry has said he also wants to “break the cycle” of the “pain and suffering” when raising his children.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have a two-year-old son Archie and are expecting a daughter in the summer.

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Speaking on the podcast Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard last month, Harry spoke about how he wants to raise his children differently.

He said: “There is no blame. I don’t think we should be pointing the finger or blaming anybody.

“But certainly when it comes to parenting, if I’ve experienced some form of pain or suffering because of the pain or suffering that perhaps my father or my parents had suffered, I’m going to make sure I break that cycle so that I don’t pass it on, basically.

“It’s a lot of genetic pain and suffering that gets passed on anyway so we as parents should be doing the most we can to try and say ‘you know what, that happened to me, I’m going to make sure that doesn’t happen to you’.”

Harry went on to describe how his father Prince Charles “treated me the way he was treated”.

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