The royal brothers were interviewed by television and Radio 1 presenter Fearne Cotton for the BBC, ahead of their concert in memory of the Princess.

William said the celebration on July 1 at Wembley Stadium was to remember the good things she did and to counter the "rumbling of people bringing up the bad" over the last 10 years.

Harry talked about how he treasured the private memories they had of her, especially when she is being criticised.

"The memories that we’ve got of her, we’re very lucky to have because they’re private between us," he said.

"That’s the nicest thing about it, as you see her get slated for such and such, but the personal memories that we have of her are very much private and that’s where hopefully it’ll always be."

William spoke about defending Diana’s memory and said the concert was for her.

"Hopefully it would be one of those things that she would absolutely adore because the whole point is, this is for her - it’s not for any other reason," William said.

"We want this year to go by and for people to remember all those good things she did."

The full interview will be broadcast at 7.30pm on BBC1 on Friday June 29.


Princes give US TV interview - June 13 2007
Princes William and Harry said Diana, Princess of Wales, had "always been there" for them as they spoke openly about their mother’s death in their first interview for US television.

The princes said the last decade had passed "really, really slowly" and Prince Harry added that he’ll "never stop wondering" about what happened in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris, France, on August 31, 1997.

It’s believed to be the first time the princes have spoken so openly about their mother’s death.

The full interview will be screened on NBC News on Monday.

In extracts released today, Prince Harry said: "Over the last 10 years I personally feel as though she has been... she’s always there.

"She’s always being a constant reminder to both of us and everybody else."

He added: "It’s weird because I think when she passed away there was never that time, there was never that sort of lull. There was never that sort of peace and quiet for any of us - the fact that her face was always splattered on the paper the whole time."

He went on: "You know, when people think about it, they think about her death. They think about how wrong it was. They think about whatever happened.

"I don’t know for... for me personally whatever happened that night. Whatever happened in that tunnel. You know no one will ever know."

Prince William added: "I mean, so after it happened we were always thinking about it. And there’s not a day goes by I don’t think about it once in the day."


Kate and Wills Split - April 2007
Prince William has split with his girlfriend Kate Middleton.

According to reports the university sweethearts made an ’amicable decision’ to go their seperate ways with newspapers citing outside pressures including Wills’ army career - Kate has rarely seen her beau since he passed out from Sandhurst.

Kate’s friends have wasted no time in giving their version of events with one claiming that the accessories buyer was sick of playing second fiddle to the army and another reporting that William did the dumping via a phonecall.