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<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/prince-william-will-not-risk-seeing-prince-harry-or-meghan-markle-royal-source-tells-the-daily-beast">Prince William</a>, now known as the Prince of Wales, has issued an extraordinarily <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/king-charles-iii-expresses-his-love-for-harry-and-meghan-vows-to-serve-like-queen-elizabeth">personal tribute</a> to his “grannie.” </p>
<p>In a moving statement that appeared to refer to <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/queen-elizabeths-death-heralds-end-of-a-remarkable-history-making-reign">the queen</a>’s support for him when his mother <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-princess-diana-will-never-die">Princess Diana</a> died, William said: “She was by my side at my happiest moments. And she was by my side during the saddest days of my life. I knew this day would come, but it will be some time before the reality of life without Grannie will truly feel real.”</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/prince-william-says-it-will-be-some-time-before-the-reality-of-life-without-grannie-will-feel-real?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->
In a moving statement that appeared to refer to the queen’s support for him when his mother Princess Diana died, William said: “She was by my side at my happiest moments. And she was by my side during the saddest days of my life. I knew this day would come, but it will be some time before the reality of life without Grannie will truly feel real.”
