Here are more photos from the statue unveiling, which happened at around 2 pm GMT. The whole thing was carefully coordinated, and there was apparently only one photographer at the event. Harry and William did “the walk” to the statue together, and they “unveiled” the statue by pulling away the green cloak together. According to the Daily Mail, Harry was in a good mood and he chatted with his Spencer uncle and aunts, then left Kensington Palace after ninety minutes.
The brothers were pictured standing shoulder-to-shoulder before revealing a statue created in Princess Diana’s honour by Ian Rank-Broadley and placed in the remodelled Sunken Garden, a place of solace and safety for her before she died in 1997.
The bronze made by Ian Rank-Broadley shows Diana with her arms around two children, and towered over the brothers as they revealed it to the world this afternoon – before Harry left 90 minutes after arriving. It is not known if he was heading to Frogmore Cottage or Heathrow Airport.
During the engagement Harry clapped his hands with excitement before the sculpture was revealed, and was seen laughing and joking with his uncle Earl Spencer and Diana’s sisters Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Lady Jane Fellowes.
But William appeared far more serious during the short ceremony and the awkward walk to the Sunken Garden.
“It is not known if he was heading to Frogmore Cottage or Heathrow Airport.” Everyone said he was leaving soon after the ceremony! LOL. I would love it if Harry carried that kind of lightness with all of his familial events from here on out. Just drop in, steal all the headlines, smile and be upbeat, then leave. I hope he already had his bags packed and in the car!
It’s also interesting that A) Kate was not able to persuade William to bring her to the event and B) there were zero photos of Kate and the children before the statue unveiling. Kate truly ran around telling everybody that William would take her and the kids to see the statue before the unveiling. But here we are. Kate was completely cut out of the event. Fascinating.
Photos courtesy of Getty.
