Prince Harry got candid about his later mother, Princess Diana's role in his therapy in his memoir Spare. Prince William's brother said he drank alcohol and took drugs to ease the pain after their mom's passing, but she was also involved in his therapy.
Prince Harry Keeps Princess Diana's Favorite Perfume, Brings It To His Therapy Sessions
In Prince Harry's book, he shared that his late mother's favorite perfume has also become a special fragrance for him. He wrote in his memoir Spare that he took the bottle with him during his therapy sessions.
"At the start of our session, I lifted the lid, took a deep sniff. Like a tab of LSD," he wrote, Page Six reported.
"I read somewhere that smell is our oldest sense, and that fitted with what I experienced in that moment, images rising from what felt like the most primal part of my brain."
The outlet noted that the perfume Prince Harry was referring to was First by Van Cleef & Arpels. The ingredients of the perfume include hyacinth, rose, jasmine, amber and sandalwood.
Princess Diana loves perfumes. Aside from what Prince Harry brings to his therapy sessions, the late Princess of Wales also owned Penhaligon's Bluebell, Hermès 24 Faubourg ($168) and Houbigant Paris Quelques Fleurs ($105), which she used at her royal wedding in 1981.
"She always, always, always wore fragrance, which is a huge thing in a woman’s life," her makeup artist, Mary Greenwall, told ABC News in 2014. "It’s kind of the final touch of beauty, walking out smelling divine and chic and individual."
Prince Harry Was In Denial Following Princess Diana's Death
King Charles and Princess Diana's youngest son had a hard time accepting her death. In her interview with Anderson Cooper for 60 Minutes, he admitted that he had been in denial for years and was still hoping she was alive.
"For a long time. I just refused to accept that she was gone," Prince Harry said, Entertainment Tonight reported.
"Part of [it was] she would never do this to us. But also, part of it maybe [felt like] this is all part of a plan. For a time [I believed she was alive] and then she would call us, and we would go and join her."
It took many years for him to come to terms with Princess Diana's death, who passed away in a car crash in Paris, France, on Aug. 31, 1997, when he was only 12. According to him, he didn't see pictures of the accident until he was 20.
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"I had huge amounts of hope," he continued.
"[I was looking mainly for] proof that she was in the car. Proof that she was injured and proof that the very paparazzi that chased her into the tunnel were the ones that were taking photographs of her lying half dead in the back [of the car]. The pictures showed the reflection of a group of photographers taking photographs through the window and the reflection on the window was them."
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