Prince Harry discusses his reluctance to cry following his mother's death.
In his biography 'Spare,' the Duke of Sussex mentions how he fantasised about his mother going into hiding to protect herself from the paparazzi and her enemies.
However, the father-of-two acknowledges that he realised over time that his delusion would never come true.
"The illusion of Mummy hiding, preparing to return, was never so genuine that it could blot out reality totally," he writes in his memoirs. But it masked it sufficiently that I was able to postpone the majority of my pain. I still hadn't mourned, hadn't sobbed, save at her burial, and hadn't comprehended the stark facts. Part of my brain knew, but another was completely isolated, and the gap between the two kept the parliament of my awareness split, polarised, and gridlocked. "Exactly what I desired."
The book 'Spare' by Prince Harry is now available.