Prince William on Bereavement
March 14, 2009 by Anna Farmery
Filed under Charity
I was a huge Princess Diana fan, and I have felt so deeply for her two boys since her death in 1997. As I often remark I cannot imagine going through your grief under the public eye, I cannot imagine doing that as a child.
This week Prince William became the Royal Patron of the Childrens Bereavement Charity and spoke about his grief as a child. I particularly connected to two things that he said.
1) Initially, there is a sense of profound shock and disbelief that this could ever happen to you. Real grief often does not hit home until much later.
2) The theme is “Silence”. The silence that death leaves. The silence of death’s taboo. The silence of listening.
Both of these were true for me. I don’t even think that even now the grief has truly come out – mainly because I don’t allow it. I was always taught the upper lip way and I think that is still within me. I wish that the grief would come out – and this blog is part of the process – but added to the idea of silence that is how I know it is still there.
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