On the same day that NBC’s Matt Lauer interviewed Prince William and Prince Harry, radio DJ Fearne Cotton also got the chance to sit down with the brothers. BBC One aired that interview today, June 29, at 7:30 p.m. (England’s time).

Viewers in Canada will get the chance to watch the interview tomorrow. CBC NewsWorld has scheduled several airings.

I’m still looking for information about whether, when and where the interview will be aired in the U.S. If you know, do shoot me an email (maricar-at-b5media-dot-com) or leave a comment here.

Meanwhile, here’s an excerpt of the BBC interview, from The Internet Forum:

Speaking about their mother and the 10th anniversary of her death:

PRINCE WILLIAM: “After 10 years there’s been a sort of rumbling of people, um, bringing up the bad and over time people seem to forget - or have forgotten - all the amazing things she did and what an amazing person she was. And we sort of felt that this was the best way of bringing that back to life, um, and letting people remember, you know, all the good things about her. Um, because she’s not here to defend herself when she gets criticized and so we want to do that instead and this is the best way of us getting that across to people.

“She was wonderful and sadly there’s no amount of words that either Harry or I could tell you now that could actually portray that. Um, you⿿d have to meet her to really understand her, and you know, you ask people who have met her and they will tell you just how amazing she was. And for us we were so lucky to have her, you know, as our mother. And um, we, you know, there⿿s not a day goes past that we don⿿t think about her and miss her influence because she was a massive example to both of us. And, um, you know, it’s one of those things that, um, is very sad but, you know, learn to deal with it and there are plenty of other people out there who have got, you know, the same or worse problems than we’ve had.”

PRINCE HARRY: “I think the nicest thing, the fact that she was our mother, she had her public side and she had her private side. And the private side was very small in comparison to the public side obviously but, you know, the memories that we’ve got of her, I think we’re very lucky to have those memories. Because they’re so private between us and, you know, that⿿s the nicest thing about it. You know, you see her get slated for such and such, but the personal memories that we have of her are very much private and that’s where hopefully it will always be.”

Speaking about their mother’s public works and private life:

PRINCE WILLIAM: “She did everything because she felt it was right and it was what she wanted to do. She didn’t go by what she thought the best thing was to do or be told to do something. She did it from the heart and fully immerses herself into it and she cared, she cared massively. We were left in no doubt at all that we were the most important thing in her life. and then after that there was everyone else, there were all her charities and everything like that. And to me that’s a really good philosophy that she . . . she just loved caring for people and she loved helping.”

PRINCE HARRY: “She put everybody first and herself very much last. And, you know, she was the most caring person that, you know, and she was our mother so we’d say that. And I’m sure everyone else would say that about their mother. Um, really caring, so sweet and very much missed. Not only by us but I think a lot of people. And I think that’s what needs to be said really.”

Why they chose a Concert to celebrate her life:

HARRY: “To celebrate her life with a concert, with music, and people just smiling and having fun–hopefully which is what we’re going to be doing–um, wave their arms in the air, you know, like they just don’t care–”

(Laughter)

WILLIAM: “I was just about, I was about to do the second bit!”

HARRY: “It’s, you know, I don’t think there’s any better way to celebrate her life really.”

There’s also an article and a link to a preview of the interview at BBC News.

Tags: royalty, British royals, Prince William, Prince Harry, William and Harry interview, Fearne Cotton

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