Diana sang at the top of her lungs to Tina Turner while driving her sons to school: Prince William shares this precious family memory and other very personal moments in a podcast in favor of mental health, one of his commitments predilection.
In this recording made for Apple, William, 39, second in line to the British throne, says he himself likes to start the week on the hard rock band AC / DC's hit “Thunderstruck”: “He doesn't 'there is nothing better on a Monday morning, when you are a little muddy after the weekend and trying to get back into the daily grind of the week.
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He described "like a real family moment" when his mother, Princess Diana, sang "at the top of her lungs" on the American rocker's track "The Best" to lighten the mood by bringing him and his little brother back. Harry, at their boarding school.
The policeman he accompanied them sometimes joined them.
Once at the school gates, "it was a return to reality," he continues.
“Because before you get lost in songs, you want to replay them, just to keep that family moment going.
And when I listen to it now, (this song) brings me back to those car journeys and brings back a lot of memories of my mother ”.
Music always at the heart of the royal family
Queen Elizabeth II's grandson explains that his three children have inherited the same love of music, with a preference for “Waka Waka” by Shakira.
“Charlotte in particular is running around the kitchen, in her dress and ballet stuff.
She goes completely crazy with Louis who follows her trying to do the same thing, ”he explains.
And "most mornings there is a big argument between Charlotte and George over which song to listen to."
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In this podcast, which will be available for free on Monday and the proceeds of which will be donated to the prince's charities, William also says that Princess Diana had taken him to a homeless shelter to show him "the real world" "outside. of the walls of the palace ”.
He also describes how his job as a helicopter ambulance pilot, which he practiced for two years until 2017, "affected" him because he "brought home the trauma and sadness of people".