Prince William was 15 years old and Prince Harry was 12 years old when Princess Diana died on 31 August 1997.

Quick Scoop

  • Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997, aged 36.
  • At that time:
    • Prince William was 15 years old.
* Prince Harry was **12** years old.

A brief look back

  • Diana’s death in 1997 came while both princes were still at school and just entering their teenage years, which shaped much of how the public later viewed their grief and adulthood in the spotlight.
  • The image of William and Harry walking behind their mother’s coffin at her funeral became one of the defining moments of late‑1990s royal history.

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