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Diana’s Boys Became Windsor Men

In 10 years since her death, William and Harry have rejuvenated the royal family

By Polly Davis Doig, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 28, 2007 6:52 PM CDT

(Newser) – Ten years after princes William and Harry walked behind their mother’s casket to Westminster Abbey, flanked by a cheating father whose ascension to the throne was distasteful to many and an uncle who predicted a royal implosion, the House of Windsor has been solidly... Read full story »

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