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A statue to commemorate the late Princess of Wales will be unveiled on Thursday, July 1, on what would have been Diana’s 60th birthday. Prince William will be joined by his younger brother Prince Harry for the event, who flew over from the US last week. A spokesperson for the Duke of Sussex confirmed he arrived in London on June 25 before travelling to Frogmore Cottage in Windsor.
Harry will quarantine at the cottage, the former home of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, for five days before the statue is unveiled on Thursday.
The event has been scaled back due to the extension of Covid restrictions, which were due to ease on June 24.
As a result, Kate will not be among the small guest list, according to reports.
Those in attendance will include William and Harry, close family of the late Princess of Wales, members of the statue committee, the statue’s sculptor, Ian Rank-Broadley and garden designer Pip Morrison.
A royal insider has said Kate was always unlikely to attend the official event.
The source told BAZAAR: “It was always going to be the two brothers.”
They said William will take Kate and their three children, Prince George, seven, Princess Charlotte, six, and Prince Louis, three, to visit the statue before the official unveiling.
Harry is likely to still be in quarantine when the Cambridge’s make the private visit.
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The statue been created by British artist Ian Rank-Broadley, who also designed UK coins that feature the Queen’s profile from 1998 onwards.
In a joint statement when they announced the project in 2017, to mark the 20th anniversary of their mother’s death, Harry and William said: “Ian is an extremely gifted sculptor and we know that he will create a fitting and lasting tribute to our mother.”
They said the statue would recognise their mother’s positive impact on the world.
Their joint statement read: “It has been 20 years since our mother’s death and the time is right to recognise her positive impact in the UK and around the world with a permanent statue.”
All eyes will be on Harry and William for the event, as it marks their second public reunion this year after a tumultuous few months following Megxit and a spate of public interviews by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
The two brothers previously reunited at the funeral of their late grandfather, Prince Philip, in April.
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