Prince William and Prince Harry joined forces in a rare statement regarding a statue meant to honor their mother, Princess Diana.

The statue, their statement said, was first ‘commissioned to mark the twentieth anniversary of her death and to recognize her positive influence in the UK and around the world’ in February 2017.

William, 38, and Harry, 35, revealed in a statement the new date on which the statue will be unveiled at Kensington Palace, where Diana once lived.
Princess Diana, Prince William and Prince Harry (Photo: Getty Images/Gulliver)

“The statue will be installed in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace on July 1, 2021, marking the 60th anniversary of the Princess’s birth,” the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex said.

The princes hope the statue will help all those visiting Kensington Palace to reflect on their mother’s life and her legacy.

The brothers released the statement on Friday, days before the 23rd anniversary of their mother’s death.

“Our mother touched so many lives,” they concluded.

Princess Diana, Prince William and Prince Harry (Photo: Getty Images/Gulliver)
The Princess of Wales died on August 31, 1997, aged 36, in a car accident in Paris.

This is the first joint statement the princes have made since Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, stepped down as members of the royal family.

The same are said to have had a lot of ‘tension’ between them because of Harry’s new life in America. /Telegraph/