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The race actually happened on Sports Day at Wetherby in 1991, when Prince Harry, now 35 and a father himself, was a student at the school.

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PHOTO: Princess Diana runs in the mother's race on Sport's Day at Prince Harry's school on June 11, 1991.
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Both Harry and William have continued to remember their mom fondly in the years after her death. William and Harry were just 15 and 12, respectively, when Diana died.

“She was our mum. She still is our mum. And of course, as a son I would say this, she was the best mum in the world,\" Harry said in the 2017 documentary \"Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy,\" describing Diana as \"one of the naughtiest parents.” \"She smothered us with love, that’s for sure.\"

“She was very informal and really enjoyed the laughter and the fun,” Prince William said in the same documentary. “But she understood that there was a real life outside of palace walls.”

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