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\n\t\tGraham Craker, Princes William and Harry\u2019s bodyguard when they were children has died at 77 (Pictures: Getty\/AP)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tGraham Craker, Princes William and Harry\u2019s bodyguard when they were children has died at 77 (Pictures: Getty\/AP)<\/p>\n
A former body guard to Princes William <\/a>and Harry<\/a>, who was with them when Princess Diana<\/a> was killed, has died at 77.<\/p>\n Graham Craker also accompanied the brothers as they walked behind their mother\u2019s hearse as it made its way from St James\u2019s Palace to Westminster Abbey<\/a> for her funeral.<\/p>\n Afterwards, he sat in the front of the hearse as Diana was taken to her final resting place at Althorp House.<\/p>\n He was also seen clearing flowers from the windscreen that had been thrown onto the vehicle by the public. <\/p>\n Harry said in his memoir Spare he was very fond of Mr Craker, who was a guest at William and Kate\u2019s wedding in 2011.<\/p>\n He wrote: \u2018The driver had to keep pulling over so the bodyguard could get out and clear the flowers off the windscreen.<\/p>\n \u2018The bodyguard was Graham. Willy and I liked him a lot. We always called him Crackers. We thought that was hysterical.\u2019<\/p>\n \t\t \t\t Mr Craker served 35 years in the Met Police, with 15 of those spent as bodyguard for the royal family. He retired in 2001.<\/p>\n In later years he volunteered for charities in Ware, Hertfordshire.<\/p>\n He gave an interview after retiring, where he spoke of the day Diana died in 1997.<\/p>\n He said: \u2018I crept down the stairs to the house phone and dialled the duty office at\u00a0Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n \u2018They said there were reports there\u2019d been an accident and\u00a0Dodi Fayed\u00a0had been killed and the Princess had a broken arm.\u2019<\/p>\n \t\t \t\t On learning Diana had died, he recalled: \u2018It was disbelief, really, and obviously a great deal of sorrow.<\/p>\n \u2018You try and deal with it as best you can but you do get quite emotional about it.<\/p>\n \u2018Perhaps the most emotional was seeing\u00a0William\u00a0the morning after.<\/p>\n \u2018I saw William walking his dog outside, and I walked up to him and said, \u2018I\u2019m very, very sorry to hear your bad news\u2019. William very sadly said, \u2018Thank you\u2019.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018William\u00a0was comforted I was with his mum on her final journey.\u2019<\/p>\n Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n For more stories like this, <\/strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_246641774-9563.jpg\")
\n\t\tMr Craker can be seen walking behind the Royal family and Princess Diana\u2019s coffin in 1997
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\n\t\tMr Craker retired in 2001 (Picture: Getty Images)<\/p>\n![\"Britain's](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_219321772-2223.jpg\")
\n\t\tHarry said in his memoir he and his brother affectionately called the bodyguard Crackers, which they thought was \u2018hilarious\u2019 (Picture: POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n![\"LONDON](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_246642043-8e79.jpg\")
\n\t\tMr Craker was at home with the Princes when Diana was killed (Picture: Hulton Archive)<\/p>\n
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