Princess Diana’s death doesn’t get easier for her brother, Charles Spencer.
On Sunday, Spencer, 61, brought flowers to his late sister’s burial site in England in honor of the 28th anniversary of her death.
Spencer posted an Instagram photo of the bouquet of white and pink roses, followed by a picture of the private island where Diana is buried at Althorp Gardens, the Spencer family’s estate in West Northamptonshire, England.
“Flowers we cut this morning from Althorp’s gardens for the Island,” Spencer wrote in his caption.
“Always an impossible day,” he added.
Diana died on Aug. 31, 1997 in a car crash in Paris. She was 36.
Her driver, Henri Paul, who had a concoction of prescription drugs and alcohol in his system, and was speeding at 65 mph, attempted to ditch paparazzi on motorbikes, and instead crashed the Mercedes carrying Diana and her partner Dodi Al-Fayed into a pillar inside Paris’ Pont de l’Alma tunnel.
At the time of her death, Diana was one year divorced from Prince Charles. Their sons, William and Harry, were 15 and 12, respectively, when the tragic accident occurred.
Diana’s funeral procession took place in London, during which her sons walked behind her casket with their uncle, their dad, and their grandfather, Prince Philip, before she was laid to rest on the grounds of her childhood home, Althorp House.
In May, Spencer opened up about losing his sister on a special edition of the “Loose Women” talk show in honor of Mental Health Awareness Week.
“It’s such an amputation. It’s like the other guys were saying, you grow up with these people, they are your flesh and blood, they’re with you forever, and then they’re gone,” Spencer shared.
He described the death of a sibling as “a really extraordinary thing” and admitted he’s still grieving Diana.
“For years after Diana died, I would think, ‘I must ring her and tell her something,’ because we shared the same sense of humor and you just realize, of course, that’s not going to happen,” Spencer said.
Spencer has been making headlines recently for his divorce from his third wife, Countess Karen Spencer, 52. The exes share one child, daughter Lady Charlotte Diana, 13.
The 9th Earl Spencer is now dating Professor Catrine Jarman, who is 18 years his junior.
[We have] shared interests,” he said about the couple’s relationship during an interview with the Daily Mail last November.
“We were fascinated by the same things,” Spencer added. “And she made me laugh. Laughter was key.”
