<p id=”par-1_21″>Mother’s Day in the U.K. and U.S. are celebrated on different dates. That’s because they were initially two different holidays. </p>
<p id=”par-2_73″>In Britain, the day is also known as Mothering Sunday and it takes place on the fourth Sunday of Lent, so it usually falls towards the end of March or beginning of April. It was traditionally a day in which Christians were encouraged to visit their “mother church.” But over the years, the day has become better associated with family get-togethers and children working or living away from home to visit their mothers.</p>
<p id=”par-3_29″>Now, we’re learning how the most famous family in the U.K. celebrates the holiday including what <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/prince-william/?swcfpc=1″>Prince William</a> and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/prince-harry/?swcfpc=1″>Prince Harry</a> always did after their mom, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/can-remember-when-princess-diana-died.html/”>Princess Diana’s death</a>. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-the-way-princes-william-and-harry-began-celebrating-mother-s-day-after-their-mom-died”>The way Princes William and Harry began celebrating Mother’s Day after their mom died</h2>
<p id=”par-4_33″>Jack Stooks was King Charles’ senior gardener at the royal’s Highgrove estate for more than two decades, and remembers what William and Harry would do on that day after Princess Diana’s passing. </p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Prince-William-and-Prince-Harry-walk-away-after-placing-flowers-amongst-the-floral-tributes-to-their-late-mother-Princess-Diana-1.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Prince William and Prince Harry walk away after placing flowers amongst the floral tributes to their late mother Princess Diana” class=”wp-image-3792972″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Prince William and Prince Harry walk away after placing flowers amongst the floral tributes to their late mother Princess Diana | Kirsty Wigglesworth- WPA Pool/Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-5_42″>Speaking on behalf of <a href=”https://www.jeffbet.com/casino/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>JeffBet</a>, Stooks said: “William and Harry obviously were devoted to their mother, Diana” and “picked flowers for her in the grounds of Highgrove. We are also aware that Harry and William often took flowers up to Diana’s grave at Althorp.”</p>
<p id=”par-6_21″>And while the Duke of Sussex doesn’t live in Britain anymore, Stooks believes he “definitely still marks Mother’s Day for her.”</p>
<p id=”par-7_39″>The former gardener added that along with the flowers “there would also of course be cards. We have seen in recent years that William and Kate and his family still often write cards to his mother on special occasions.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-what-prince-william-s-children-write-in-their-mother-s-day-cards-to-granny-diana”>What Prince William’s children write in their Mother’s Day cards to ‘Granny Diana’</h2>
<p id=”par-8_33″>Stooks is referring to when William and Kate revealed that their three children make cards for their late grandmother each year and that Princess Charlotte once acknowledged how father misses his mom. </p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image” id=”emb-2″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/L-Princess-Charlotte-who-has-a-walking-habit-idential-to-Princess-Diana-during-2023-Trooping-the-Colour-R-Princess-Diana-smiling-slightly-during-royal-visit-to-Canada-e1687453920665.jpg?w=1200&strip=all&quality=89&strip=all&quality=89&strip=all&quality=89″ alt=”(L): Princess Charlotte, who has a walking habit ‘idential to Princess Diana,’ during 2023 Trooping the Colour, (R) Princess Diana smiling slightly during royal visit to Canada” class=”wp-image-3516524″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>(L): Princess Charlotte during 2023 Trooping the Colour | Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images, (R): Princess Diana during royal visit to Canada | Bettmann / Contributor/Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-9_39″><a href=”https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1587032/prince-william-princess-diana-princess-charlotte-prince-george-royal-family-spt” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Express</a> noted that the young princess decorated a card with a heart and butterfly stickers and wrote: “Dear Granny Diana, I am thinking of you on Mother’s Day. I love you very much, Papa is missing you. Lots of love Charlotte.”</p>
<p id=”par-10_10″>Charlotte’s brothers also made cards with messages for their grandmom.</p>
<p id=”par-11_34″>Prince George drew a shining sun with trees and birds and wrote: “Dear Granny Diana, Happy Happy Mother’s Day. I love you very much and think of you always. Sending lots of love from George.” </p>
<p id=”par-12_24″>As for the youngest Wales sibling, Prince Louis painted a heart with rabbits, birds, and bumblebees on his card and signed it “From Louis.”</p>
<p id=”par-13_60″>William has previously spoken about what he does to keep his mother’s memory alive so his children know exactly who she is, explaining: “It’s important they know who she was and that she existed. I think, constantly talking about Granny Diana, so we’ve got more photos up round the house now of her and we talk about her a bit.”</p>