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===Children=== The couple had residences at [[Kensington Palace]] and [[Highgrove House]], near [[Tetbury]]. On 5 November 1981, Diana's pregnancy was announced.{{sfn|Brown|2007|p=195}} In January 1982—12 weeks into the pregnancy—Diana fell down a staircase at Sandringham, suffering some bruising, and the royal [[gynaecologist]] [[George Pinker]] was summoned from London; the [[foetus]] was uninjured.<ref name=TelgPinker>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1550160/Sir-George-Pinker.html|title=Obituary: Sir George Pinker|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=1 May 2007|access-date=22 December 2012|location=London|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113043931/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1550160/Sir-George-Pinker.html|archive-date=13 November 2012|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Diana later confessed that she had intentionally thrown herself down the stairs because she was feeling "so inadequate".<ref>{{cite news|title=US TV airs Princess Diana tapes|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3531997.stm|access-date=23 April 2018|work=BBC News|date=5 March 2004|archive-date=11 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611114003/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3531997.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> On 21 June 1982, she gave birth to the couple's first son, [[Prince William]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/21/newsid_2518000/2518435.stm|title=1982: Princess Diana gives birth to boy|work=BBC News|access-date=17 May 2018|archive-date=25 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625113005/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/21/newsid_2518000/2518435.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> She subsequently suffered from [[postpartum depression]] after her first pregnancy.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/royals/princess-diana-revealed-postpartum-depression-hit-me-hard/|title=Princess Diana Revealed Postpartum Depression 'Hit Hard' After William's Birth: 'I Was Troubled'|magazine=People|first=Stephanie|last=Petit|date=18 April 2019|access-date=19 November 2020|archive-date=10 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610154032/https://people.com/royals/princess-diana-revealed-postpartum-depression-hit-me-hard/|url-status=live}}</ref> Amidst some media criticism, she decided to take William—who was still a baby—on her first major tours of Australia and New Zealand, and the decision was popularly applauded. By her own admission, Diana had not initially intended to take William until [[Malcolm Fraser]], the [[Australian prime minister]], made the suggestion.{{sfn|Morton|1997|pp=142–143}} A second son, [[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex|Harry]], was born on 15 September 1984.{{sfn|Morton|1997|p=147}} Diana said she and Charles were closest during her pregnancy with Harry.<ref name="BBC-Hewitt">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2273498.stm|work=BBC News|title=Hewitt denies Prince Harry link|date=21 September 2002|access-date=23 April 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215161416/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2273498.stm|archive-date=15 February 2009}}</ref> She was aware their second child was a boy, but did not share the knowledge with anyone else, including Charles, who hoped for a girl.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/royals/princess-diana-recalled-pressure-giving-royal-baby-birth-charles-wished-harry-girl/|title=Princess Diana Recalled Pressure of Giving Birth — and Said Prince Charles Wished Harry Was a Girl|magazine=People|first=Stephanie|last=Petit|date=17 April 2019|accessdate=21 March 2022|archive-date=15 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715124608/https://people.com/royals/princess-diana-recalled-pressure-giving-royal-baby-birth-charles-wished-harry-girl/|url-status=live}}</ref> Diana gave her sons wider experiences than was usual for royal children.<ref name="robinson"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/prince_william/biography|title=Prince William Biography|newspaper=People|access-date=15 October 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030002200/http://www.people.com/people/prince_william/biography|archive-date=30 October 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.people.com/people/prince_harry/biography|title=Prince Harry|journal=People|access-date=15 October 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029221631/http://www.people.com/people/prince_harry/biography|archive-date=29 October 2008}}</ref> She rarely deferred to Charles or to the royal family, and was often intransigent when it came to the children. She chose their first given names, dismissed a royal family nanny and engaged one of her own choosing, selected their schools and clothing, planned their outings, and took them to school herself as often as her schedule permitted. She also organised her public duties around their timetables.{{sfn|Morton|1997|p=184}} Diana was reported to have described Harry as "naughty, just like me", and William as "my little wise old man" whom she started to rely on as her confidant by his early teens.<ref name="Brown-Mar22">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/04/how-dianas-dance-with-the-media-impacted-william-and-harry|title=How Princess Diana's Dance With the Media Impacted William and Harry|magazine=Vanity Fair|first=Tina|last=Brown|date=5 April 2022|accessdate=6 April 2022|archive-date=8 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608162857/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/04/how-dianas-dance-with-the-media-impacted-william-and-harry|url-status=live}}</ref>
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