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Rain lashed against the high windows of the UK residence, mirroring the storm brewing inside. William, fifteen and brooding, stood by the door while his thirteen-year-old sibling, a striking mirror of their late mother with blonde hair and blue eyes, studied at the desk. The silence was shattered by a ringtone. It was Charles. His voice, trembling and broken, delivered the unthinkable: Diana had been in a car accident. The phone clicked dead. The sibling’s world froze, tears instantly welling in those familiar, dimpled features as the weight of the tragedy crashed down.