London – Waving their arms in the air with 70,000 fans at Wembley Stadium, Princes William and Harry celebrated the life of their mother, Princess Diana, on what would have been her 46th birthday Sunday at a concert they organized.
William, 25, rocked his hips as Canadian pop star Nelly Furtado belted out her song “Man Eater” – to the embarrassment of younger brother Harry, who shook his head and laughed.
Harry, 22, said they asked Elton John to play “Candle in the Wind,” the song he sang at Diana’s 1997 funeral in Westminster Abbey. Originally about Marilyn Monroe, its lyrics were reworked in tribute to Diana, and it became a worldwide No. 1 hit that year.
“This evening is about all that my mother loved in life: her music, her dance, her charities and her family and friends,” Wil liam told the crowd, thanking them and millions more who watched the show on television.
The memorial concert mixed rock, pop, hip-hop and classical ballet and featured some of Diana’s favorite acts, including Duran Duran and Tom Jones. In honor of her love of dance and theater, there was a performance of an extract from “Swan Lake” by the English National Ballet and songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Younger artists such as Kanye West, Joss Stone and Lily Allen also performed.
Diana died in Paris on Aug. 31, 1997, along with her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, and their driver when their Mercedes crashed inside the Pont d’Alma tunnel.
Tickets for the concert cost $90, with proceeds going to causes Diana supported.
