William and Harry’s childhood bodyguard Graham Craker dies

André Rhoden-Paul

BBC News

Getty Images Graham Craker seen while on duty at the Eton Tea Party in June 1999Getty Images

A former bodyguard to the Prince of Wales and Duke of Sussex has died.

Graham Craker worked as a close protection officer when Prince William and Prince Harry were children.

He also accompanied Diana, Princess of Wales’s hearse at her funeral after her death in 1997.

Mr Craker’s death was confirmed by his sons on social media, who described him as “an incredible man” who “lived his life so selflessly”.

In his 2023 memoir Spare, Prince Harry spoke fondly of Mr Craker while writing about his mother’s funeral.

He wrote: “The driver had to keep pulling over so the bodyguard could get out and clear the flowers off the windscreen.

“The bodyguard was…

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