Princess Diana Held Newborn William In The Car For This Shocking Reason

Princess Diana’s throwback photo carrying a newborn Prince William at the backseat of a car – without a seatbelt and a baby car seat - has just been released.

Lauren Turner, a journalist for Pop Sugar, claimed that Princess Diana and Prince Charles’ photo with their firstborn after leaving St. Mary’s Hospital’s Lindo Wing appears to be shocking compared to Prince William and Kate Middleton’s photo after Prince George was born.

Many years ago, the Prince and Princess of Wales didn’t have a car seat, and their throwback photo also showed that they didn’t have seatbelts on. But when Prince William and Middleton left St. Mary’s Hospital’s Lindo Wing after Prince George’s birth, they placed him in the car seat.

The journalist claimed that even though it was shocking to see Princess Diana carrying her son without a seatbelt, this was widely accepted in the United Kingdom. When Prince William was born, there were still no seatbelt laws in Britain. Car seats were just being introduced in the United States as well.

In related news, it has also been revealed that Prince William and Middleton didn’t break the law when they allowed Prince George and Princess Charlotte to not wear seatbelts while on their way to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal wedding on May 19.

According to UK laws, children aged three or older can travel in a backseat car without a seatbelt if the vehicle doesn’t have one. At that time, Princess Charlotte just turned three years old, and Prince George was already four years old.

But royal fans may argue that the royal family’s semi-state limousine, a Daimler DS 420, was equipped with seatbelts so the youngsters should’ve still worn them. However, the royal family was riding on private property and not on a public road so they still didn’t break any law.

When Prince William and Middleton travels with their youngest son, Prince Louis, in the car, they are expected to put him on a car seat. Until Prince Louis turns three years old, he also always needs to wear a seatbelt just like when Prince George and Princess Charlotte were younger.