"She started crying about a bomb explosion that had happened in Northern Ireland, and she was very, very close, very connected with all of that," the news presenter said. Holmes, who called Diana "very knowledgeable" about the troubles in Northern Ireland, said their conversation switched gears to Prince William and Prince Harry.

Prince Harry asked his uncle Charles Spencer about the idea of changing his family's last name, which would mean dropping the royal family's Mountbatten-Windsor surname, PEOPLE understands

A potential name change by the Duke of Sussex could further signal his growing rift with the British royal family.