Princess Sophie did not attend Princess Diana's funeral for a very specific reason, a new book reveals. A "friend at the palace" claimed that Sophie, now 60, "decided it would be too upsetting for the crowd if she went" to the funeral, according to Sean Smith's Sophie: Saving the Royal Family, published earlier this month. "She's well aware that she looks like Princess Diana from a distance and made her decision in a caring and thoughtful way," the book reads, noting it was a move "the royal family fully supported.