Prince William talks about grief on a visit to charity with close connections to Diana

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The prince of Wales has opened up his “most painful experience” on a visit to a charity close to Princess Diana’s heart.

Prince William, 42, talked to teenagers in Widnes, Cheshire, Wednesday to see the work done by childcare in the UK, of which he has been a patron since 2009.

The well -being association, which provides free, confidential grief support for children and young people, as well as families where a child is dead, launched in 1994 with the support of William’s Mother Diana, Princess of Wales.

William – who lost his mother in 1997 when he was just 15 years old – talked to young people about how they were dealing with grief.

He asked the group, “Did you find it quite hard in the beginning to talk about how you felt?”

William talked to young people about how they had to do with grief

William talked to young people about how they had to do with grief (Aaron Chown/Pa Wire?

Rebecca, 17, who lost his father, said, “I didn’t really know how I felt it because it was very sudden. Child Bereeavement UK helped me direct the way I felt. “

William said, “Sometimes the hardest thing is to find the words of how you feel.”

He added: “It’s important for the first few years, especially that you have support like this. It gets you in a practice to know how to help yourself in the future. “

Meika, 15, told the prince she had stopped going to school after her grandmother died.

William met staff, volunteers and fundraisers

William met staff, volunteers and fundraisers (Aaron Chown/Pa Wire?

William said, “The mind is focused on one thing, right? It is very difficult to be able to make school and normal life. “

Executive Manager Sue Randall said: “The prince has been involved since 2009, and he has been brilliant as a patron. He has done all sorts of things for us and is always very helpful and tries to do as much as he can around our work.

“It gives us a profile by having such a fantastic patron saint, and personally he is very much in line with what we do.”

Before he traveled, William was shown the charity’s “before I die” wall, which consists of messages from people describing what they would achieve before they died.

He laughed at a message saying, “Win Fortnite Cash Cup.”

William was shown the charity of the charity

William was shown the charity’s “before I die” wall consisting of messages from people describing what they would achieve before they died (Aaron Chown/Pa Wire?

He met staff, volunteers and fundraisers including 16-year-old boxer Clayton, from Carlton in Nottingham, who began fundraising for the charity after his coach Tommy Thompson used the service after his daughter’s death.

When Clayton asked William if he liked boxing, he replied, “No, I don’t mind throwing a few strokes around, but not at your level. It is also exhausting. “

In 2015, William talked about how important it was for him to become the organization’s patron to “continue my mother’s commitment to a charity that is very dear to me”.

“What my mother recognized back then and what I understand now is that grief is the most painful experience that every child or parent can endure,” he said, marking the charity 21 -year anniversary.