Prince William (36), the duke of Cambridge, is the number two in the british line of succession, after his father Charles. The prince is currently in the swiss Davos, where he guests the World Economic Forum, where several important topics are on the agenda.
Among them mental health.
Prince William opened where up on the initiative “Heads Together”, which aims to create more transparency around the topic. He reached out to several celebrities in the Uk, but none of them wanted to be a part of such a campaign, he says, according to BBC. According to the prince wanted none of them to be associated with the theme.
William thinks it is still associated with many prejudices around it to struggle psychologically, and he believes there are many who “suffer in silence”.
for one reason or another, people seem to it is embarrassing to talk about feelings. It applies especially to the brits, ” says the prince, according to the BBC.
Open about their problems
He believes this goes long back, and that generations through the ages has “inherited” this way of thinking.
But the prince was also open about the fact that he even occasionally has had it hard. He mentioned an episode he described as one he “never thought he would get through”.
Therefore, said the prince up pilotjobben
William should have seen the very marked out, and let’s not hide the fact that it is still difficult to talk about – also because it must be related to the children, George (5), Charlotte (3) and Louis (9 months).
Dagbladet has previously described the prince Williams decision to terminate pilotjobben. He has in fact received many strong impressions through the job luftambulansepilot, many of them related to the kids.
– I worked several times with very traumatizing missions where children were involved. After that I got my own children, was the relationship between work and private life that got me to cno over the edge. I began to feel things that I had never felt before, and I was very sad and depressed, ” he explained.
Visited Norway
the Prince has since put the focus on the importance of good conversations as a preventive measure for mental disorders.
the Prince was as luftambulansepilot a part of a team consisting of specially trained doctors, intensivsykepleiere and pilots who deliver emergency medical services.
When duchess Kate and prince William visited Norway in February this year, used the prince again the chance to talk about mental health.
According to Reuters William previously urged british men to lower your shoulders and let go of the fear to show emotion.
But William is also engaged in the fight against global warming. Earlier during the verdenstoppenes meeting in Davos, he had a long conversation with Sir David Attenborough (92) about what is required to save the world from climate change in general and how to preserve the rain forest in Brazil.
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