Prince William pauses, looks away and chokes up, his voice catching as he talks about the devastating impact of suicide with a widow.
In a moving new film, the Prince of Wales speaks with Rhian Manning, who lost her husband, Paul, in 2012 — just five days after their one-year-old son, George, died — as they sit together in her kitchen.
The eight-minute video, released on World Mental Health Day, Oct. 10, captures William’s emotional visit with Rhian, who has since founded a charity supporting families grieving the loss of a child.
Over tea and Welsh cakes, the conversation turns to her surviving children, Holly and Isaac. Then William gently asks what she might say to Paul. “I would just like to sit him down like this and just say, ‘Why didn’t you come to me?’ Because he’s missed ou