Prince Harry Emotionally Shares 'Hardest Thing' About Dealing With Grief As A Kid After Princess Diana's Death
27.06.2024 - 18:57
/ perezhilton.com
Prince Harry is opening up about the challenges of processing grief as a young child.
On Thursday, the Duke of Sussex sat down with Nikki Scott, the founder of Scotty’s Little Soldiers, to honor the UK’s Armed Forces Day. Nikki created the foundation in 2010 to help kids after her husband, Corporal Lee Scott, died while serving in Afghanistan as she was navigating the emotional loss with her own two young kids. Praising Nikki, Harry shared:
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Both Harry and Nikki were practically in tears later when the founder recalled the moment she learned of her husband’s death in 2009. Her son Kai was 5 at the time and their daughter Brooke was just 7 months old. She expressed:
She also noted that her first thoughts were about how many other children were experiencing a similar loss and grief, though she thought it was “so corny.” Harry insisted:
Continuing to reflect on the difficult day, Nikki said of her son:
When Kai arrived home from school that day, just hours after the tragic news was delivered to her, she said he “knew” something was wrong and she told him about the death, adding, “It’s a conversation I will never forget.” The father of two praised the mother for doing “the best you could” in the moment.
Speaking from his own experience of losing his mom Princess Diana in 1997 when he was just 12, Harry said “the hardest thing” for children to do is be honest about their feelings, musing:
He also said of his thought process at the time:
The Archewell founder — who previously revealed he was convinced his mother was secretly alive and would come back for him one day — also opened up about wanting to find all the “proof” about Diana’s death, something