Prince William and Kate Middleton discuss importance of mental health on Newsbeat
ok.co.ukThe Prince and Princess of Wales will speak about the importance of mental health on a specially recorded show for BBC Radio One’s Newsbeat.
William and Kate, both 40, led a discussion for World Mental Health Day on Monday for a special programme which will be aired on BBC Radio One, Radio One Extra and the Asian Network on Tuesday afternoon.
In a clip released ahead of the broadcast, the royal couple speak about young people’s mental health with Newsbeat presenter Pria Rai and a host of advocates and experts.The Prince, who recently visited Northern Ireland with Kate, says: “A lot of the work we’ve done on mental health and listening to lots of people talk about it, everyone likes a toolbox – particularly men.
A toolbox is quite a useful analogy to kind of use. “A lot of people don’t realise what they need until it actually comes along. “You can be living one life one minute and something massively changes and you realise you don’t necessarily have the tools or the experience to be able to tackle that.” Dr Abigail Miranda, an educational and child psychologist working in early years, replies: “To have, I suppose, in your toolbox, communication would be key and I suppose some of the myth-busting as well around attachment. “We know now through studies that actually any parent who spends a significant amount of time – or any caregiver – with the child will also form similar attachments and have those similar patterns as well.” Kate, who recently "stood her ground" while being heckled in Belfast, says she would “love to know” how the contributors look after their own mental health.
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