'Very supportive' Iwan Thomas recounts meeting 'brilliant' Prince Harry

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Prince Harry, 37, at an event for the Royal Family’s campaign called Heads Together surrounding everyday mental health and well being.The Olympian and the Duke of Sussex opened up to each other about the mental health hurdles they had to overcome in their lives.In a new interview with Express.co.uk, Iwan revisited his conversation with Prince Harry and the conclusions he drew from it.Iwan, who has now partnered with ASICS on a campaign to inspire people to exercise for the mind, described the Duke as “very supportive”.He said: “I thought he was brilliant.

It was a good few years now, when he set up a charity, Heads Together.“And I got invited to a barbecue and we just got chatting and we spoke a lot about, you know, some dark time I had when it was evident my career was over as an athlete and I couldn’t train properly.“He was just really supportive and like a really good guy.“I think people like Prince Harry and other high profile people have made it more acceptable to talk out.”Iwan explained: “And it is okay not to be okay.