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He made the comments when talking to front line workers dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and admitted that his own front line work affected his family life and he now worries about the staff who are experiencing, “such high levels of sadness, trauma and death.”
Royal Family News – William Worked With East Anglian Air Ambulance
His wife Kate Duchess of Cambridge was with him when he said, “Some of it I noticed from my previous spell flying with the air ambulance with the team. When you see so much death and so much bereavement it does impact how you see the world. It is very interesting what you said about being able to see things in a different light.”
“I think you said about thinking everyone around you is going to die, that is what really worries me about the front line staff at the moment.”
Royal Family News – Prince William Empathizes With Front Line Workers
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He went on to say, “You’re so drawn into it, which everyone is, it is only natural that would happen. But that’s what I think a lot of the public don’t understand, that when you’re surrounded by that level of intense trauma and sadness and bereavement.”
“It really does, it stays with you, at home it stays with you for weeks on end, doesn’t it, and you see the world in a much more, slightly depressed, darker, blacker place.”
Royal Family News – Kate Duchess Of Cambridge Joined William On A Call
The royal couple stressed the importance of staff getting support they need and called for the stigma surrounding mental health to end.
He went on to praise the workers by saying, “‘People need to understand how you are normal human beings doing a brilliant job in a very, very difficult time and I hope this service gives people the outlet that they need.”
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“I fear, like you said, you’re all so busy caring for everyone else that you won’t take enough time to care for yourselves and we won’t see the impacts for quite some time.”
During the call William talked with Phil Spencer, wellbeing Inspector of Cleveland Police.
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