Young royals have to grieve in front of the world
Grief is a terrible thing, and young royals who lose their family members, like Prince Harry and Prince William, they have to mourn on a public stage. Harry said to Newsweek that he had to walk behind his mother’s coffin surrounded by thousands of people and that he didn’t think any child should be asked to do that, under any circumstances.” William said it was equally difficult getting an “outpouring of love and emotion from so many people who had never even met her” after his mother’s death.
Many royal adolescents have had mental health struggles
As the conversation about mental health and youth has opened up more in our society, younger royals have spoken out about their struggles. Prince Harry, for instance, spoke about the trauma of losing his mother and not being able to properly discuss it with a support system in the documentary “Heart of Invictus.” After serving in the military, he learned that he needed to work through emotions he had been holding onto and suppressing over the years. He also discussed how generational trauma impacted him on the podcast “Armchair Expert.”
Many royal family members are concerned about their children’s well-being.
With younger royals being more aware of mental health, they’re not just discussing it with the press—they’re making changes in their lives to ensure that their kids aren’t traumatized the same way that they were. Prince William and Prince Harry both try to protect their kids in the digital age. Speaking to the news, William said, “It’s quite difficult, it’s still a very fluid dynamic. We’re going to have that discussion with our family, how on earth are we going to police
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