The world went into mourning after Princess Diana’s death, after she was tragically killed in a auto crash in Paris in 1997 aged 36-years-old.
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Harry was just 12-year-old when Diana – Princess of Wales, died suddenly in the tragic accident, leading to an outpouring of public grief.
Prince Harry chats with staff during his visit to the Burrell Street Sexual Health Clinic in London.
“I really regret not ever talking about it”, Harry said (via the Associated Press). He said he did not speak about it “for the first 28 years of my life”.
Speaking candidly, Prince Harry added: “It’s OK to suffer, as long as you talk about it”. It is not a weakness.
Harry, who did not speak about his bereavement until three years ago, told the BBC that it wasn’t a sign of weakness to speak about problems.
Prince Harry, 31, was speaking as he hosted an event for the mental health charity, Heads Together, which was attended by a number of sports stars.
Olympians Dame Kelly Holmes and Victoria Pendleton and former European sprint champion Iwan Thomas also spoke about their relationship with mental health at the event.
When asked by former English worldwide soccer player Rio Ferdinand, whose wife died from cancer previous year, about his mother’s death, Harry responded, “You know, I really regret not ever talking about it”.
“So of course he is going to suffer, it doesn’t matter if he has an fantastic job”.
As they stood behind the hot coals wearing aprons the Prince asked the former 400 metre sprinter how the spate of injuries that ended his career affected him: “What was it for you, was it a massive gaping hole – was it a form of depression?”
“So to get some of his experiences is very rewarding for me and very educational in many ways”.
Thomas replied: “I think yes, depression definitely”.
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Harry’s comments came on the same day the fifth-in-line to the British throne released a new video for “Heads Together”, the mental health campaign he formed and spearheads with his brother and sister-in-law, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
