Prince Harry comforts woman in new emotionally charged video talking about grief
Prince Harry spoke in a new emotionally charged video
Scotty’s Little Soldiers
Prince Harry comforted a bereaved mother in a new emotionally charged video talking about grief.
The Duke of Sussex provided comfort and support to Nikki Scott, the founder of Scotty’s Little Soldiers, as she recounted the moment she had to tell her son that his father, Corporal Lee Scott, who served with the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, had been killed in Afghanistan.
This poignant exchange was recorded in a video released by the charity in the lead-up to Armed Forces Day to highlight the ongoing needs of bereaved military children in the UK.
Prince Harry, 39, is the Global Ambassador of Scotty’s Little Soldiers, the charity for bereaved military children and young people.
Prince Harry spoke in a new emotionally charged video
Scotty's Little Soldiers
His emotional conversation with Scott was filmed when he last visited the UK in May and took part in a Scotty’s event, where he surprised children and young people supported by the charity.
The duke listened intently as Scott recalled the day in July 2009 when she was told of her husband’s death.
She shared the agony of breaking the news to their five-year-old son, Kai, while also caring for their seven-month-old daughter, Brooke.
Scott recounted: “It was the worst. How do you tell a five-year-old this. I took him up and sat him on the bed and I said, ‘Kai, do you remember where Daddy was?’ and he said, ‘yeah, Afghan’, and I said, ‘something really bad has happened and the baddies (because he used to play Army) have hurt dad and he’s died.’”
Harry provided comfort and support to Nikki Scott, founder of Scotty’s Little Soldiers
Scotty’s Little Soldiers
Overcome with emotion, Scott described to Prince Harry the pain of “shattering her son’s world.”
Scott’s personal tragedy inspired her to create the Scotty’s Little Soldiers charity after seeing the positive impact a family holiday had on Kai.
She wanted other bereaved military children to have these opportunities, so founded the charity in 2010.
In their heartfelt discussion about grief, Prince Harry, whose mother Princess Diana died in 1997 when he was 12 years old, shared his own insights: “You convince yourself that the person you’ve lost wants you, or you need to be sad for as long as possible to prove to them that they are missed. But then there’s this realisation of, no they must want me to be happy.”
Prince Harry spoke about his own grief after losing his mother at the age of 12
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Scott explained how her charity teaches bereaved military children and young people to celebrate their parent’s life.
The duke emphasised the importance of not suppressing emotions, particularly for children, saying: “That’s the hardest thing, especially for kids, I think, which is, ‘I don’t want to talk about it because it will make me sad, but once realising if I do talk about it, and I’m celebrating their life, then actually, things become easier.’”
Expressing his admiration for Scott's work, Prince Harry remarked: “What you’ve done is incredible. It is truly inspirational.
"I’m really honoured and privileged to be part of Scotty’s now and I really look forward to us doing everything we can to bring in more people, more interest, raise more funds and be able to get the message out there to get more kids the support they so desperately need.”