PRINCE Harry has revealed how “listening” helped Meghan Markle in her suicide battle as he urged: “You’re not alone”.
The Duke of Sussex, 36, opened up for a second time over his wife’s mental health struggles in a new episode of The Me You Can’t See with Oprah Winfrey.
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He told the US chatshow host the best piece of advice he took away from the docuseries was to let someone know they are “not alone”.
It came after he revealed in the first episode how he didn’t know how to react when Meghan told him in 2019 she was feeling suicidal.
Harry said in the latest show: “So many people are afraid of being on the receiving end of that conversation [from a suicidal person] because they don’t feel like they have the right tools to give the right advice.
“But what you want to say is ‘You’re there’. Listen, because listening and being part of that conversation is without doubt the best first step that you can take.”
Harry tells the latest show:
- He ‘loves to see’ families ‘thrive’ as they discuss mental health – after revealing he was met with ‘neglect’ by Royals
- That ‘listening’ can help people suffering from suicidal thoughts – after revealing wife Meghan considered taking her own life
- He has a ‘shared experience’ with Robin Williams’ son as they both saw ‘people grieving more’ for their parents than they could
- That climate change and mental health are ‘linked’
The comments were made in the latest episode of his bombshell mental health documentary The Me You Can’t See that aired on Apple TV overnight.
Titled “A Path Forward,” it features him and co-producer Oprah in a town-hall set-up describing the making of the series – which caused a fresh Royal rift upon its release last week.
Harry says he “learned” families can “feel shame” when they hear of someone’s mental health problems in another thinly-veiled dig at the Royals.
Speaking to actress Glenn Close, Harry tells of his experience with “parents” and “siblings” when it comes to opening up about mental health.
He says: “As parents, as siblings, certainly from what I’ve learned – there’s an element of shame we feel, because we’re like, ‘How could we not have seen it?’
“How did we not know? How did you not feel comfortable enough to come to me and share that with me?
“But we all know when people are suffering and people are struggling, that we’re all incredibly good at covering it up for those that know that we’re covering it up.”
Harry also says he “loves to see” when families “thrive” as they discuss mental health – after describing how he was met with silence by the Royals.
Meghan, 39, revealed earlier this year her mental health suffered while she was living in the UK and that she was not given the help she needed when she felt suicidal.
Harry revealed how the “scariest” thing was his wife’s “clarity of thought” when she told him the “practicalities of how she was going to end her life”.
