In Praise Of Mothers Kate Opens Her Heart

The duchess is making a difference.

In the six years since she married Prince William, the Duchess of Cambridge has attended hundreds of official events, but until now, her voice has remained largely unheard.

Apart from a handful of carefully crafted speeches delivered at formal occasions, the public has witnessed only glimpses into her personality.

However, in a film released last month, Kate shows a side never seen before, as she chats around a picnic table at Kensington Palace with her husband Prince William and her brother-in-law Prince Harry. The trio were having a frank discussion about their own emotional battles and the softly spoken duchess is shown gently encouraging William, 34, and Harry, 32, as they reveal the fallout since losing their mother, Princess Diana, almost 20 years ago. Kate, 35, then goes on to share her own vulnerable feelings after becoming a mum.

“Nothing can really prepare you for that,” she says. “I remember the first few days with little George ... You have no idea, really, what you’re doing. No matter how many books you read.”

The groundbreaking footage is another bold move as part of the Heads Together campaign’s “#OktoSay” series, in which the young royals encourage people to open up about their mental health. Over the past few months, they’ve become increasingly vocal about their own lives – particularly William and Harry’s grief over losing their beloved mother Diana, who died in a car crash in 1997. The princes have finally spoken out about the fact they were never encouraged to talk about their mum, which left Harry, in particular, close to a breakdown in his 20s.