Prince William Consoles Grieving Girl: I Lost My Mummy Too
Prince William Consoles Grieving Girl: I Lost My Mummy Too
Prince William, who rarely speaks about his mother Princess Diana's death, comforted a young girl who was mourning the loss of her father at a charity event in Stratford, London today.
“Do you know what happened to me?" William told 9-year old Aoife, who lost her father to pancreatic cancer six years ago. "You know I lost my mummy when I was very young too. I was [15] and my brother was 12. So we lost our mummy when we were young as well.
"Do you speak about your daddy?" William asked the girl. "It’s very important to talk about it. Very, very important.”
William is royal patron of the Child Bereavement U.K. Centre, a charity that helps families deal with the loss of a loved one.
Aoife’s mother, Marie, spoke to journalists after the event and said the conversation almost brought her to tears.
“I couldn’t believe it when he started to talk about his mother. It was very emotional and I was willing myself not to start to cry. I almost did,” she said.
William and Kate met with children at the facility in Stratford today and encouraged them to create memory jars to help them deal with their grief.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry have made mental health awareness a key focus of their charitable activities this past year and are encouraging children to open up and ask for help if they're suffering. The royal trio has been praised for their work on mental health and their ability to empathize with young people struggling with life's challenges.
William admitted to the children he was very angry about his own mother's death.
“He told us how he felt angry when she died. He very specifically used that word anger, he felt angry about it," another mother named Lorna said of William’s interaction with the children. "He also told us how important it was to talk about how we feel when we lose someone as he found it very difficult to talk about it.”
“I am telling my children that if they take anything away from this day, it is what he said about how important it is to talk. Kids do not forget that. Sometimes it hurts but we can remember the happy things too. It is so important to talk.”
One of Princess Diana's closest friends, Julia Samuel, founded the charity in 1994 with Diana's support. William took over as royal patron of the charity in 2009. William and Kate named Samuel one of Prince George’s godmothers.
William and Harry are commemorating the 20th anniversary of the late Princess Diana's death later this summer.
By CAROLYN DURAND
The Kardashian Family Was Just Robbed...Again
Less than four months after Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint in Paris, America's first reality family has once again been targeted-this time, at their clothing store, DASH.
TMZ reports that DASH (which is operated by Kim, Khloé, and Kourtney Kardashian) was robbed on Monday-shortly after the robbers implicated in Kim's Paris robbery were arrested. According to sources, a woman wandered into DASH's Melrose Avenue location, swiped $1,600 worth of clothing and perfume, and departed the scene in a silver car.
The Kardashians have yet to comment on the incident, but seriously, just ugh.
'Where is Sasha?' Social Media Lights Up as First Daughter Is Missing From President's Farewell Address
As President Obama delivered his final words to the nation in Chicago Tuesday night, one of America’s most famous daughters was missing from the event.
Sasha Obama, 15, was noticeably absent as the president spoke, and the White House says it was because she was studying for an exam she had Wednesday morning.
Her sister, Malia, 18, and her mother, first lady Michelle Obama, sat next to each other, along with their grandmother Marian Robinson. As President Obama emotionally thanked his family for their support, social media was set ablaze, wondering where Sasha was.
The president told his daughters: “You are smart and you are beautiful but more importantly, you are kind and you are thoughtful -- and you are full of passion. And bore the burden of years in the spotlight so easily. Of all that I have done in my life, I am most proud to be your dad."
On Wednesday morning, once social media learned the truth about Sasha's whereabouts, users weighed in again.
Sasha is currently enrolled at the D.C. private school Sidwell Friends. She and her family will stay in the nation’s capital for another year after they leave the White House on January 20 so she can finish school.
Her older sister will attend Harvard later this year after taking a year off between high school and college.
Sasha Obama had to stay home to study for a test.
Sasha was back in the House white studying for a science Exam this Morning.
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