William: Pilot role made me feel sad
THE Duke of Cambridge has opened up about his own experiences of feeling “very sad and very down” while working for the air ambulance.
One particular incident “took him over the edge”, he added.
William said he was lucky to have worked for the RAF and the East Anglian Air Ambulance, because of their good mental health working practices.
Speaking about his time with the air ambulance, he said: “Talking was really important, but even that wasn’t quite enough for one particular incident for me.
“I worked several times on very traumatic jobs involving children, and after I had my own children I think the relation between the job and the personal life was what really took me over the edge, and I started feeling things that I have never felt before, and I got very sad and very down about this particular family.”
It is understood he was discussing an accident involving a child.
The duke was speaking at the inaugural This Can Happen conference at The O2 in London, which aims to address mental health issues in the workplace.
About 120 employers from different sectors were represented at the event.