The Duchess of Cambridge wore a stylish gray jacket paired with a chic hairdo for her first promise in 2021.
Kate, 39, shook her usual classic-style backstage when she appeared on a video call with Prince William yesterday.
The Duke, 38, and Duchess of Cambridge, based at Kensington Palace with their three children, Prince George, seven, Princess Charlotte, five, and Prince Louis, two, chatted with frontline workers and death support advisers.
William spoke honestly about how he saw people die when he was an ambulance pilot making it difficult ‘for weeks on end’ and feeling that the world was a ‘darker place,’ darker ‘.
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge heard about the significant mental health support given to frontline workers during the pandemic with Hospice UK’s counseling and death helpline on Wednesday ‘B’ Wednesday
Kate appeared business ready when she appeared on the call, which saw her questioning the front-line staff on what more could be done to convince colleagues of the importance of prioritizing them. yourself to help with mental health.
She put on an elegant display in a Smythe gray jacket detailing a black collar, paired with a simple black top.
Kate’s contrasting collar blazer seems to be one of her favorite Smythe styles, having also worn it during a 2018 Essex wedding engagement.
Appearing on the call yesterday, Prince William looked just as smart in a naval cellar wearing a blue jumper.
Drawing on his own experiences speaking to frontline staff dealing with COVID-19 pandemics, Prince William acknowledged that his previous work was impacting on the lives of family ’consistently and said he is‘ deeply concerned ’about the impact on workers now in seeing‘ such high levels of grief, trauma and death. ‘
Kate (pictured right), 39, shook back her usual classic style invitations when she appeared on a video call with Prince William yesterday
Pictured, top row (LR): – Carly Kennard, Jules Lockett, Conal Devitt and Manal Sadik. Middle row (LR): – Phil Spencer, Tony Collins and Caroline Francis
Kate’s different collar blazer seems to be one of her favorite Smythe styles, having also worn it at an event in Essex in 2018 (pictured)
The royal, who worked with doctors and paramedics providing emergency medical treatment at East Anglian Air Ambulance, spoke out in a video call conversation with frontline staff and counselors about death support.
William said: ‘Some of it I noticed from my previous spell was flying with the ambulance with the crew.
‘When you see so much death and so much death it affects how you see the world. What you said about being able to see things in a different light is very interesting.
‘I think you said about thinking that everyone around you is going to die, which is what worries me about front-line workers right now. .
‘That you are so much under pressure right now and under so much pressure that you see such high levels of grief, trauma, death, that it affects your own life and your own family life because it is always there.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were last seen with their children attending a special pantomime concert at the London Palladium Theater in December (pictured)
‘You’re drawn into it, which is everyone’s, it’s just natural that would happen. But that is what I think many of the public do not understand, when you are surrounded by the intense level of trauma and grief and death.
‘It really is, it stays with you, at home it stays with you for weeks on end, doesn’t it, and you see the world in a much bigger, slightly depressed, darker place , darker. ‘
The royal couple have both stressed that it is vital that frontline staff – including the police, who suffer the stigma of imposing lock-in restrictions – must reach out for support at this critical moment and that the surrounding stigma of seeking help for their mental health must end.
Prince William continued: ‘The future is unique. I think that needs to be buried home right now that this is like nothing before anyone has ever seen, especially this third wave that we are going through. right now.
The Duchess of Cambridge (pictured) has said her thoughts with staff on the front line of the disease are pandemic. Pictured, on a royal train ride in December
‘People need to understand how you as ordinary people do a great job in a very difficult time and I hope this service gives people who need it a chance.
‘I’m afraid, as you said, you’re all so busy caring for everyone else that you don’t take enough time to take care of yourself and we won’t see the consequences for a long time.’
Wednesday’s call also highlighted how the William and Kate Royal Foundation was helping to provide funding through their Covid-19 Response Fund.
The foundation has partnered with NHS England, NHS Development and the Department of Health and Social Care to help fund Hospice UK’s Just ‘B’ helpline, which supports NHS staff, social care staff, carers and emergency services staff.