Prince Harry, global ambassador for the charity Scotty's Little Soldiers, made a heartbreaking admission about the impact of his mother, Princess Diana, who died in 1997, while comforting a war widow, Hello reported.

Harry became the organization's global ambassador last November, but has been involved with Scottie's Little Soldiers since 2017. The charity supports more than 670 military and bereaved children and young people up to age 25, providing "one-on-one bereavement support, guidance for parents and caregivers, fun activities like vacations and group events, and learning support," Harrow wrote. Scotty's Little In a newly released video by Soldiers, Harry spoke with the organization's founder, Nikki Scott, about the impact of bereavement on children. Unfortunately, as Harry knows from personal experience, he lost his mother, Diana, in a car accident when he was only 12 years old.

"You convince yourself that the person you lost needs you, or that if you don't grieve as long as possible, you can prove that you miss them," Harry said. 'But it's not like that; they must want me to be happy.'

Scott explained how the charity teaches military and bereaved children to celebrate their parents' lives, and Harry talked about the importance of not repressing emotions. I think that's the hardest thing to do, especially for the kids, is to say, 'I don't want to talk about it because it makes me sad, but when I talk about it and realize that I'm celebrating my parent's life, it actually makes things easier.'" [Harry adds that repressing grief helps us cope "for a period of time," but "you can't repress it forever. It is not sustainable and it eats away at you internally. Especially when your mind, nervous system, and all your other defense mechanisms are telling you, 'Don't go there.'"

Harry was visibly moved when Scott recalled the poignant moment when he had to tell his five-year-old son Kai that his father, Corporal Lee Scott, had been killed in action while serving in Afghanistan in 2009. 'It was the worst; how do you tell a five-year-old ...... I sat my son down on his bed and said, 'Kai, do you remember where your dad was? And he said, 'Something really bad happened. The bad guys ...... Daddy used to be in the army, so ...... He said, 'They hurt my dad and he died. After her husband's death, Scott founded Scottie's Little Soldiers in 2010, hoping to provide long-term support to children who had been bereaved by other servicemen and women.

"What you've done is incredible," Harry said, hugging Scott. 'It's truly inspiring. And we want to do everything we can to get the message out so that we can get more people, more interest, more funding, and more children getting the help they so desperately need."

In recent years, Harry has been more open about his grief over Diana's death: in January 2023, in promotion of his memoir Spare, released the same month, Harry told Tom Bradby that he had only cried once after Diana's death, and that was at her burial He said it was during Diana's burial. He also told The Telegraph in 2017 that he had "sealed off all of his emotions," and it was only when he was 28 that he began to face his deep grief, and he did so by seeking counseling and taking up boxing, Harrow reported.

Scottie's Little Soldiers released a video with Harry yesterday ahead of Armed Forces Day in the UK, "commemorated every year on the last Saturday in June as an occasion to support the armed forces, from active duty soldiers to veterans, cadets, and military families," People People reports.

Harry's recent visit to the UK included. When Invictus Games, which supports active duty military and veterans, celebrated its 10th anniversary last month, Harry made a surprise appearance at Scotty's Little Soldiers event just before he and his wife Meghan Markle left for Nigeria. It's a very positive thing for us," Scott told People of Harry's involvement with the organization. The fact that [Harry] was bereaved as a child and served in the military resonates so much with him because of the young people we support."

Harry's comments come as news broke just today that he will receive ESPN's Pat Tillman Award "for his work positively impacting the veteran community" at the 2024 ESPYs on July 11, The Hollywood Reporter writes.