"'Why didn't you speak to me?' I ask myself that every single day. He was absolutely devastated, he did keep blaming himself," she said. "But I would just like to sit him down like this and say 'Why didn't you come to me?' Because he's missed out on just so much joy. And we would have been ok. I think that's the hardest thing, we would have been ok."
"I was quite surprised by it. I'd never been touched by suicide. It was something that happened on the news. No one would talk about it,"
"build a bold, unified national response to the heartbreaking and preventable tragedy of suicide"
Prince William was visibly moved while meeting Rhian Mannings, whose husband took his own life five days after the death of their one-year-old son. Rhian has established a bereavement charity. The Royal Foundation is contributing £1m to develop a National Suicide Prevention Network that will operate across the UK to research root causes of suicide and offer support for those affected. The network aims to create a unified national response to preventable suicides. Rhian described the lingering stigma around suicide and her ongoing question of why her husband did not speak to her. The prince became too upset to continue the conversation.
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