Prince Harry once again showed his incredible compassion while speaking to the widow of an Aussie soldier who took his own life last year.
Prince Harry refused to be moved along by handlers while speaking with a war widow on the Sydney Harbour Bridge last week, according to People magazine.
The Duke of Sussex was told by his staff to wrap up his chat with Gwen Cherne, the widow of an Australian soldier at Sydney Harbour Bridge during his first royal tour with wife Duchess Meghan Markle.
Invictus Games ambassador Gwen Cherne, whose husband Peter Cafe served in Cambodia, Afghanistan and Iraq before taking his own life earlier this year, was photographed in an embrace with the Duke of Sussex during his Sydney Harbour Bridge climb last Friday.
The mother-of-three, who was one of the select few chosen to accompany Harry on the climb, told People magazine that the pair spoke of “grief and loss” before aides attempted to interrupt and hurry him along.
But Prince Harry wasn’t having it, simply telling them: “I’m in the middle of a conversation, and I’m not going to leave this.”
“We were talking about my story and mental health and how difficult it is still, in our society, to talk about grief and loss and suicide,” Cherne went on to tell People.
“He understood what I meant,” she said of the touching moment, which has since gone viral on social media. “When you understand loss, I think it’s obvious.”
Cherne said Harry and Meghan have provided a “beacon of hope and light for so many”.
“They’re touching, they’re shining that interest on the Games, and that shines light on their service and that shines light on the sacrifices their families make,” she told the publication.
The Invictus Games are the prince’s brainchild in which injured allied soldiers participate in sports. Toronto hosted the event in 2017.
