Prince William Says He Gets &x27;All the Details&x27; When He Talks to George, Charlotte and Louis About Their Feelings Janine HenniWed, February 18, 2026 at 3:49 PM UTC 0 Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte, Prince William and Prince George arrive for Kate Middleton's "Together at Christmas" Carol Service at Westminster Abbey on Dec. 5, 2025 Karwai Tang/WireImage Prince William talked about parenting Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis on a BBC 1 radio show The Prince of Wales, 43, reflected on Radio 1's Life Hacks: Mental Health Special on Feb.
Prince William Says He Gets 'All the Details' When He Talks to George, Charlotte and Louis About Their Feelings
Janine HenniWed, February 18, 2026 at 3:49 PM UTC
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Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte, Prince William and Prince George arrive for Kate Middleton's "Together at Christmas" Carol Service at Westminster Abbey on Dec. 5, 2025
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Prince William talked about parenting Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis on a BBC 1 radio show
The Prince of Wales, 43, reflected on Radio 1's Life Hacks: Mental Health Special on Feb. 18
The heir to the throne said his children share "all the details" about their feelings
Prince William says that Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are always keen to talk about how they're feeling.
The Prince of Wales, 43, made the revelation during an unannounced appearance on BBC Radio 1's Life Hacks: Mental Health Special, released on Feb. 18. The panel discussion focused on male mental health and suicide, and the heir to the throne reflected on the open dialogue he shares with his children about their emotions.
The conversation kicked off when host Greg James asked the heir to the throne, "William, do you notice that your children talk openly about their feelings, their day, how they were feeling about a certain thing?"
"Yeah, sometimes too much," the Prince of Wales joked, which made his fellow panelists laugh. "I get all the details, which I love, you know, it's amazing."
Prine George, Prince William, Prince Louis, Kate Middleton and Princess Charlotte on Christmas 2025.
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"And being able to understand it, have time with it, decipher it, sometimes, cause like the guys are saying, you feel a sense that you need to fix it, for everyone and that I find quite difficult," Prince William continued. "I have to remind myself that you don't need to fix everything, but you need to listen and it's important just to be okay with those feelings and those comments. But like everyone was saying, for the next generation, that understanding emotions is okay. You're going to have uncomfortable emotions and you're going to have really great emotions, there's a huge spectrum of in between."
Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton, have long made raising awareness around mental health a priority of their royal work, and William shared what shapes his perspective today.
"I think my understanding, learning about mental health through my journey, has been about seeing how the previous generations try and understand why they didn't talk about it. So for me to understand where we are now, I need to understand where we've been," he explained.
The royal reflected on how previous generations didn't discuss their emotions, and that became a pattern, putting the onus on people today to "break the cycle" of silence.
"I think the situation with the World Wars, generations before us, couldn't talk about their emotions. They saw and they went through some really horrendous things that no matter how much you try and talk about it, it wouldn't have really helped anyone. So they, as a generation, decided, probably not deliberately, but they just kept to themselves. They then hand that mantle on to the next generation, again not deliberately, but by sort of, that's all they knew. And we have to break that cycle where it's, you know, you have to talk about your emotions," Prince William said.
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"You can't just bottle them up and pretend they don't exist, because that's when it all goes wrong and you end up drinking lots, unraveling, being in torment. And so it's important, I think, that we understand where we are now. We've got a long way to go in this journey of mental health, but it's really crucial we know where we've come from because that is such important growth for all of us to get our heads around where we're trying to head to."
Prince William on "Life Hacks" on BBC Radio 1.
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The Prince of Wales appeared on the special episode with rappers Professor Green and Guvna B, a young man named Nathan and Allan Brownrigg, Director of Clinical Services at James' Place. Prince William is patron of James' Place, a suicide prevention charity dedicated to helping suicidal men, and he shouted out the organization as one that can be a "stepping stone" to help those in crisis.
Elsewhere in the episode, William spoke about the "tools" he uses to navigate his mental health and called for more male role models to discuss their mental well-being.
"We need more male role models out there, kind of talking about it and normalizing it so that it becomes something that is second nature to all of us," the prince said.
In October 2025, the Prince and Princess of Wales launched the National Suicide Prevention Network. The initiative united charities from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales to transform how suicide is understood and can be prevented across the U.K.
The royal family was affected by suicide when royal family member Thomas Kingston died at age 45 in February 2024.
If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health challenges, emotional distress, substance use problems, or just needs to talk, call or text 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org 24/7.
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