The Duchess of Cambridge helped rescue Prince William after leaving his ‘dysfunctional family’ by making him feel ‘important and worthy’, according to a royal expert.
Angela Levin, author of Harry: Biography of a Prince, told The Royal Beat of True Royalty TV that the Duke of Cambridge (38) was in a ‘very difficult place’ after his mother Princess Diana at the age of 15 in 1997 lost.
The young prince also saw how his father, the Prince of Wales, and his mother’s public outline of their marriage before their divorce in 1992.
Me. Levin claims that Kate, 39, who married William on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London, ‘really encouraged’ the duke and ‘devoted her whole life to making him happy’.
She added that the mother of three children helped William to be a man by ‘introducing him a lot to her own family and spending time with a normal family and being a father’.
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The Duchess of Cambridge helped rescue Prince William (pictured together) after leaving his ‘dysfunctional family’ by making him ‘feel important and worthy’, according to a royal expert
Princess Diana and Prince Charles with a young Prince William in 1984 in the gardens of Kensington Palace in London
On the upcoming tenth wedding anniversary of the Duke and Duchess and the strength of their relationship, Ms Levin said: ‘I think Kate helped save William.
‘I think it was very difficult for him to come out of a dysfunctional family and lose his mother so young, and I think he was in a very difficult place.
“She really encouraged him. Her whole life is to make him happy, I think. She found things that made him feel really important and worthy rather than just going to cut ribbons.
“I think she helped him be a man by introducing him a lot to her own family and spending time with a normal family and being a father.”
Angela Levin claims Kate, 39, who married William at Westminster Abbey in London (pictured) on April 29, 2011 (pictured), ‘really encouraged’ the duke and ‘devoted her whole life to making him happy’.
This week, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge continued their engagements and sympathize with nurses, telling them that the start of employment in a pandemic should be a ‘baptism of fire’ on Tuesday during a video call.
Prince William and Kate spoke to young men and women from Ulster University to hear more about their experience of studying during the pandemic and the front line of Northern Ireland’s Covid-19 response.
As three students stood around a dummy in a bed as they judged the sham patient, Prince William said: ‘It is very difficult for you to go straight into a pandemic, I would think. It’s really baptism of fire. ‘
“I imagine it was completely crazy and very difficult to find your feet … on fire all the time.”
Prince William and Kate are chatting this week via nursing students from Ulster University via a video call to learn more about their experiences with the study during the pandemic on Tuesday.
Stephanie Dunleavey, lecturer at the School of Nursing, Ulster University, pictured left, followed by, seen from left to right, Elizabeth (Lisa) Semerdzhieva, Year 3 Nursing Student, Rachel Reid, Year 3 Nursing Student, Paige Murray, Year 3 Nursing Student
“It’s scary,” said third-year Elizabeth Semerdzhieva. ‘Even though it was scary at first, you really want to go out now. You can not wait to get into practice, and feel that you are helping. This is what we were born for. ‘
Kate, who paired a smart jacket with a round neck jacket, added: ‘Nursing is one of the most trusted professions in the country. You could not have chosen a better career choice. It is needed now more than ever.
“You’ve now had almost three generations – those coming back from your retirement, and you those doing your training who are performing – it shows true dedication and real teamwork, and it should be really celebrated, done really, really well.”
The Cambridges also spoke separately with Abigail McGarvey, a first-year adult nursing student, who told them: ‘It’s not ideal, and it’s a shame you have patients if they can not see their families, and there are some who have been in the hospital for months, they have no one else to talk to.
The Cambridges spoke separately with Abigail McGarvey, a first-year adult nursing student who kept a video diary to illustrate a typical shift during her first placement as a student nurse.
‘But it’s part of the job, and that’s what makes it so fun, because they do not have the emotional support of their family that they would get. It’s really important that we are there for them.
“We’re there when they’re having a bad day. We are there if they also have good days. It’s really nice to be there for them. ‘
She added that her grandmother, mother and sister were all nurses and remarked, “I could not really escape it.”
Abigail kept a video diary to illustrate a typical shift during her first placement as a student nurse.
In footage, she is seen getting up for a night shift, going to work and putting on personal protective equipment (PPE) from a mask, apron, gloves and visor – later protecting her higher degree for work with Covid-19-positive patients.
Abigail McGarvey (pictured, left) told the royals about some of the challenges she faced, including the emotional impact of patients not being able to visit their families
William asked if training in a pandemic had changed her mind about nursing, to which the student replied, ‘It really confirmed that this is what I want to do for the rest of my life – this is the job I had to do. ‘
Abigail continued: ‘My first day on the wards I showed up and within a few hours there was a massive cardiac arrest.
“And when we saw how everything just goes up in the air, and how the team comes together and how everyone really works to look after these patients, it only reinforced that this is exactly what I want to do.”
Ulster University’s nursing school has about 1600 students registered in the top 50 nursing schools in the world.
At the start of the pandemic in March 2020, students were asked to join the front line.
Student placements are tailored to meet the needs and demands of the health service, with the majority of students being placed in the COVID-19 areas in both hospital and community settings.
The Royal Beat – available on True Royalty TV from Saturday 13th