The Duchess of Cambridge helped save Prince William after he left his “dysfunctional family” 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 38-year-old Duke of Cambridge was in a “very difficult place” after losing his mother Princess Diana at the age of 15 in 1997.
The young prince also witnessed the public break-up of his marriage to his father, the Prince of Wales, and his mother before their separation in 1992.
Levin stated that Kate, 39, who married William on April 29, 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London, “really encouraged” the Duke and has dedicated “his whole life to the happy one “.
He added that the mother of three “has helped William become a husband” by introducing him greatly to his own family and spending time with a normal family and acting as a father “.
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The Duchess of Cambridge helped save Prince William (pictured together) after he left his “dysfunctional family” making him “feel important and worthy”, according to a royal expert
Princess Diana and Prince Charles with a young Prince William in the gardens of London’s Kensington Palace in 1984
Speaking of the upcoming 10th wedding anniversary of the Duke and Duchess and the strength of their relationship, Levin said: “I think Kate has helped save William.
“I think it was very difficult to leave a dysfunctional family, to lose my mother so young and I think she was in a very difficult place.
“She’s really encouraged him. I think his whole life is about making him happy. He found things that really make him feel important and worthy instead of going to cut ribbons.
“I think it has helped him become a husband by introducing him a lot to his own family and spending time with a normal family and acting as a father.”
Angela Levin claimed that Kate, 39, who married William on April 29, 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London (pictured), “really encouraged” the Duke and has dedicated to him. ” all my life to make him happy “.
This week, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge continued their engagements and sympathized with nursing students and told them that starting internships in a pandemic should be a “baptism of fire” during a video call on Tuesday.
Prince William and Kate spoke with young men and women from the University of Ulster to learn more about their experience of studying during the pandemic and to experience the front line of the Northern Ireland Covid-19 response.
When three students were around a mannequin in a bed while assessing the patient simulation, Prince William said, “It’s very difficult for you to get directly into a pandemic, I imagine. That’s really baptism by fire. .
“I imagine it’s been totally crazy and very hard to find your feet … with the fire on all the time.”
This week, Prince William and Kate spoke on Tuesday with nursing students at the University of Ulster to learn more about their study experiences during the pandemic on Tuesday
Stephanie Dunleavey, professor at the School of Nursing at the University of Ulster, pictured left, followed by, left to right view, Elizabeth (Lisa) Semerdzhieva, a 3rd year Nursing student, Rachel Reid, 3rd year Nursing student, Paige Murray, 3rd year Nursing student
“It’s scary,” said Elizabeth Semerdzhieva, a third-grader. ‘Although at first it was scary, now you want to go out more. You can’t wait to get into practice and feel that you are helping. That’s what we were born to do. “
Kate, who combined a smart blazer with a round neck, added: “Nursing is one of the most confident professions in the country. You couldn’t have chosen a better career. Now it’s needed more than ever.
“You already have almost three generations: the ones coming back from retirement, and you guys doing your training and you’re stepping up, demonstrating real commitment and real teamwork, and it really should be celebrated, so well done.”
The Cambridges also chatted separately with first-year adult nursing student Abigail McGarvey, who told them, “It’s not ideal and it’s unfortunate that you have your patients when they can’t see their families, and there are some who have been in the hospital for months, have no one else to talk to other than us.
The Cambridges chatted separately with Abigail McGarvey, a first-year adult nursing student who has kept a video diary to illustrate a typical change during her first stay as a student nurse.
“But that’s part of the job and that’s what makes it so enjoyable, because they don’t have the emotional support of their family that they would have been receiving. It’s really important that we be there.
We are there if they have a bad day. We are there when they also have good days. It is very nice to be there for them.
He added that his grandmother, mother and sister were nurses and commented, “I couldn’t really escape it.”
Abigail kept a video diary to illustrate a typical change during her first stay as a nursing student.
In the images, she is seen getting up for a night shift, traveling to work and putting on personal protective equipment (PPE) with a mask, apron, gloves and visor; later higher quality protection is put in place to work with Covid-19 positive patients.
Abigail McGarvey (pictured left) explained to the royal family some of the challenges she had faced, including the emotional impact of patients unable to receive visits from their families.
William asked if training in a pandemic had changed his thoughts about becoming a nurse and the student replied, “She has really confirmed that this is what I want to do for the rest of my life: this is the job that I had to do it. ”
Abigail continued: “I appeared on my first day in the wards and within a few hours there was a massive cardiac arrest.
“And seeing everything come up in the air, and how the team comes together, and how everyone really works to take care of these patients, it really consolidated that that’s exactly what I want to do.”
Ranked in the top 50 nursing schools in the world, the School of Nursing at the University of Ulster has approximately 1600 students enrolled.
At the start of the pandemic, in March 2020, students were asked to join the front line.
Student internships were adapted to meet the needs and demands of the health service, with the majority of students located in COVID-19 areas, in both hospital and community settings.
The Royal Beat: Available on True Royalty TV starting Saturday the 13th