Prince Harry offered a rare glimpse into how his children are settling into their new school and how he addressed a case of ‘Monday blues’.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex recently returned to the UK, with their children, Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, who have now begun a new chapter at school.
After arriving in the UK in time to start the Autumn term, the young royals were pulled out of their school due to security and logistical concerns relating to their commute. It is unclear where they are now going to school.
During his annual appearance at the WellChild Awards, Harry opened up about family life and revealed how he helped his children through a bout of the ‘Monday blues’.
While speaking to attendees on Monday (21 September) he told Hello Magazine: “At breakfast this morning, they had a bit of Monday blues. It was always Sunday night blues when you’re being sent away to boarding school like I was, but for them, at breakfast this morning, I decided, you know what? You’re just being a little bit tricky, so I’m going to tell you exactly what I’m doing tonight.”
Harry said he turned the moment into a meaningful chat about the children and families he would be meeting later that day.
WellChild is a charity that helps children and young people with serious health needs be cared for at home.
Prince Harry visited children at the WellChild Awards (Aaron Chown – Pool/Getty Images)
The annual ceremony celebrates the children and those who care for them. Harry became a patron for the charity in 2007, years before becoming a parent himself.
“They were genuinely fascinated and asking all sorts of questions,” Harry recalled. “So, like with all of my work and their mum’s work as well, whatever we can do to try to instil some of that awareness, I think is absolutely crucial.”
Harry said becoming a parent himself has changed how he looks at health.
“Once you become a parent, it does change everything,” Harry shared. “It’s not the fact that for all the years that I wasn’t a parent that meeting the kids didn’t matter as much, but you suddenly realise how grateful you are to have kids that aren’t sick.”
“And again, day in, day out, coming off the back of kids being out [of school] for 11 weeks… but you find yourself going, ‘Wow, in that room with those parents, you really can’t complain about anything,’” he continued. “Of course, it’s all relative, but the inspiration that I get from these guys – not just the kids, but the parents themselves – it fills me up for a whole year.”
Regarding the school switch for the Sussex children, Hello previously reported that heavy traffic on the drive to and from their first choice has already dissuaded Meghan and Harry from continuing to send Archie and Lilibet there, after their private security team raised concerns.
“The decision for the children to move school was taken following a discussion with the family’s security team about the practicalities of their current arrangements,” a spokesperson for the couple told the publication.
“The parents remain extremely grateful to all the teachers and staff for the love, care and effort they have shown their family. This decision should in no way be interpreted as a reflection on the school or the exceptional care the children have received there.”
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