Prince William fights back tears in emotional interview on suicide

Prince William has fought back tears during an emotional conversation with a woman who lost her husband to suicide, in a video released by Kensington Palace Friday.

LONDON — Prince William has fought back tears during an emotional conversation with a woman who lost her husband to suicide, in a video released by Kensington Palace Friday.

William, 43, was speaking to campaigner Rhian Mannings at her home in south Wales. Mannings lost her one-year-old son, George suddenly in 2012 to an undiagnosed illness. Five days later, her husband Paul died by suicide. Mannings said Paul blamed himself for their son's death.

Mannings has since used her experience to launch a charity aimed at supporting parents who suffer the loss of a child or young adult.

The video was released on World Mental Health Day to highlight suicide prevention efforts. The Prince and Princess of Wales’ Royal Foundation is launching a new National Suicide Prevention Network, aiming to bring charities together to transform suicide prevention in the U.K. Manning’s charity 2Wish will be part of the network. According to statistics cited in the video, someone in the U.K. dies by suicide every 90 minutes.

Prince William becomes emotional hearing the story of a man's suicide in a recent film released by the royals for World Mental Health Day. The Prince and Princess of Wales / YouTube“I will forever go over those last few days with him wondering what I missed," Mannings says about her Paul's suicide. "We were just so happy and I think this just shows it really can happen to anyone.”