Prince William reveals ‘very traumatic’ call outs when working for EAAA
Prince William has revealed that responding to callouts involving children during his time working for UK air ambulance charity East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) took him ‘over the edge’.
Prince William has revealed that responding to callouts involving children during his time working for UK air ambulance charity East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) took him ‘over the edge’.
“I worked several times on very traumatic jobs involving children,” he said. “After I had my own children, I think the relationship between the job and the personal life was what really took me over the edge, and I started feeling things that I have never felt before. Talking was really important, but even that wasn't quite enough for one particular incident for me.”
Prince William was speaking at This Can Happen conference in London, which aims to tackle mental health issues in the workplace. He worked for the air ambulance service for two years, joining after completing military service.
During the conference the Prince described how overwhelmed he often was by the job and the hours staff needed to work.