The Prince of Wales has joined the crew of a group of Royal Navy submariners who’ve taken on a Transatlantic rowing problem to boost cash to help the psychological well being and wellbeing of their colleagues.
William, Commander-in-Chief of the Submarine Service, has launched a YouTube video of his go to to the members of the HMS Oardacious crew as they took half in a coaching session on Dorney Lake in Buckinghamshire.
HMS Oardacious was arrange in 2019 to fundraise via submariners taking up the problem of rowing throughout the Atlantic with £110,000 being raised to this point.
In January 2020, 4 serving Royal Navy submariners grew to become the quickest navy group in historical past to row throughout any ocean, spending 37 days, 6 hours and 40 minutes battling throughout the North Atlantic to achieve Antigua as a part of the annual Atlantic Problem.
Within the brief movie, William meets co-founders, Lieutenant Commander Callum Fraser and Lieutenant Commander Hugo Mitchell-Heggs, in addition to Chief Petty Officer Jon Norfolk who took half within the 2022 group and Lieutenant Isobel Rawlinson who’s seeking to captain an all-female group in 2024.
The prince takes to the water and does his bit rowing as he chats to the members of HMS Oardacious which have crews lined up for this yr’s occasion and for 2024.
A Kensington Palace spokesman mentioned: “Collectively they focus on the significance of managing our psychological well being and the way train can be utilized as a software to assist handle it.
“The crew additionally share their experiences of crossing the Atlantic, the challenges they confronted and the influence it had on each their bodily and psychological well being.
“Again within the boathouse, William hears from the crew in additional depth about how they handle their psychological well being, the help they supply to one another as a group, and the work HMS Oardacious does to boost consciousness and fight the stigma related to speaking about psychological wellbeing.”
Talking in the course of the movie, William mentioned: “Understanding our help networks is essential as a result of lots of people don’t have these help networks and with the ability to type shut bonds and realise that the one manner we’re going to get via all of that is to help one another and pull one another via.”
The video has been launched as a part of Psychological Well being Consciousness Week which runs till Sunday, Might 21, and follows visits by the Princess of Wales to The Dame Kelly Holmes Belief in Bathtub and the Anna Freud Centre in London to spotlight the occasion.
