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Stiff upper lip?

Harry served two tours of Afghanistan before leaving the military in 2017.

It wasn’t until Prince William sat his brother down - after Prince Harry’s ‘wild child’ years had him become regular tabloid fodder - that the young royal decided to get help.

“My brother was a huge blessing. He kept saying ‘This is not right, this is not normal - you need to talk about stuff. It’s not normal to think that nothing’s affected you’.

“It was 20 years of not thinking about it, then two years of total chaos. I didn’t know what was wrong with me.”

Prince Harry and William and the Duchess of Cambridge have since supported the campaign Heads Together which encourages young people to talk openly about their mental health issues.

Prince William has blasted the royal tradition of keeping a “stiff upper lip” ever since he had to persuade his brother to get help.

“There may be a time and a place for the ‘stiff upper lip’ but not at the expense of your health,” William said.

- FINAL CALL: Princes’ regret over last words to Diana, TheChronicle.com.au, July 23, 2017.

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