Overview

• Rev Tommy MacNeil reported that the monarch was very concerned about negative influences on young people during a private discussion at Balmoral after a service at Crathie Kirk.
• The minister said King Charles was well briefed on The Shed Project’s mental health work on the Isle of Lewis and was fully appreciative of its efforts.
• According to MacNeil, the King warned that social media is nearly impossible to police and urged finding ways to counter its harms.
• News reports note there has been no official palace statement or new policy move, as existing UK online safety rules took effect in July to limit harmful content to children.
• Coverage places the remarks alongside Prince William’s campaigns and the Sussexes’ Lost Screen Memorial in April highlighting online harms to children; Queen Camilla did not join the post-service talk.