Overview

• An eight-minute Kensington Palace video released on World Mental Health Day shows William in Cardiff listening to survivor Rhian Mannings and urging people to speak early about suicidal thoughts.
• Mannings recounts losing her one-year-old son in 2012 and her husband five days later, and her charity 2Wish joins the network to support bereaved families.
• The Royal Foundation commits about £1 million over an initial three years to establish the National Suicide Prevention Network.
• Around 20 organisations will collaborate to improve understanding of causes, connect people to low-threshold help, and strengthen coordination across the UK.
• William’s on-camera message stresses destigmatizing conversation as the primary tool to prevent suicide, with the network now formally launched.