Here's a picture gallery of the The Prince of Wales's visit to a County Durham company and of hgim opening a new centre which will provide a crucial lifeline to men experiencing suicidal crisis.
Prince William spoke to men who struggled with their mental health during a visit to the newly opened James’ Place in Newcastle.
It is the third centre to be opened by the charity, which was founded in 2008 by Clare Milford Haven and Nick Wentworth-Stanley, following the death of their son James.
Charity trustee Richard Swallow thanked the prince for coming to open the centre, and referred to the King being back on public-facing duties, and said: “It is good to see your father is out today.”
William replied: “Yes, yes, exactly.”The prince is a long-standing mental health advocate.
William’s visit comes after the death in February of Thomas Kingston, 45, the son-in-law of the Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, who was found with severe head injuries at his parents’ Cotswolds home, with a gun nearby.
Earlier in the day the prince visited Low Carbon Materials, which was a 2022 finalist for his Earthshot Prize.
William wore a white lab coat and safety goggles at the business in Seaham, County Durham, as he learnt how to make and test carbon-negative concrete samples for the construction industry using a material called Osto.
He met officials from National Highways, which has partnered with Low Carbon Materials, and spoke to investors and board members at the firm.
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During the meeting William asked: “How do we get (the product) bigger” and joked that the company should say: “There’ll be no more potholes,” adding: “Potholes are the bane of everyone’s life.”
The future king said: “How do we get more people to see it… and know that this stuff is genuinely on the way to providing net zero roads, in theory, the full cycle of net zero homes.
“I mean there’s a world of things we could be doing here. I just think these guys are on to something.”
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