The touching moment Prince Harry comforts grieving 6-year-old boy: "Everything will be fine"
Losing a parent is never easy regardless of how old you are, and in Prince Harry’s case, the death of his mother was a public affair.
Which is why, when he met a six-year-old boy on Tuesday who also lost his mother, he offered his condolences and told him that “life will be alright”.
It started out as a standard royal walkabout. Meeting and greeting fans with eager royalists lined up along the barriers to get a glimpse of the Duke and Duchess.
But it was then that Harry met six-year-old schoolboy Otia Nante and his grandmother Te Nante, 52, who then handed a letter to the Duke that her grandson had written himself.
She told him: “He really looks up to you because he actually lost his mummy too.”
In what can only be described as a moment of heartfelt kindness, Harry proceeded to take the little boy’s arm before he asked how old he was when she passed away.
The little boy responded by saying, “Nearly one”.
Harry then said, “Don’t worry about having just one parent, where’s your dad?”
To which his grandmother revealed that she was responsible for raising the young boy.
Harry then looked at Otia in the eyes and said: “Life will always be alright, you know that?
“I made it to 34 years old and life is great. I have a beautiful wife and a baby on the way, your life is going to be sorted, don’t you worry about that.”
After offering his advice, the Prince took a selfie with Otia, who was ecstatic with joy.
News.com.au reported that Otia’s mother had committed suicide and upon hearing the news, the Duke praised his grandmother for her commitment to raising him.
He said to her, “You’re doing a great job, Nan. Nans are so important in our lives.”
Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, the grandmother revealed the conversation she had with the royal and said, “Harry just said, ‘Everything will be fine, you will grow up to be strong and positive.'”