The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's children Prince George and Princess Charlotte will be the stars of their aunt Pippa's wedding next month.
Catherine's
younger sister Pippa will marry banker James Matthews at St Mark's
Church, Englefield near the Middleton home in Berkshire on 20th May.
George will be a pageboy and Charlotte who will turn two next week will
be a flower girl. The Duchess will not have a formal role on the day but
is expected to give a reading at the church.
It
has been confirmed that Prince Harry will also be present at the
wedding. He will most likely join the Cambridges who will be staying as
guests of Carole and Mike Middleton at their family home in Bucklebury.
It will be a very busy time for the bride's parents who will host the reception in a marquee on their grounds.
Heads Together
Catherine, William and Harry have been undertaking several speaking engagements in the last few weeks to promote their organisation Heads Together.
Heads Together is an umbrella for the mental health charities that the royal trio support:
Last weekend's London Marathon chose the organisation as this year's beneficiary.
Prince Harry spoke about his struggle to process the grief for his mother, the late Princess of Wales who died 20 years ago. Harry was just 12 when he lost his mother and bottled up his feelings because he didn't see the benefit in dredging up sadness.
From express.co.uk
"The fifth in line to the throne
said he sought help when he was 28 after his brother the Duke of
Cambridge intervened. Harry, 32, said he had "shut down all my emotions"
for almost two decades after losing his mother but often felt anxiety
during royal engagements and on the verge of punching someone.
The
Prince, now a much calmer individual, admitted he took up boxing to try
to control his aggression but for a long time felt that lining in the
public eye he could be "very close to a complete breakdown on numerous
occasions".
In
an interview with the Daily Telegraph journalist Bryony Gordon, he said
he had spent his teenagers years and early twenties determined not to
think about his mother after losing her when he was 12.
“I have
probably been very close to a complete breakdown on numerous occasions
when all sorts of grief and sort of lies and misconceptions and
everything are coming to you from every angle," he said.
Asked
whether he had been to see a 'shrink' to offload his thoughts, he said:
“I’ve done that a couple of times, more than a couple of times, but it’s
great.”
I have probably been very close to a complete breakdown on numerous occasions. Harry admitted that he had turned to boxing as an outlet for his frustration.
My way of dealing with it was sticking my head in the sand, refusing to ever think about my mum, because why would that help?
“During
those years I took up boxing, because everyone was saying boxing is
good for you and it’s a really good way of letting out aggression,” he
said.
“And that really
saved me because I was on the verge of punching someone, so being able
to punch someone who had pads was certainly easier.”
He eventually
asked for help with the encouragement of William, 34, and others close
to him, who told him: “Look, you really need to deal with this. It is
not normal to think that nothing has affected you.”
Since learning
to talk honestly about his feelings, he said, he now feels able to put
“blood, sweat and tears” into making a difference for others.
Prince Harry said he turned to boxing following his mother's death“The
experience I have had is that once you start talking about it, you
realise that actually you’re part of quite a big club,” he said.
He
said he counted himself lucky that it was "only two years … of total
chaos" before he learned to talk about his mental health problems. "I
just couldn’t put my finger on it,” he said. “I just didn’t know what
was wrong with me."
He had even found himself battling a "flight or fight" reaction without understanding why when he was on official royal duties.
He insisted it was all about Diana and nothing to do with his experiences serving two two tours of duty in Afghanistan."
