Prince William consoled a grieving schoolboy during a visit to a centre helping vulnerable people, telling him the pain of losing his mother will get "easier".
Putting a hand on Deacon's shoulder, William said: "It gets easier.".
The duke and duchess spent about 15 minutes talking to the schoolboy and his great-grandmother, Carole Ellis, during a visit to Church on the Street in Burnley, Lancashire, a centre that helps people struggling with poverty, homelessness, addiction or other problems.
The royal couple had asked to visit the centre, housed in a former gym, after watching a BBC television report in December about its work with Burnley's most vulnerable people during the coronavirus pandemic and finding it "very moving"
"He thought it was a footballer coming here so he was gutted when he found out it was William and Kate," one volunteer at the centre said
William and Kate went to Burnley after seeing television reports about the work of Pastor Mick Fleming, who set up Church on the Street in 2019 to help the homeless and disadvantaged living in Burnley and surrounding areas
Pastor Mick, who leads church services, said he hoped the visit would help provide extra support for the people using his services
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