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Prince William has urged Australians to “look out for themselves and each other” as he heard the stories of four flood victims during a “heartbreaking” video call.
Kensington Palace released footage of the Prince of Wales speaking to Australians across the country who had been devastated by flooding on Friday.
On the call were Daniel Cleave and Curtis Arthur, business owners from Shepparton in Victoria, Grace Langlands, a member of the New South Wales Emergency Service, Brad Flowers from South Australia, the publican, and Maureen Carter, the Service’s chief executive. of Nindilingarri Cultural Health in Kimberly in Western Australia. .
The King listened intently and nodded as each participant described the impacts of the flooding before ending with a note on mental health.
“There are people like you who look out for each other and support each other,” he tells the stunned Australians.
‘Make sure you take care of yourself and those in your communities who need it, because some people will suffer in silence.
“I just want to make sure they take care of themselves and each other, that’s very important.”
William listened intently and nodded as each participant described the effects of the flooding in their region before ending with a note on mental health.
Ms Langlands said flood-affected areas in New South Wales looked like a war zone.
“Just force, cars on cars, and never realizing the power behind the water and the damage it can cause,” he said.
Mr Flowers, owner of the Overland Corner Hotel in Upper Murray, said he was still delivering supplies to people in his community.
‘Everyone is helping, leaving food and drinks,’ he told the Prince.
We’re a pretty tough bunch, old Aussies.
The publican took to Facebook to share his conversation with the Prince of Wales, joking that news of his local watering hole’s closure had reached Kensington Palace.
“We were lucky enough to have a video call and long chat with our good friend His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales William,” he wrote.
I wanted to talk about our closure and the Riverland flooding. He asked us to pass on his thoughts and best wishes to all of our wonderful community that is struggling right now.”
Kensington Palace released footage of the Prince of Wales speaking to Australians from different flood-hit regions on Friday.
Brad Flowers, the owner of the Overland Corner Hotel in Upper Murray, told the Prince that he was still delivering supplies to people in his community.
Mrs. Carter told the Prince that while times were hard, they would carry on.
“We are very resilient, I think we will come out ahead,” he said.
Cleave, a business owner in flood-ravaged Shepparton in Victoria, posted a photo of the Zoom call on Facebook.
“Not every Friday you have a video call with Prince William,” he said.
The Royal also tweeted about the conference, writing: “Encouraging but heartbreaking to speak to some of those affected by severe flooding in Australia.”
Kensington Palace said William had made an undisclosed donation to the Australian Red Cross to help with cleanup efforts in flood-affected areas.
Flood damage to a town’s heated swimming pool building in Forbes in west-central New South Wales on Thursday
Kensington Palace said William (pictured on the video call) had made an undisclosed donation to the Australian Red Cross to help with cleanup efforts in flood-affected areas.
Australia has been plagued by flooding for the past 12 months, with parts of Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia particularly hard hit in the last month.
It was recently announced that 2022 was the ninth wettest year on record, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
The prince, who is next in line to the throne, has kept a low profile since his younger brother Harry, the Duke of Sussex, published his memoir, Spare.
He and his wife, Catherine Middleton, are at the center of several of the Duke’s explosive claims, with the book rapidly breaking sales records around the world.