Kate Middleton

“We need to help young people and their parents understand that it's not a sign of weakness to ask for help.”

“The most memorable engagement for me, I suppose, was an away-day to Leicester. I went without William, so I was rather apprehensive about that.”

“We hope to encourage George and Charlotte to speak about their feelings, and to give them the tools and sensitivity to be supportive peers to their friends as they get older.”

“Nothing can really prepare you for you the sheer overwhelming experience of what it means to become a mother. It is full of complex emotions of joy, exhaustion, love, and worry, all mixed together.”

“William and I feel that every child deserves to be supported through difficult times in their lives.”

“I hope we will be able to have a happy family ourselves.”

“Sadly, for some mothers, this experience can be made so much harder due to challenges with our very mental health.”

“Since beginning my work in areas like addiction, for example, I have seen time and time again that the roots of poor mental health in adulthood are almost always present in unresolved childhood challenges.”

“Everyone teases me in the family that I spend far too long chatting. So I think I've still got to learn a little bit more and to pick up a few more tips, I suppose.”

“Not all children have the anchor of a strong family.”

“Change the way we all talk to each other about our mental health.”

“George loves the T Rex because it's the noisiest and the scariest.”

“I feel enormously proud to be part of East Anglia's Children's Hospices and to see the wonderful life-changing work that you do.”

“You go from thinking of yourself as primarily an individual to suddenly being a mother, first and foremost.”

“Around a third of parents still worry that they will look like a bad mother or father if their child has a mental health problem. Parenting is hard enough without letting prejudices stop us from asking for the help we need for ourselves and our children.”

“Having a child, particularly your first child, is such a life-changing moment. Nothing can really prepare you for that.”

“No, I had the Levis guy on my wall, not a picture of William, sorry.”

“By far the best dressing up outfit I ever had was a wonderful pair of clown dungarees, which my Granny made.”

“I feel very, very lucky that George has got a little sister.”

“Parenting is tough.”