Prince William and Gareth Southgate talk about mental health awareness

president of English Football Association, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, spoke to England manr Gareth Southgate earlier this month as part of his #SoundofSupport campaign to promote mental health awareness.

conversation, which took place at Sandringham Estate in rfolk, saw Southgate share his experiences of overcoming challenges which have had an impact upon his own mental health.

y also reflected on effects of coronavirus pandemic on UK's mental wellbeing and role football can play in encouraging more people to seek support.

video was released on eve of Heads Up FA Cup Final, which has been officially renamed to highlight mental health awareness and help to spark a national conversation about issue.

Just as David Beckham spoke to Prince last week about strain he felt under after being sent off in a World Cup match against Argentina, Southgate reflected on penalty miss against Germany at Euro '96 that ended England's hopes of a first major title since 1966.

"You walk away from stadium feeling that ultimately you are person who is responsible for that finishing," Southgate said.

"I never felt anger, actually I just felt regret, remorse, responsibility. To a small degree that still lives with me, to have failed under pressure, under that huge spotlight is hard professionally to take. It's tough because even w I still have regrets for team I played with. So although I've had elements of resurrection and redemption, team I played with missed opportunity to win a major tournament and those guys didn't get ar chance... reality is, we have to face those things, and we can't hide from m. I can't hide from fact that happened. n I have a decision in how I approach dealing with it and time has given me opportunity to put that into better perspective."

" idea of being able to talk about it is t a weakness. idea of being able to be open about your emotions and fix a problem is a positive. It's a strength, t a weakness," William said. "And I think that that culture is something that we hopefully are seeing a slight shift in."