Prince Harry traveled to Australia last week for the Invictus Games. During the opening ceremony, Harry was crossing the Sydney Harbor Bridge.

While the ceremony was going on, Harry stopped to talk to a grieving war widow. Though his team of staffers pressured the royal to move along, he was not having any of it.

The widow was 41 year-old Gwen Cherne, whose husband was Officer Peter J. Cafe of the Australian special forces. Sadly, Peter committed suicide back in February of last year. Gwen was chosen to be an ambassador at the opening ceremony and to the Invictus flag atop the bridge. She was joined by Harry, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and three veterans in doing this.

As they climbed the bridge, Gwen opened up to Harry about what happened to her husband, and her story touched his heart. The two talked for ten minutes and shared a hug, but when Harry’s staff pressured him to keep going, he had a quick response for them.

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“He stopped and said, ‘I’m in the middle of a conversation, and I’m not going to leave this,'” Gwen recalled.

Harry has long been a champion of mental health, and just a few days before this, he had talked about the importance of people getting help for depression.

“We were talking about my story and mental health and how difficult it is still, in our society, to talk about grief and loss and suicide,” he said. “And how important things like the Invictus Games are to shedding light on, and allowing people to start to have these conversations that are great to have.”

We’re so glad to see that Harry has grown into such a thoughtful and caring young man! Princess Diana would be so proud of him!

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