https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8221395/Prince-William-Kate-Middletons-Royal-Foundation-website-update-coronavirus-crisis-work.html Prince William and Kate Middleton's Royal Foundation site reveals royals' plan to provide 'practical support' and help frontline workers with 'mental health needs' in the face of the coronavirus crisis
Prince William, 37, and Kate Middleton's, 38, the official website has been updated
Royal Foundation site features statement about the couple's coronavirus work
Reveals the couple's plan to 'provide practical support to frontline responders'
Also details their plan to promote and support mental health charities
Comes after an expert said the couple would be leading royal response to the crisis
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By Harriet Johnston For Mailonline
Published: 13:16, 15 April 2020 | Updated: 13:31, 15 April 2020
Prince William and Kate Middleton's Royal Foundation site has revealed the couple's plan to provide 'practical support' and help frontline workers with 'mental health needs' amid the coronavirus crisis. A new statement on the Duke, 37, and Duchess of Cambridge's, 38, official website details how their organisation will 'do all it can to support those on the frontline of responding to COVID-19 in the UK.' The update details the couple's plans to connect their patronages with charities that can offer practical support for frontline responders, and plans to promote and support mental health charities, as well as 'thanking and celebrating those working on the frontline' of the crisis. It comes after experts revealed how the Duke and Duchess would 'lead' the royal family in their response to the crisis. Prince William and Kate are currently seeing out the public health crisis at Anmer Hall in Norfolk with their children. The statement about their on-going work, which is displayed on the site's homepage, says that in the weeks coming the foundation will be focused on the coronavirus crisis. It reads: 'The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will do all it can to support those on the frontline of responding to COVID-19 in the UK.'
'In the weeks ahead The Foundation will be working to connect our partners with those who are able to provide practical support to frontline responders and their families. It goes on to detail how the couple will also dedicate time to support mental health charities and patronages, continuing: '[The Foundation will be] doing all we can to promote and support the charities that can play a part in helping responders and their families with their mental health needs. And playing our part in the national effort to thank and celebrate all those working on the frontline of this crisis.'
It comes days after it was announced that Prince William had become a patron of the National Emergencies Trust, which collaborates with charities and other bodies to raise and distribute money, and supports victims at the time of a domestic disaster. In a short video clip released on Kensington Royal's Instagram account on Sunday, William spoke with two beneficiaries of the Trust Dal Dy Dir farm, a community farm in Wales, and Moorlands Community Charity, which runs a food bank and meals on wheels, in Yorkshire. During the video calls, he spoke about how Britain is at its best when faced with a crisis. It comes weeks after sources told Vanity Fair that the Cambridges wanted to revamp' their work in the face of coronavirus. Royal expert Katie Nicholl has also revealed how the Duke would be 'stepping up into statesman role' during the crisis. Prince William was the first member of the royal family to speak to the nation during the crisis in a video and joined Kate to visit an NHS 111 centre last month. Speaking to the Australian website 9Honey, Katie Nicholl said the move was 'significant', adding that the Duke and Duchess were the 'best placed' members of the royal family to be 'pillars of support' for the nation at the moment. She revealed: 'We're seeing William step up in that statesman role. It strikes me as interesting that the first member of the royal family to address the nation has been William.'
The royal expert explained that left Kate and William 'best placed' to lead the family's efforts and support the nation. Katie revealed: 'Obviously William and Kate aren't in the vulnerable sector, therefore they are perhaps the best-placed or among the best placed of the royal family to be able to help at the moment.'
