Did you ever imagine it will grow like this?

William: I think when we first started it, it started as a very small idea with Harry

and I scratching our heads going, “How... how can we do something that's going to help

us in the future?

How are we going to build something that's going to provide almost a vehicle to allow

us to impact in charitable areas?”

Because it was quite difficult at the time.

Harry and I used to go to a lot of engagements and see these incredible charities doing really

great work, but felt that we... we could give more, and how could we do that?

And so, the foundation idea sort of bubbled up as a sort of vehicle to be able to do more

when we... when we walked away from these engagements.

Interviewer: So, you both take credit for coming up with the idea?

William: Totally.

Interviewer: Are there any particular moments that stand out for you or people you've met

along the way?

William: I think, for me, I think, probably, you know, after while it was quite a big moment

for me, when I realized the convening power of what we could do.

I think getting the 7 leading global conservation NGOs and charities together in 1 room, and

getting them to unite behind 1 particular focus, I thought that was... that was when

I realized, actually, maybe this... this has got some legs, this has got some real ability

to do something.

Because I found uniting people together, bringing them together made so much... broke down barriers.

It made things move much quicker, much smoother.

And actually, we got more impact from that.

And then leading on to that, that the mental health campaign Heads Together, I think, you

know, basically replicated the same thing, again, on a sort of national scale.

And I think it surprised all of us how much it took off.

And, again, the fact that we had these leading experts who've been working in the mental

health field for way longer than we had, but we felt that we could... we could provide...

well, they provided the foundation and the solidity of the campaign, and we could then

help provide some of the... some of the other conduits.

Interviewer: Duchess, we can definitely give you credit for coming up with the idea to

work together on the campaign around mental health.

How did that come about?

And why was that important for you?

Catherine: That's pretty generous of you to say.

It was an idea.

But actually, it was actually going back to the beginning, when we were looking at the

different ways in which we could all work with the foundation.

And I suppose I'd learned through sort of meeting some of my managers, that there was

sort of all these underlying causes across so many different sectors.

Mental health just kept on flagging up every time, whether it's with addiction or school

support and with vulnerable young children.

So, it's something that I felt very passionate about.

It's obviously such a huge topic.

It wasn't as big as I actually thought it was, but it was something that I think all

3 of us at the time felt that we really could make a far bigger impact together, rather

than just 1 of us acting alone on it.

Interviewer: And how much of a difference did it make the 3 of you behind that call

to action?

Catherine: Right.

I felt...

I've always felt really strongly and sort of putting... putting ideas together.

And sort of, we all had very different areas that were working... working with sort of

Harry with... with knife crime, William with a lot of homelessness, with me with sort of,

yeah, addiction and things.

And I just think being able to sort of come to... come together to find some sort of common...

common ground, and... and be able to sort of, yeah, draw ideas together and find a way

forward, I think that's really, really exciting.

Interviewer: Meghan, you are new to the foundation, but you have lots of experience working with

charities, especially grassroots organizations.

It would be interesting to find out, first of all, your impressions of the Royal foundation

so far, and what you're hoping to do.

Don't be too critical.

Meghan: Yeah, no, of course.

Well, obviously, it's incredibly exciting.

And yes, I think, for me, it's been a very long time working on cause-driven work, specifically

with women and girls' rights.

But, you know, to see the model of the foundation is really interesting.

Because while I've worked with larger NGOs, I've also worked with really small grassroots

organizations where you can see a higher level of impact, in my opinion, because there's

a lot less red tape.

What you're seeing here, and what I noticed with Heads Together from a global perspective

(because I wasn't here, obviously, when it was happening) was the power of convening

all of these smaller organizations who have the same issue, but need that extra push and

support, under this umbrella, you're able to achieve that.

And the impact they all made with Heads Together was tremendous.

So, I'm very excited to be able to work on initiatives similarly, and that can have that

same sort of impact globally.

Interviewer: And it's great that you are now able to work together (that's exciting) on

things that you are passionate about.

How do you think, Prince Harry, you can make the most impact through your work with the

foundation going forward?

Harry: I think as Williams touched on, as we've mentioned in the past, it's all about

changing mindsets.

I think the biggest successes that... that the Royal foundation has had to date is all

based around changing mindsets, whether it's the perception of wounded, injured, and sick

servicemen and women across the globe.

Interviewer: The Invictus Games.

Harry: Invictus Games... well, part of the Invictus Games and endeavor fund as well.

But also Heads Together.

You know, Heads Together was a... is an amazing convening power, but also the perception of

mental health now across this country and also in other countries has changed without

a doubt.

I think the timing was... the timing was... was absolutely perfect on that.

But again, it's... it's all about tackling the cause and not the symptom.

I think in today's society, we have... it's very easy to get sucked into trying to sort

out the symptom.

We... we have the 4 of us and everybody at the Royal Foundation, and all of our supporters,

hopefully, believe that actually, in order to have long lasting change, to have a long

lasting impact, you have to somewhat ignore the symptom, or go to the symptom, talk, listen

to them, and then come wind all the way back to find out the cause.

Because otherwise, you're just putting a Band-Aid on the problem.

And, you know, in some instances, I think some organizations, that's... that's all they

can do.

But we realize that with this very unique opportunity, this unique platform, that we

have to be tackling the cause of the problem.

And I think youth violence within... within the UK at the moment is a classic example

where, you know, back end of last year, knife crime skyrocketed.

And I spoke to some of... some of the people at Royal Foundation said, “Right, knife

crime, let's look into it.”

But in reality, knife crime is a symptom of a cause.

So, therefore, go and speak to the young people (which is what we're doing), speak to those

communities, and actually listen to what they think the problems are.

And then rewind all the way back and go, “Right, what is... what is the root cause of all of

these different issues?”

Then you...

I mean, effectively, you're saving money as well, because you'll say, “Right, we're

investing all of our time, all of our effort into this problem.

And we're going to... by fixing that, we're going to fix...”

Interviewer: So, you're not coming in telling them what to do.

You are helping them to come up... facilitating them coming up with the solutions.

Harry: Exactly what William said in his speech, you know, we are the Royal Foundation.

I'm not saying that other foundations don't listen, but we pride ourselves on going into...

going into a situation, convening people and listening, and hoping that all of those partners

or all those people agree that the problems are the same thing.

Interviewer: So far, your work has covered a wide range of issues, supporting the armed

forces, conservation, young people, mental health.

What do you want to focus on next?

William: And I think we've looked at ways of collaborating again.

I think it'd be wonderful if we could do another project or another campaign, you know, sort

of similar impact Heads Together with, you know, as a unit, as a family.

But I think we've got to be careful how and when we target those moments.

You've got to use them carefully, and you've got to plan for them.

They take a lot of preparation to do.

And I think each of us have got our own ideas and work streams that we'd like to build them.

For me personally, I think, following on from Heads Together, tackling male mental health.

There's still a huge stigma and taboo around male mental health.

Suicide, for instance, among young men is one of the biggest killers in the country.

Some of the statistics that came out from Heads Together was that we've managed to create

800,000 new conversations amongst men on mental health, which we thought was really good.

And the other interesting facts as well was that only 2% of people at work go to HR to

talk about mental health, 2%.

So, that shows that, you know, work is one of the most stressful places that we go to

every day.

And the fact is that people aren't feeling like they can go to work and actually speak

to those people who, in theory, know the system and know what your... the environment you're

working in.

And that we've got to... we've got to really do something about mental health in the workplace

as well.

So, I think on that side of things, there's quite a lot to do there.

I'm still very keen on working with Glasgow Life from the conservation.

The Glasgow Life trade has got a big year.

We've got the last conference coming up in London in October, and I'm hoping we get senior

representation from around the world comes to that.

Cyberbullying is another area.

Recently, we got a bit of traction with social media companies and the internet companies

came together onto the task force, which The Royal Foundation helped put together to try

and bring everyone together to fix what is a growing problem, which is obviously cyberbullying

and online activity, basically keeping children safe online.

So, I think those are sort of key areas I'm really working on.

One of the big things that we've discussed as well, which we'd really love to obviously,

it's sort of pie in the sky theory at the moment, it's kind of ambitious (but we like

to be ambitious, very ambitious) is the idea of a big tackling or linking into all the

big foundations in the world.

So, as I say, in my speech, there's a lot of foundations out there with an incredible

amount of money and a credible amount of ability to move things forwards.

But I think what we can bring as a Royal Foundation is that convening efforts.

And I think he put some of the big foundations in the world together, along with our convening

power of the Royal foundation.

And if we focus on certain big issues, hopefully global, I think we can make a really big difference.

So, I'm really excited about the future in that sense.

Interviewer: And, Duchess, what are you most excited about when it comes to the future

of your work with the foundation?

Catherine: There's lots that I think.

I'm hugely excited about with the foundation from the foundation's perspective.

Mentioning before about working together, you know, look at...

William is looking at some long-term perspectives.

You know, imagine if we were able to do sort of ads together campaign with another generation

of members of the royal family, I think that's so exciting to think that, with so many more

of us working on the same cause, or similar causes, we could make a real impact.

And I will say, for me, personally, it's I'm really interested in keeping going with the

sort of the mental health element and really focusing on some of the ideas, early intervention,

looking at how early can we go back ready to support the next generation to help break

the cycle.

And looking at how to support parents and families, bring up the next generation of

mentally sort of happy and well children, but also helping them have the tools as well

to cope with the challenges of modern-day family and parenthood.

Interviewer: And how does your own personal experience feed into that?

Because I know, those issues that you mentioned, early intervention, coping with parenthood,

supporting the next generation of mothers are issues that are very close to your heart.

Catherine: Absolutely.

And I've learned a huge amount from facility patches that I've worked with, but also some

of the amazing experts that I met along the way.

And, you know, it... you can't help but reflect on your... your own life, and it's definitely

had an impact on how I sort of how I look at how I mother, how we work as a family,