Prince Harry has been seen comforting a widow as she opened up about having to tell her young son his father had been killed in Afghanistan . Saturday marks armed forces day and a charity that supports bereaved military children, Scotty's Little Soldiers , has released footage of an interview between their founder Nikki Scott and the Duke of Sussex. The chat sees Nikki share her devastating story as well as Harry sharing his own feelings about the loss of his mother.
Nikki's husband Corporal Lee Scott served with the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment and in July 2009 was killed, leaving her with their seven-month-old daughter, Brooke, and five-year-old son, Kai, who she had to break the news to. Talking to Harry she said: "It was the worst. How do you tell a five-year-old this? For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and sho wbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US .
READ MORE: Meghan Markle given £6,000 gift from Victoria Beckham but it had surprising reaction "I took him up and sat him on the bed and I said, 'Kai, do you remember where Daddy was?' and he said, 'yeah, Afghan', and I said, 'something really bad has happened and the baddies (because he used to play army) have hurt dad and he's died'." Nikki then burst into tears as she discussed the difficulties of "shattering her son's world ". The tragic loss inspired her to set up Scotty's Little Soldiers in 2010 in order to help other children going through the same ordeal.
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