Prince William, 42, visited Child Bereavement UK's center in England on Feb. 5. The trip was particularly poignant as the charity has close links to his late mother, Princess Diana

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The Prince of Wales has opened up about his “most painful experience” on a visit to a bereavement charity close to Princess Diana’s heart. Prince William, 42, spoke to teenagers in Widnes, Cheshire, on Wednesday to see the work done by Child Bereavement UK, of which he has been a patron since 2009.

Prince William spoke candidly about his experience with loss during a visit to a bereavement charity with close links to Princess Diana. "The mind gets focused on one thing, doesn't it?" William, 42,

The future King, who lost his mother, Princess Diana, in 1997 when he was just 15 years old, said in a heartbreaking 12-word admission: "Sometimes the hardest thing is finding the words for how you feel."

Losing a loved one is a tough thing to process, especially when you're young. That's why Prince William — whose mother, Princess Diana, died in a 1997 car crash when he was just 15 — takes his role as a patron of Child Bereavement U.