Monarchy unleashes unspoken truth: When the Royals spoke candidly on mental health

The British Royal family's usually traditionally calm image has often seemed unreal to discuss mental health openly, yet, in a series of unexpected moments, members of the monarchy have surprised everyone with their openness on mental health

Here is a list when the royal family members have stepped beyond protocol to speak candidly about their own:

Princess Diana

The late princes was the first person in the royal family to talk about post-natal depression, saying, "I was unwell with post-natal depression, which no one ever discusses, post-natal depression, you have to read about it afterwards, and that in itself was a bit of a difficult time."

Diana told BBC's Panorama in 1995, "You'd wake up in the morning feeling you didn't want to get out of bed, you felt misunderstood, and just very, very low in yourself."

She added, "I received a great deal of treatment, but I knew in myself that actually what I needed was space and time to adapt to all the different roles that had come my way.

"I knew I could do it, but I needed people to be patient and give me the space to do it."

The princess added that "it gave everybody a wonderful new label — Diana's unstable and Diana's mentally unbalanced."

"And unfortunately that seems to have stuck on and off over the years," she said.

Prince Harry

The Duke of Sussex got candid about his mental health for the first time in 2017, which he said had been negatively impacted following the death of his mother.

"I can safely say that losing my mum at the age of 12, and therefore shutting down all of my emotions for the last 20 years, has had a quite serious effect on not only my personal life but my work as well," the prince said.

According to the duke, boxing had "saved" him because he was "on the verge of punching someone, so being able to punch someone who had pads was certainly easier."

Prince William

Prince of Wales talked about his experience, saying, "You see many sad things every day that you think life is like that. You're always dealing with despair and sadness and injury." He added, "The attrition builds up and you never really have the opportunity to offload anything if you're not careful."