--- title: Prince Harry Comforts Boy Who Lost HIs Mother description: The Duke of Sussex took some time to chat with a six-year-old in New Zealand who was also grieving a lost mother. canonical: https://time.com/5440161/prince-harry-new-zealand/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-31T15:00:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:44.394Z og:title: Prince Harry Shares Words of Support for Boy Who Lost His Mom og:description: Video captures Duke of Sussex taking some time to chat with the 6-year-old og:url: https://time.com/5440161/prince-harry-new-zealand/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Prince Harry Shares Words of Support for Boy Who Lost His Mom twitter:description: Video captures Duke of Sussex taking some time to chat with the 6-year-old twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 'Everything Will Be OK — Look at Me.' 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 31, 2018 3:00 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 31, 2018 3:00 PM UTC [Prince Harry](http://time.com/5437674/meghan-markle-harry-halloween/) and [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/5435882/meghan-markle-zika-tonga/) may be nearly finished with their royal tour of Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand, but they’re leaving on a positive note. On Wednesday, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended a reception in Auckland hosted by the New Zealand Prime Minister [Jacinda Ardern](http://time.com/5405405/new-zealand-jacinda-ardern-baby-u-n/) to honor young people — and Prince Harry shared a powerful one-on-one conversation with a boy who had lost his mother. “Everything will be OK — look at me,” Harry [told](https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/royal-tour-day-15-harry-and-meghan-tour-new-zealand/news-story/3efff298cb3af85d6bbd8cb331b583df) six-year-old Otia Nante, according to his grandmother’s reports to [local news](https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/royal-tour-day-15-harry-and-meghan-tour-new-zealand/news-story/3efff298cb3af85d6bbd8cb331b583df), during a chat that lasted several minutes. (Otia’s mother had recently taken her life.) > [](https://twitter.com/newscomauHQ/status/1057357043613413376) “You’re doing a great job, Nan,” he further complimented Otia’s grandmother. “Nans are so important in our lives.” Harry lost his own mother, [Princess Diana](http://time.com/5307801/meghan-markle-harry-royal-tour-2018/), when he was 12\. His grandmother is, of course, [Queen Elizabeth](http://time.com/5359031/queen-elizabeth-pony/) herself. Harry and his brother Prince William have made it a point in recent years to speak out about their process of [dealing with grief](http://time.com/4744082/prince-harry-mental-health/) and managing mental health in the face of loss. As Harry noted during a speech at the event at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, he and Markle have spent their time Down Under doing everything from [“welly wanging”](http://time.com/5438929/meghan-markle-welly-wanging/) to planting trees and honoring local heroes while on tour, but he clearly enjoys the chances he has to interact with children, too. The royal couple are headed back to the U.K. shortly after their 16-day tour finishes up, which has involved much-documented public engagements daily. > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1057613176366280705) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5440161/prince-harry-new-zealand/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5440161/prince-harry-new-zealand/"},"headline":"'Everything Will Be OK — Look at Me.' 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