On the importance of children not suppressing their emotions, he added: “That’s the hardest thing, especially for kids, I think, which is, ‘I don’t want to talk about it because it will make me sad, but once realising if I do talk about it, and I’m celebrating their life, then actually, things become easier.’”
The Duke is the global patron of the charity, which supports bereaved military children, and has pledged to do more to boost its profile and funding to help it support more families.
He filmed the 18-minute interview with Mrs Scott, whose husband, Corporal Lee Scott, served with the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment and was killed aged 26 in Afghanistan in 2009, leaving his children, Brooke, then six months old, and Kai, five.
The Prince attended a party for the children supported by Scotty’s Little Soldiers when he was in Britain in May.