As the blockade is eased in the United Kingdom, Prince William made his first royal visit in months from his country home at Anmer Hall. On Tuesday, William visited paramedics at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn, Norfolk, a short distance from Anmer Hall, to thank them for their work on the front lines of the coronavirus and to hear about the pandemic's impact on mental health.

ITV reports that William spoke with staff from the East of England Ambulance Service Trust, sharing how they adapted to the pandemic and discussing how "the public, local businesses, and volunteer networks" supported them. As the photos from the visit show, the Duke of Cambridge and the paramedics he met with followed the advice of social distancing throughout and kept a safe distance from each other:

William also spoke with ambulance staff about the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on their mental health. Last month he spoke about the dangers of calling those working on the front lines "heroes." (Open in new tab) "I think we have to be very careful about the language we use," he said on The One Show, as reported by the BBC (open in new tab). [The medical profession] should be praised for being superstars, for being brave, for having a great staff."

The Duke added: "Once you are tagged a hero, you can no longer shake it off and therefore cannot ask for support. He encouraged frontline workers to acknowledge their needs and seek support when needed in order to get through the pandemic "in one piece."

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