Prince William is opening up on the latest episode ofApple’spodcast “Time to Walk.”

William compared recording the podcast to “a walk with my best mate or my wife.”

The child, Bobby Hughes, was left with brain damage after being hit by a car in 2017.

Prince William grinning

You just feel everyone’s pain, everyone’s suffering.

And that’s not me.

I’ve never felt that before."

Prince William smiling

“Instead, it’s a study in the healing power of vulnerability.”

“There’s no better mission statement for a future head of state,” he wrote.