Prince Harry has warned of the dangers of social media for young people as he met ambassadors for a mental health charity on a visit to Denmark.
Harry spoke to volunteers and service users from the One of Us mental health campaign at a bakery in the Danish capital on Thursday morning.
He said: “People are spending far too much time online and it’s like a mental running machine that they can’t get off. You wouldn’t put your body through such a workout.
“I’m the last person to say ban it but people are suffering from mental fatigue and getting burnt out. We all need to talk to each other more.”
Harry was given a tour of the bakery kitchen by head chef Claus Borre but declined a Danish pastry on his visit.
Speaking afterwards, charity ambassador Troels Torp said: “It was great to talk to the Prince as I thought he was an equal.
“You could see he had been in a dark place once himself because of his mother and that’s why he can relate to us. He was very kind and caring and down to earth.”
Harry tours the Hellerup bakery (Jonathan Brady/PA)
Prince Harry then went on to the Danish Veterans Centre where he met Prince Joachim, the younger son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.
The two princes shook hands and posed for pictures before going to meet veterans, including members of the Danish Invictus Games team.
The Prince is on the second day of a two-day visit to Copenhagen – the latest in a series of European trips made by the Royal Family following the Brexit vote.
Speaking at a reception at the city’s Tivoli Gardens on Wednesday, he spoke of the “strong ties” between the two countries.
Prince Harry and Prince Joachim of Denmark at the Copenhagen Danish Veterans Centre (Chris Jackson/PA)
He said: “This trip is a clear reminder of the shared values and strong alliance the UK has with Denmark. Our two countries have an unbreakable bond which is as strong now as it ever has been.”
Harry arrived in Copenhagen after flying by private plane on Wednesday.
At the veterans centre Harry met the family of a Danish soldier whose body was flown back with him from Afghanistan.
The Prince had a private meeting with the parents of 21-year-old Morten Krogh Jensen.
Harry has previously said that travelling back with the soldier’s coffin was one of the events which inspired him to create the Invictus games.
Of the meeting, Prince Joachim, 48, said: “This was an eye opener for Prince Harry. This was a motivating factor for him to start pushing to establish the Invictus.”
Harry also met previous Invictus competitors at the centre and watched a game of rolling football, which sees veterans lie on skateboard style boards.
He was reunited with Maurice Manuel, 41, a Danish veteran who has taken part in all three of the Invictus games.
Harry was pictured kissing Mr Manuel on the head after he won a gold medal at the games in Canada earlier this year.
Speaking after meeting Harry, Mr Manuel said: “It was amazing as always. The work he is doing is alpha mega.”
On his final visit of the trip Harry met students at the Orestad Gymnasium school and told them he hoped to visit a refugee camp.
Prince Harry watches a Rolling Floorball match (Chris Jackson/PA)
Nicolai Moltke-Leth, 47, founder of True North school, who was leading a discussion about refugees with students, asked Harry if he had ever visited a camp.
Harry said: “I want to, very soon. It just depends on when I have time to do it.”
Student Egil Torgen-Aasen, 18, said the Prince was “very down to earth”.
Speaking to another group of students Harry, 33, apologised for the older generation.
He said: “There are entrenched mindsets of world leaders who believe in something and believe the way of the past is the way of the future.”
But he said he was hopeful for the younger generation.
He told students: “I say your generation because I’m 33, despite the fact I’m still trying to clutch on to youth.”
He said: “Your generation gives every single person hope, I promise you that.”