Prince William joined a Royal Navy crew during their training session on a lake in Buckinghamshire.

The newly-appointed Prince of Wales visited a team of Royal Navy submariners while they trained on Dorney Lake near Taplow in a short film uploaded to his YouTube channel this morning (May 21).

The prince, who is commander-in-chief of the UK Submarine Service, tried his hand at rowing across the lake while talking to crew members who recently rowed across the Atlantic ocean to raise money for a mental health charity.

The rowers fundraised for their transatlantic journey through the HMS Oardacious campaign, which was set up in 2019 and has so far raised £110,000 in support of mental health and wellbeing in the submariner community.

Four serving Royal Navy submariners became the fastest military team in history to row across any ocean when they completed the annual Atlantic Challenge in 37 days, 6 hours and 40 minutes in January 2020.

Whilst visiting the team at Dorney Lake, William also met Chief Petty Officer Jon Norfolk, who was part of the HMS Oardacious 2022 Atlantic Challenge team, and spoke with Lieutenant Isobel Rawlinson, who is planning to captain an all-female crew in 2024.

A Kensington Palace spokesperson told PA that the prince discussed “the importance of managing our mental health and how exercise can be used as a tool to help manage it”.

Adding: “The crew also shared their experiences of crossing the Atlantic, the challenges they faced and the impact it had on their physical and mental health.

“Back in the boathouse, William heard from the crew more in depth about how they manage their mental health, the support they provide to each other as a team and the work HMS Oardacious does to raise awareness and combat the stigma associated with talking about mental wellbeing.”

The video was released as part of Mental Health Awareness week which runs until Sunday May 21. Click here to watch it in full.