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Indyplus video: Prince Charles celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Samaritans helpline

 

Saturday 02 November 2013 16:19 GMT
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The world’s first helpline has hundreds of phones manned by 20,000 volunteers in 200 branches. They ring, on average, once every six seconds. Once a minute, somebody calls because they are in great distress; many consider ending their lives.

Watch the Prince of Wales, patron of the Samaritans, celebrate the 60th anniversary in the video below:

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