THE mother of a Worcester teenager who took his own life after online bullying has met with the Duke of Cambridge for the launch of a new campaign.

Prince William has been highlighting the “human tragedy” of online harassment in a video launched at the start of the Royal Foundation’s Taskforce on the Prevention of Cyberbullying's campaign.

The campaign is bringing together organisations including Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and Google to combat the issue.

Felix Alexander a former Pershore High School pupil, took his life, aged just 17, when he placed himself in front of a train at Abbotswood Junction, in Norton, just outside Worcester, in April.

Since his death, Mrs Alexander has been raising awareness about the effects of online bullying, and launched her own Felix's Campaign for Kindness, aiming to teach people how to spot the signs of mental health problems.

After reading Mrs Alexander's story the Duke of Cambridge asked her to be one of the parents to help inform the Taskforce.

A video has been released by Kensington Palace showing Prince William meeting Lucy Alexander earlier this week.

During the meeting with the Duke, Mrs Alexander spoke of her son’s slide into depression after he was targeted on social media, being excluded from parties and viewing himself as “stupid and ugly”.

She said: “It just ate away at him inside, I think, but I had no idea of the depth of his despair at all.”

The Duke told her: “It is one thing when it happens in the playground and its visible there and parents and teachers and other children can see it.

"Online, you’re the only one who sees it, and it’s so personal, isn’t it?

"Really it goes straight to your bedroom.”

The Duke also met with cyberbullying victim Chloe Hine, who attempted to take her own life at the age of 13 after enduring an onslaught of abuse on the internet.

The Taskforce will bring together charities, tech organisations and media organisations to work alongside young people in an effort to tackle cyberbullying for the campaign.