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The Countess of Wessex has talked about the conversations she鈥檚 had with her children around consent and inappropriate sexual behaviour.

Sophie was speaking to 蜜芽传媒 Radio 5 Live鈥檚 Naga Munchetty about her work raising awareness of rape in warfare.

She said her 17-year-old daughter, Lady Louise, has 鈥渁 natural curiosity鈥� about her work and wants to learn more.

But said it was 鈥渟lightly harder鈥� to have the conversation with her son who is 13 and at the age where he is 鈥渕ore aware of girls around him鈥�.

鈥淚nterestingly, he鈥檚 quite conscious of this whole issue of inappropriate behaviour between girls and boys. He does seem quite aware of it, and I think that鈥檚 partly to do with schools and partly what they chat about on social media.

鈥淚 think it鈥檚 about having honest, open conversations as a family, but also hopefully in school settings as well.鈥�

Sophie said she hoped the Everyone鈥檚 Invited website, where victims can post anonymous accounts of abuse they have suffered, would make young people feel they could talk about these issues.

鈥淚 would hope that this leads on to other conversations about how to deal with it, what more can you do, and hopefully the door is open now,鈥� she added.

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