Britain's crown prince William has said that not allowing his 12-year-old son George to have a mobile phone has "become a little bit of a tense issue" as he spoke out about the challenges of modern parenting.

William spoke to broadcaster Luciano Huck in Brazil, where he travelled to stage his Earthshot Prize in Rio de Janeiro.

In a video Huck shared to his 23 million Instagram followers on Monday, the Prince of Wales spoke candidly about his and his wife's decision not to let Prince George, Princess Charlotte or Prince Louis have mobile phones yet.

"It's really hard," he told Huck.

"Our children don't have phones. I think when George moves on to secondary school, then maybe he might have a phone that has no internet access."

He flagged concerns about children potentially seeing too mu

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