Prince William discusses the story behind his Homewards charity intiative in an upcoming documentary: “I have taken some inspiration and guidance from what my mother did". Photos / Getty Images
Prince William discusses the story behind his Homewards charity intiative in an upcoming documentary: “I have taken some inspiration and guidance from what my mother did". Photos / Getty Images
William has told in a newly-released trailer for the upcoming ITV1 documentary Prince William: We Can End Homelessness about how her philanthropy is still giving him a boost: “I’ve slowly tried to work out what can I bring to the role and the platform that I have”.
“I have taken some inspiration and guidance from what my mother did, particularly with homelessness.”
William is helping fight homelessness with his Homewards initiative, and another section from the documentary trailer shows him talking with footballer Fara Williams, 40, who experienced homelessness for six years.
Launched by William and The Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, the initiative says its mission is to make homelessness “rare, brief and unrepeated” within the next five years.
The royal said in a statement about the group: “Homewards aims to give people across the UK hope that homelessness can be prevented by showing them the progress we can make when we collaborate”.
“It’s a big task, but I firmly believe that by working together it is possible to make homelessness rare, brief and unrepeated, and I am very much looking forward to working with our six locations to make our ambition a reality.”
As a child, William and his younger brother Prince Harry, 40, would visit homeless charities with their mother as she wanted to expose them to the plight of others not born into privilege.
Diana was also a patron of Centrepoint, Britain’s leading youth homelessness charity.
