Prince William’s pledge to help end homelessness may be seen as a “profoundly political” intervention from an heir to the throne seeking to draw a line under the Windsors’ troubles, according to a royal historian 🔴 Exclusive from cahalmilmo
has aligned itself with social justice issues as far back as the reign of Queen Victoria, when her consort, Prince Albert, sought to improve the quality of workers’ housing. More recently, while Prince of Wales, the King ensured that the Duchy of Cornwall’s Poundbury “model town” development in Dorset included a high proportion – 35 per cent – ofDr Owens said: “We have to ask ourselves why the Royal Family has done this. Partly, of course, it’s about well-intentioned philanthropy.
While still in his twenties, Prince William raised awareness of the issue of rough sleeping in 2009 by spending a night sleeping near Blackfriars Bridge with Ceyi Obakin, chief executive of Centrepoint. Centrepoint is one of two homelessness charities – along with The Passage – of which the heir to the throne is a patron.: “I don’t think there is particularly a clash between engaging with those who are disadvantaged in our society and showing that the Royal Family care about these issues.
The heir to the throne said he wanted to repeat his own experience as a child by bringing his children to a homeless shelter so they could understand the nature of the problem. William said he was particularly concerned by youth homelessness, pointing to a figure suggesting there are some 122,000 16 to 24-year-olds in Britain at risk of being without a permanent home. He said: “For me, 122,000 is a figure that’s way too high.
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