Prince William has opened up about how his mother’s influence still influences his upbringing, particularly in teaching his children about the wider world.
In a clip from the upcoming documentary Prince William: We Can End Homelessness, which will air on Britain’s ITV on October 30th and 31st, Prince William shows how his mother, Princess Diana, once taught him and his younger brother. About homeless people who revealed they were open to Prince Harry.
“When you’re that young, you’re just curious and trying to figure out what’s going on. You ask questions like, ‘Why are they sitting there?'” My mother said they wonder why. “He told us a little bit about being there and it definitely had a really big impact,” Prince William said in the documentary, according to Hello!
Apparently, this inspired William to do the same with his children George, Charlotte and Louis.
“They’re probably already doing it in their school run,” William said. “The first few times I thought, ‘Should I tell them or wait until they notice?'” Sure enough, when I told them what was going on, they were silent. I did. ”
For William, teaching children about homelessness is “really important.” By doing so, children will be able to have a deeper understanding of the world around them, rather than just living in their own world.
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In another clip from the upcoming documentary, William says that when he was 11 years old, Princess Diana took him and Harry to The Passage, a homeless charity in London, and that the experience gave him a new perspective on the whole picture. He explained that it gave him a new understanding. The clip also marked Prince William’s first public mention of Prince Harry in years.
“My mother took me to The Passage. She took Harry and I there. I was 11 at the time, maybe 10. I had never been to a place like that before and was a little unsure of what to expect,” William added. “When you’re little, you think that life is only about what’s in front of you, and you don’t have the concept of looking at anything else. That’s when you meet people, like I did back then.” If you put a different perspective in your head and say, “Yeah, I was living on the street last night,” you think, “Wow.” I remember that incident. ”
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In 2019, William became a patron of The Passage, and in 2005 he became a patron of Centrepoint, a UK-based charity that supports homeless young people aged 16 to 25. Back in July of this year. He announced that he plans to take his three children to a homeless shelter, just like his own mother did when he was young. In September, William visited the Saatchi Gallery in London to view an art exhibition entitled ‘Homelessness: Reframing’.
