Nov. 2, 2024

Prince William promises no BS

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Prince William was put on the spot while helping out at a Christmas party for the homeless in London. In his new ITV documentary, Prince William: We Can End Homelessness, he is seen lending a hand at The Passage, a homeless shelter close to his heart. However, when he floated the idea of leaving the kitchen crew to mingle with guests, chef Claudette wasn’t having it. With a playful, “Oh, you’re trying to escape the work, I’m watching you!” Claudette reeled him back in, sparking laughter from the Prince. Clearly unfazed, William later took on the less glamorous job of clearing plates, showing he was game for whatever was needed.
The documentary gives an inside look at the first year of William’s Homewards initiative, which aims to tackle homelessness with a strategy to make it “rare, brief, and unrepeated.” This goal takes inspiration from William’s childhood visits to shelters with Princess Diana and is focused on six regions, including Newport, Lambeth, and Aberdeen. The project brings together charities, local councils, and government departments, and in one scene, Big Issue founder Lord John Bird makes it clear that he’ll hold William accountable: “We need the expertise of everybody.” William backs him up, agreeing that it’s a “team game.”
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Calorogus Shark Media, how Low and Welcome through palace intrigue.

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I am your host, Mark Francis. Prince William was put

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on the spot while helping out at a Christmas party

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for the homeless in London. In his new ITV documentary

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Prince William We Can End Homelessness, he is seen lending

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a hand at the passage a homeless sheltered close to

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his heart. However, when he floated the idea of leaving

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the kitchen crew to mingle with guests, Chef Claudette wasn't

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having it with a playful Oh, you're trying to escape

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the work. I am watching you, Claudette reeled him back in,

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sparking laughter from the Prince. Clearly unfazed, William later took

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on the less glamorous job of clearing plates, showing he

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was gained for whatever was needed. The documentary gives an

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insight look at the first year of William's Homewards initiative,

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which aims to tackle homelessness with a strategy to make

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it rare, brief and unrepeated. This goal takes inspiration from

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William's childhood visits to shelters with Princess Diana and is

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focused on six regions, including Newport, Lambeth and Aberdeen. The

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project brings together charities, local councils and government departments, and

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in one scene, Big Issue founder Lord John Bird made

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it clear that he'll hold William accountable. We need the

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expertise of everybody. William backs him up, agreeing that it's

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a team game. The hour long documentary, now on Disney

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Plus as well, highlights William's long term commitment to the cause,

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illustrating a modern royal balancing a serious mission with some

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lighthearted humility along the way. In the documentary, Lord John Baird,

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founder of The Big Issue, tells William that he's seeking

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no bullshit in tackling homelessness. In one meeting, William stresses

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the collaborative nature of the mission, saying I'm conscious that

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this is a team game, so please do feel free

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to pile in when you need to. Lord Bird quickly

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challenges him, responding, I hope you meant that. When William

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is Sue umes that he does, Lord Bird replies, we

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need the expertise of everybody. So when William says he

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wants to converge it, that's what I want and I

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don't really want to have any bullshit. Afterward, William acknowledges

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to the camera how essential it is to have allies

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like Bird on board, noting John will happily tell me

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if it's not going well. He's very direct and quite right.

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I mean, he's seen many attempts come and go over

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the past, so it's important people like John buy into

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what we're doing. William addresses the criticism of the Prince

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owning several homes directly. I think everyone having a right

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to a safe and stable home benefits us all. They

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come with no other agenda than desperately trying to help

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people who are in need, and I see this as

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part of my role. Is that why else would I

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be here if I'm not using this role properly to

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influence and help people where I can. Royal expirt Tessa

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Dunlop was impressed by William telling the Mirror bright blue eyes,

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open necked shirt, hands casually crossed on his knee. This

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was Prince William as we have never seen him before. Charming,

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charismatic kind, a man on a mission to end homelessness,

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a prince with a capacity to convince the suits in

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society and simultaneously get down with the kids. Dunlop mentioned

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how Harry in Spare mentioned that William's resemblance to Diana

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had faded as he lost his hair. Dunlop tells the Mirror,

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the Duke of Sussex, blinded by his own siblings sour grapes,

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couldn't be more wrong. Last night. William channeled Diana the

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same big eyed stare, the same capacity to make the

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unseen in society feel seen, the same sincerity as William

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readily owned he had taken guidance from what my mother

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did as a charity boss casually observed, William isn't just

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a celebrity, He's a super celebrity. In his capacity to

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work That status was therefore all to see. When else

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would an issue like homelessness get two consecutive slots on

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primetime TV. As for questions about the Prince owning too

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many palaces to be a credible homelessness champion, he faced

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down that accusation by front lining Windsor Castle mid documentary

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to underscore his status as the man who can. Former

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street sleeper Wayne didn't care. He just wanted a platform

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to tell his story. Royal commentator Rebecca English, writing for

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The Daily Mail, explains that William's upcoming trip to South

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Africa will be different than his father's Australia trip. English writes,

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next week I traveled to Cape Town with the Prince

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of Wales as he undertakes engagements around his Earthshot Prize awards,

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a trip that is likely to be a very different

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kettle of fish. Williams long made clear that he is

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less enamored of the traditional Royal tour mold, preferring to

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focus on single issues in greater detail. You are likely

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to see significantly fewer engagements day to day two or

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three at most, but once his team feel he can

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offer more engagement with and a focus very much on

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the subject matter in hand. Prince Harry's virtual appearance at

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a NATO Military Committee meeting to discuss the Invictor's Games

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has stirred up quite a reaction, and not all of

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it positive. Though he joined the meeting from his home

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in California to represent the games he founded, Royal fans

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were less than impressed, with many calling for the Duke

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to distance himself from NATO. This critique comes as part

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of a broader trend where some are questioning his role

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in formal military contexts since stepping back from royal duties,

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Harry said, I believe the work of the Invictus Games

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Foundation to be very important and it strikes at the

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heart of our shared values as military personnel. Meghan did

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not appear, although royal watchers noticed a photo of Megan

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in the background. Palace intrigued me right back. In his

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book Charles the Third New King, New Court, The Inside Story,

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royal biographer Robert Hardman recounts the poignant moment when Charles

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was first addressed as Your Majesty, a title that came

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to him under somber circumstances. Charles was driving through the

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bal Moral Estate when he received a call from Sir

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Edward Young, his late mother, Queen Elizabeth's private secretary. So

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Edward informed Charles of the Queen's passing, marking the exact

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moment he ascended to the throne. As Hardman explains, King

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Charles succeeded to the throne the will. To be more precise,

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he had just turned off the B nine seven six

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onto the back drive of the bow Moral State when

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he learned that he was now Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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And fourteen other realms. Hardman draws a historical parallel between

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this moment and that of Elizabeth's own assent to the throne.

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He notes that Elizabeth was in Kenya atop a giant

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fig tree watching wildlife when news reached her of her father,

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King George the sixth. Death history will record that seven

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decades later, on the afternoon of eighth September twenty twenty two,

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her son and heir, was on an unmarked Scottish country

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road at the wheel of his car when he was

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first addressed as Your majesty. On that day, Charles had

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already been to Bowmoral Castle to visit his mother, and

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had returned briefly to his residence at Birkhall. In the

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manner of his late mother. He had climbed into the

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car as both Prince of Wales and Duke of Rothesay.

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Twenty minutes later, he would climb out of it as

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King Charles the Third, with a new Queen at his side.

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The official death certificate would later confirm that Queen Elizabeth

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passed at three ten pm. By her side were only Charles,

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Camilla and Princess Anne, who had been in Scotland that

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week for royal engagements, including the Brain at Royal Highland Gathering.

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The rest of the family, including Prince William, Prince Andrew,

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Prince Edward Sophie, had been making their way to Balmorrel,

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but arrived after her passing. They landed at three point

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fifty and with William driving, reached the castle at five

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oh six pm. Prince Harry, departing from Luton Airport on

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a private jet, would not arrive in time either. His

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flight took off at five thirty pm and he was

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still in the air when the announcement of the Queen's

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death was made to the public at six point thirty.

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