Prince William defended by Jennie Bond as veteran Royal expert says 'I utterly despair'

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, has faced disapproval since launching his homelessness task past twelvemonth - but a royal adept has told OK! that the Prince is 'engrained' with a determination to assistance those successful need

Veteran royal correspondent Jennie Bond has travel retired successful defence of Prince William - declaring "I utterly despair."

The Prince of Wales, a staunch protagonist of mental health and biology initiatives, is besides profoundly committed to aiding the homeless. Drawing inspiration from his precocious mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, Prince William past twelvemonth launched Homewards—a five-year programme that champions the thought that homelessness tin beryllium eradicated by ensuring it's 'rare, brief, and unrepeated'.

In an upcoming documentary, Prince William addresses scepticism astir his relation successful starring specified a important project, stating: "I deliberation everyone having a close to a harmless and unchangeable home, it benefits america all. I travel with nary different docket than desperately trying to assistance radical who are successful need."

Despite criticism, galore are baffled astatine the antagonistic response, with seasoned erstwhile BBC Royal analogous Jennie telling OK!.: "I utterly despair of the radical who onslaught idiosyncratic for trying to bash good. What bash they expect William to do? Sit successful a Palace twiddling his thumbs and ringing a doorbell for servants? He knows perfectly good that helium was calved into a presumption of tremendous privilege and wealthiness and respective homes."

"But, arsenic helium says... what IS the constituent of his beingness if helium doesn't usage that privilege and that level to effort to bash what helium tin to assistance others? He is coming up with innovative ideas... which whitethorn spell immoderate of the mode to helping the homeless."

These are: Lambeth successful South London, Bournemouth, Newport, Belfast, Aberdeen and Sheffield. The extremity for William - who is the Patron of homelessness charities Centrepoint and The Passage - is to marque homelessness "rare, little and unrepeated" arsenic Jennie adds: "If the task doesn't supply a implicit solution (and let's look it, he's not going to hitch retired homelessness successful a fewer years) helium tin astatine slightest accidental helium has tried his champion and utilized his sizeable convening powerfulness arsenic afloat arsenic possible."

Reflecting connected the influences down Prince William's pioneering enactment and the relation Diana, Princess of Wales played successful inspiring him, Jennie adds: "Trying to assistance stateless radical is beauteous overmuch successful William's DNA arsenic his parent taught him truthful overmuch astir the occupation and took him to spot adjacent up what it is similar to slumber rough."

"It is present engrained successful William that radical who person had the misfortune to person nary location merit attraction and assistance - and helium is determined to springiness it. Good for him! And shame connected anyone who criticises him for trying."

Since the launch, a documentary squad has followed radical progressive successful the project.

The Duke's inaugural aimed to amusement that homelessness "can beryllium ended", but his words were met with criticism, notably from anti-monarchy radical Republic. They argued that his engagement with the contented was contradictory, fixed his ain privileged presumption and the galore properties astatine his and the Royal Family's disposal.