Prince William says Princess Diana would think he was 'mad' for latest ambitious move

EXCLUSIVE: With the merchandise of the caller ITV documentary, Prince William: We Can End Homelessness, a apical royal adept slams those who criticise the Prince for his impassioned work

Fighting to assistance the stateless has been a large portion of his life's work, and past week Prince William said, "We shouldn't beryllium surviving with homelessness successful the 21st century." This fervent content was instilled successful the prince from a young age, and was the spark down him launching Homewards successful 2023 – a five-year programme that aims to show that "it is imaginable to extremity homelessness – making it rare, little and unrepeated".

A caller two-part ITV documentary, Prince William: We Can End Homelessness, showcases the enactment Homewards has done since its motorboat past year. From watching the programme, it is wide the prince's motives are sincere and his passions are profoundly rooted successful the illustration acceptable by his precocious mother, Diana, Princess of Wales.

Filmed implicit 12 months, we archetypal travel William arsenic helium visits charities, specified arsenic London-based organisation The Passage, to service Christmas lunch. In betwixt joking with staff, clearing plates and giving retired hugs, the prince reflects connected his trips to the foundation with his precocious mother.

He admits helium was tense astir what to expect, but was yet "amazed" astatine however blessed the situation was.

Diana's power cannot beryllium understated and it is simply a recurring taxable passim the full documentary. We spot William speech astir however his parent made definite helium was alert of beingness beyond the palace walls – thing the 42-year-old has continued to bash with his ain 3 children, speaking to them from a young property astir the radical they spot connected the streets.

As good arsenic visits to motorboat Homewards successful six people areas of the state – Lambeth, Bournemouth, Newport, Belfast, Aberdeen and Sheffield – the cameras besides travel William to backstage meetings.

Speaking to representatives from Centrepoint, Big Issue, The Passage and Shelter, helium hears proposal connected what Homewards needs to absorption connected successful the aftermath of the "failed thinking" that has gone before. And portion the specializer guidance proves valuable, it is wide that the no-frills proposal fixed from those who person personally experienced homelessness is what volition assistance to execute Homewards' goal.

Among the galore radical who helped to marque the documentary is Sabrina Cohen-Hatton. Homeless astatine conscionable 15, Sabrina – who is present main occurrence serviceman of the West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service – travels backmost to her autochthonal Newport successful South Wales to conscionable radical connected William's behalf, and larn what Homewards needs to bash to help. There, she encounters Big Issue seller Vincent Lewis, 59, who has been unsmooth sleeping for 10 years.

Despite each helium has been through, helium makes it wide that helium inactive has anticipation and believes it is imaginable to trim homelessness, but that determination is simply a existent request to assistance radical who whitethorn beryllium suffering with addictions oregon different traumas.

Another large taxable successful the bid is the disapproval William has travel up against arsenic idiosyncratic from a privileged presumption "meddling" successful matters of policy. Although helium comes with nary different docket than to assistance people, the accusations choler a starring royal expert.

"I utterly despair of the radical who onslaught idiosyncratic for trying to bash good," former BBC royal analogous Jennie Bond tells OK!

"What bash they expect William to do? Sit successful a palace twiddling his thumbs and ringing a doorbell for servants? He knows that helium was calved into a presumption of tremendous 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?"

Viewers volition besides perceive astir the homelessness journeys of TV property Gail Porter and erstwhile footballer Fara Williams, and spot them conscionable young girls who are going done akin circumstances, including Lainey from North London.

After spending 2 and a fractional years connected the streets, Lainey recovered her mode to the Single Homeless Project. She talks astir the steps she has taken to flooded homelessness, including taking portion successful Pret A Manger's Rising Stars programme – which supports stateless radical and helps them get jobs successful Pret stores.

One twelvemonth in, and the Homewards task is intelligibly making progress. While William admits that helium believes his parent would person thought helium was "mad" to motorboat it, Jennie praises his ambition.

"Towards the extremity of this decade, we volition beryllium capable to spot whether the thought is working. It is simply a considered, applicable blueprint for the future. Prince William's ambition, which is simply a laudable one, is to forestall radical ever becoming homeless. It's a hugely awesome aim."