Prince William belongs to one of the wealthiest and most influential families in Britain: the royal family. Neither he nor his children ever have to worry about material things.
However, as he revealed in an interview with the Sunday Times newspaper, he wants to teach them from an early age that this cannot be taken for granted. “You will grow up knowing that some of us are very lucky, some of us need a little help, some of us need to do a little more to help others improve their lives.”
There is one topic that is particularly close to William’s heart, which he also wants to bring closer to his three children. In the conversation he now said that it is the issue of homelessness.
He’s already thinking about how best to go about it: “One of the things I thought about as I drove out this morning was, ‘When is the right time to take George or Charlotte or Louis to a homeless organization? I think , if I can reconcile it with their school days, they will definitely face it.”
He’s already trying to raise the issue from time to time. When he is out with the children, he talks about homeless people that they see: “I ask the children: ‘Why are they sitting there? What happened?'” He also talks to his children about the subject on the way to school : “When we were in London and drove back and forth, we kept seeing people sitting in front of supermarkets and we talked about it.”
The children should be more aware of their environment and their eye for other people’s problems should be trained. “I think it’s in all of our interests, it’s the right thing to do to get the kids involved in the right dialogue at the right stage so they understand.”
It’s also about his own commitment: if he sees homeless people on the street, he doesn’t give them any money. He prefers to buy them something to eat or drink. So he listens to the stories. “How many people stop and talk to a homeless person? Very few of us.”
For most, the homeless are invisible. But not for him, as he emphasizes. He took over the commitment from his mother Diana, who was with him in a homeless facility when he was eleven years old. Now he’s passing it on. To his children.
Quelle: “The Sunday Times”
