Speaker 1: Calorogus Shark Media, how Low and Welcome through palace intrigue.
Speaker 1: I am your host, Mark Francis. Prince William was put
Speaker 1: on the spot while helping out at a Christmas party
Speaker 1: for the homeless in London. In his new ITV documentary
Speaker 1: Prince William We Can End Homelessness, he is seen lending
Speaker 1: a hand at the passage a homeless sheltered close to
Speaker 1: his heart. However, when he floated the idea of leaving
Speaker 1: the kitchen crew to mingle with guests, Chef Claudette wasn't
Speaker 1: having it with a playful Oh, you're trying to escape
Speaker 1: the work. I am watching you, Claudette reeled him back in,
Speaker 1: sparking laughter from the Prince. Clearly unfazed, William later took
Speaker 1: on the less glamorous job of clearing plates, showing he
Speaker 1: was gained for whatever was needed. The documentary gives an
Speaker 1: insight look at the first year of William's Homewards initiative,
Speaker 1: which aims to tackle homelessness with a strategy to make
Speaker 1: it rare, brief and unrepeated. This goal takes inspiration from
Speaker 1: William's childhood visits to shelters with Princess Diana and is
Speaker 1: focused on six regions, including Newport, Lambeth and Aberdeen. The
Speaker 1: project brings together charities, local councils and government departments, and
Speaker 1: in one scene, Big Issue founder Lord John Bird made
Speaker 1: it clear that he'll hold William accountable. We need the
Speaker 1: expertise of everybody. William backs him up, agreeing that it's
Speaker 1: a team game. The hour long documentary, now on Disney
Speaker 1: Plus as well, highlights William's long term commitment to the cause,
Speaker 1: illustrating a modern royal balancing a serious mission with some
Speaker 1: lighthearted humility along the way. In the documentary, Lord John Baird,
Speaker 1: founder of The Big Issue, tells William that he's seeking
Speaker 1: no bullshit in tackling homelessness. In one meeting, William stresses
Speaker 1: the collaborative nature of the mission, saying I'm conscious that
Speaker 1: this is a team game, so please do feel free
Speaker 1: to pile in when you need to. Lord Bird quickly
Speaker 1: challenges him, responding, I hope you meant that. When William
Speaker 1: is Sue umes that he does, Lord Bird replies, we
Speaker 1: need the expertise of everybody. So when William says he
Speaker 1: wants to converge it, that's what I want and I
Speaker 1: don't really want to have any bullshit. Afterward, William acknowledges
Speaker 1: to the camera how essential it is to have allies
Speaker 1: like Bird on board, noting John will happily tell me
Speaker 1: if it's not going well. He's very direct and quite right.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's seen many attempts come and go over
Speaker 1: the past, so it's important people like John buy into
Speaker 1: what we're doing. William addresses the criticism of the Prince
Speaker 1: owning several homes directly. I think everyone having a right
Speaker 1: to a safe and stable home benefits us all. They
Speaker 1: come with no other agenda than desperately trying to help
Speaker 1: people who are in need, and I see this as
Speaker 1: part of my role. Is that why else would I
Speaker 1: be here if I'm not using this role properly to
Speaker 1: influence and help people where I can. Royal expirt Tessa
Speaker 1: Dunlop was impressed by William telling the Mirror bright blue eyes,
Speaker 1: open necked shirt, hands casually crossed on his knee. This
Speaker 1: was Prince William as we have never seen him before. Charming,
Speaker 1: charismatic kind, a man on a mission to end homelessness,
Speaker 1: a prince with a capacity to convince the suits in
Speaker 1: society and simultaneously get down with the kids. Dunlop mentioned
Speaker 1: how Harry in Spare mentioned that William's resemblance to Diana
Speaker 1: had faded as he lost his hair. Dunlop tells the Mirror,
Speaker 1: the Duke of Sussex, blinded by his own siblings sour grapes,
Speaker 1: couldn't be more wrong. Last night. William channeled Diana the
Speaker 1: same big eyed stare, the same capacity to make the
Speaker 1: unseen in society feel seen, the same sincerity as William
Speaker 1: readily owned he had taken guidance from what my mother
Speaker 1: did as a charity boss casually observed, William isn't just
Speaker 1: a celebrity, He's a super celebrity. In his capacity to
Speaker 1: work That status was therefore all to see. When else
Speaker 1: would an issue like homelessness get two consecutive slots on
Speaker 1: primetime TV. As for questions about the Prince owning too
Speaker 1: many palaces to be a credible homelessness champion, he faced
Speaker 1: down that accusation by front lining Windsor Castle mid documentary
Speaker 1: to underscore his status as the man who can. Former
Speaker 1: street sleeper Wayne didn't care. He just wanted a platform
Speaker 1: to tell his story. Royal commentator Rebecca English, writing for
Speaker 1: The Daily Mail, explains that William's upcoming trip to South
Speaker 1: Africa will be different than his father's Australia trip. English writes,
Speaker 1: next week I traveled to Cape Town with the Prince
Speaker 1: of Wales as he undertakes engagements around his Earthshot Prize awards,
Speaker 1: a trip that is likely to be a very different
Speaker 1: kettle of fish. Williams long made clear that he is
Speaker 1: less enamored of the traditional Royal tour mold, preferring to
Speaker 1: focus on single issues in greater detail. You are likely
Speaker 1: to see significantly fewer engagements day to day two or
Speaker 1: three at most, but once his team feel he can
Speaker 1: offer more engagement with and a focus very much on
Speaker 1: the subject matter in hand. Prince Harry's virtual appearance at
Speaker 1: a NATO Military Committee meeting to discuss the Invictor's Games
Speaker 1: has stirred up quite a reaction, and not all of
Speaker 1: it positive. Though he joined the meeting from his home
Speaker 1: in California to represent the games he founded, Royal fans
Speaker 1: were less than impressed, with many calling for the Duke
Speaker 1: to distance himself from NATO. This critique comes as part
Speaker 1: of a broader trend where some are questioning his role
Speaker 1: in formal military contexts since stepping back from royal duties,
Speaker 1: Harry said, I believe the work of the Invictus Games
Speaker 1: Foundation to be very important and it strikes at the
Speaker 1: heart of our shared values as military personnel. Meghan did
Speaker 1: not appear, although royal watchers noticed a photo of Megan
Speaker 1: in the background. Palace intrigued me right back. In his
Speaker 1: book Charles the Third New King, New Court, The Inside Story,
Speaker 1: royal biographer Robert Hardman recounts the poignant moment when Charles
Speaker 1: was first addressed as Your Majesty, a title that came
Speaker 1: to him under somber circumstances. Charles was driving through the
Speaker 1: bal Moral Estate when he received a call from Sir
Speaker 1: Edward Young, his late mother, Queen Elizabeth's private secretary. So
Speaker 1: Edward informed Charles of the Queen's passing, marking the exact
Speaker 1: moment he ascended to the throne. As Hardman explains, King
Speaker 1: Charles succeeded to the throne the will. To be more precise,
Speaker 1: he had just turned off the B nine seven six
Speaker 1: onto the back drive of the bow Moral State when
Speaker 1: he learned that he was now Sovereign of the United Kingdom.
Speaker 1: And fourteen other realms. Hardman draws a historical parallel between
Speaker 1: this moment and that of Elizabeth's own assent to the throne.
Speaker 1: He notes that Elizabeth was in Kenya atop a giant
Speaker 1: fig tree watching wildlife when news reached her of her father,
Speaker 1: King George the sixth. Death history will record that seven
Speaker 1: decades later, on the afternoon of eighth September twenty twenty two,
Speaker 1: her son and heir, was on an unmarked Scottish country
Speaker 1: road at the wheel of his car when he was
Speaker 1: first addressed as Your majesty. On that day, Charles had
Speaker 1: already been to Bowmoral Castle to visit his mother, and
Speaker 1: had returned briefly to his residence at Birkhall. In the
Speaker 1: manner of his late mother. He had climbed into the
Speaker 1: car as both Prince of Wales and Duke of Rothesay.
Speaker 1: Twenty minutes later, he would climb out of it as
Speaker 1: King Charles the Third, with a new Queen at his side.
Speaker 1: The official death certificate would later confirm that Queen Elizabeth
Speaker 1: passed at three ten pm. By her side were only Charles,
Speaker 1: Camilla and Princess Anne, who had been in Scotland that
Speaker 1: week for royal engagements, including the Brain at Royal Highland Gathering.
Speaker 1: The rest of the family, including Prince William, Prince Andrew,
Speaker 1: Prince Edward Sophie, had been making their way to Balmorrel,
Speaker 1: but arrived after her passing. They landed at three point
Speaker 1: fifty and with William driving, reached the castle at five
Speaker 1: oh six pm. Prince Harry, departing from Luton Airport on
Speaker 1: a private jet, would not arrive in time either. His
Speaker 1: flight took off at five thirty pm and he was
Speaker 1: still in the air when the announcement of the Queen's
Speaker 1: death was made to the public at six point thirty.
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