Prince William says Princess Diana would be ‘disappointed’ by lack of progress on homelessness

Prince William said in a recent interview that he thought his late mother, Princess Diana, would be “disappointed” at the lack of progress on homelessness since she championed the issue while she was alive.

“I think she would be disappointed that we are still not further along, in terms of tackling homelessness and prevention, than when she was interested in it and involved in it,” said the Prince of Wales in a video which will air on BBC One in the UK on Friday.

The 40-year-old royal spoke to two people who have experienced homelessness during homeless charity Groundswell’s video ahead of Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day, an annual fundraising campaign.

“My mother introduced me to the cause of homelessness at a young age, and I’m really glad she did,” William told two people who had experienced homelessness, adding that he wanted to talk to them to “learn” from their “lived experiences.”

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“Homelessness is about not having a safe space – it’s a very isolating life,” a man named Miles told William on the podcast, according to the BBC. “You exist, you do not live.”

A woman named Nawshin told her: “I had no choice but to leave home – I had a lot of trauma in my childhood and circumstances happened around me that were out of my control. ” She had also experienced homelessness and said she had been in and out of mental health centers for some time.

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Prince William is a patron of two homeless charities, Centrepoint and The Passage.

Last month, William helped The Passage open two buildings that can accommodate over 200 people each year.

Princess Diana became patron of the Centrepoint charity for the homeless in 1992. (Tim Graham Photo Library/Getty Images)

“The work that I have seen with my own eyes over many years is why I know ending homelessness should be seen as more than just wishful thinking,” he said during of the event, according to the BBC. “Instead, it should be viewed as an achievable goal, one we can and must achieve by working together.”

He added: “I am personally more determined than ever to play my part in working with others to do all we can to end the human tragedy of homelessness.”

Prince William slept on a London street in 2009 to raise awareness of the issue. (Anwar Hussein/WireImage)

Diana became patron of Centrepoint in 1992 – 13 years before William in 2005 – and she brought William and Prince Harry there as children to help them understand the issue.

In 2009, William decided to sleep on a street in London to get a first-hand view of homeless life.

Prince William, right, became a patron of Centrepoint 13 years after his mother. (Anwar Hussein Collection/ROTA/WireImage)

“For me it was a scary experience,” Centrepoint chief executive Seyi Obakin, who slept next to William that night, wrote on Centrepoint’s website, according to the Guardian. “Out of my comfortable bed. Out there in the elements. Out there on a bitterly cold night, with temperatures down to minus 4. And it was the same for Prince William. But he was determined to to do it as the boss (of Centrepoint) in order to raise awareness of the problem and to be able to understand a little better what the homeless are going through night after night.”

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He added that they were “almost run over by a road sweeper who just didn’t see our little group crammed in, which shows how vulnerable homeless people are. I’ve never been happier to welcome the dawn.”