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Prince William says visit to homelessness charity with Diana 'opened his eyes'

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The Prince of Wales has spoken about how a visit to a homelessness centre with his mother opened his eyes to “the challenges that face people in all walks of life”.

William appeared on homelessness charity Groundswell’s Listen Up podcast where he spoke to presenters Miles and Nawshin. Miles and Nawshin are volunteer reporters who have experienced homelessness themselves.

He spoke about how his involvement in campaigning against homelessness began when he visited The Passage, a homelessness outreach service in central London, with his mother, the late Diana, Princess of Wales.

William is now patron of The Passage. He said that his visit to The Passage when he was younger opened his eyes to "some of the challenges" that people across the world face. “I think that’s quite crucial to reiterate, because I think a lot of people live in bubbles sometimes and they don’t really – they might care, but they won’t really go and look and understand what’s going on. “That’s not necessarily because they don’t want to, it’s just because they’re not exposed to it.

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