The late Princess Diana was loved for many reasons, whether it was for her personal style and her association with the fashion world or being an ally to the LGBTQ+ community. Among her many attributes was her dedication to charity work.
As a patron of the homeless charity Centrepoint and work with the National Aids Trust, Great Ormond Street and Leprosy Mission, the former Princess of Wales began her charity work in 1989 and continued using her celebrity status in both the UK and around the world to assist on a number of charitable of efforts, right up until her death in 1997.
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From an early age, both of her sons – Prince William and Prince Harry – have been following in her charitable footsteps. Harry, for example, co-founded the Archewell Foundation with his wife, Meghan Markle, and William works at the helm of the Royal Foundation with his wife, Princess Kate.
More recently, Prince William has become a patron of Centrepoint, like his mother, and The Passage homelessness shelter, and is releasing a documentary about homelessness in the UK on Disney + called Prince William: We Can End Homelessness, which will be released on November 1.
To raise awareness of the project, the 42-year-old prince has shared never-before-seen pictures of himself, Diana and Harry visiting the homelessness charity back 1993.
According to the image's caption: 'Prince William: We Can End Homelessness will give an exclusive, behind the scenes look at the first year of this five-year programme; whilst presenting our shared mission to change perceptions and demonstrate that it is possible to end homelessness.
'Our Chief Executive, Mick Clarke commented: "For William this is personal. He has a long history of involvement on this issue, back to when his mother took him to The Passage when he was 11... That is where the genesis of @HomewardsUK came from."'
Ahead of the documentary's release, Prince William opened up about his experiences of visiting The Passage with his mother in a preview clip.
'My mother took me to The Passage; she took Harry and I both there. I must have been 11 at the time, maybe 10. I had never been to anything like that before, and I was a bit anxious about what to expect.'
He also touched on criticism over his involvement in the project, given his enormous privilege. 'I think if I answered every critic, I'd be here all day. But you know, criticism drives you forward. I think it's right to question but I think, ultimately, we are pushing forward to deliver change and hope and optimism into a world that frankly has had very little of it for a long time,' he added.
'I hope I can bring something that's not been done before.'
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