William addresses his privilege in helping homeless

Prince William says that for him the point of having such a high-profile public platform is to use it to make a positive impact on problems such as homelessness.”It’s a big challenge,” he says of his five-year Homewards project, that has built up local and national partnerships to reduce homelessness in six areas around the UK.”And I like a big challenge, I do like that, but I can’t do it on my own,” he said.”I think everyone having a right to a safe and stable home benefits us all,” he adds.Anti-monarchists have accused the prince of being “hypocritical” for his housing project, when he has several homes and has more than £20m from the Duchy of Cornwall as a private annual income.But homelessness campaigners such as Mick Clarke, chief executive of the Passage, have welcomed the prince’s involvement – and praises him for using his “considerable platform to say that homelessness is something that simply should not exist in 21st Century Britain”.”For William this is personal. He has…