William plans to son George to help the homeless at London charity,
He first learned of the harsh realities of life on the street after Princess Diana took him to a shelter when he was just 11-years-old.
From that moment, Prince William’s commitment to ending the scourge of homeless has remained steadfast.
Indeed, it is now 20 years since he followed in his mother’s footsteps to become a patron of charity, Centrepoint.
Now, to celebrate that milestone, The Mail on Sunday can reveal he is hoping to take his own son Prince George, 12, to meet and care for the homeless.
A Royal source said: ‘He talks to George, Charlotte and Louis about homelessness a lot. It’s something he’s incredibly passionate about.
‘He’s keen to take George to a homeless shelter soon to meet some of the brilliant people who inspired him to create Homewards, and the people who will ultimately be supported by it.’
To mark the 20th anniversary of the Prince of Wales’ Centrepoint patronage, he will be thrown a party by the charity on Tuesday.
There, he is to be presented with a specially commissioned chocolate cake created by Juliet Sear, the royal baker famed for making the towering confection featured in the Bruce Bogtrotter scene in Netflix’s Matilda the Musical in 2022.
Ms Sear has baked her ‘ultimate chocolate brownie cake’, using the same indulgent recipe she followed when creating Prince Harry’s 30th birthday cake, which was presented to him at the inaugural Invictus Games in 2014.
Described as ‘full of chocolate, with a dense, fudgy, truffle-like centre coated in chocolate ganache buttercream’, the creation was chosen after Ms Sear was advised by aides about Prince William’s tastes.
The Princess of Wales is said to have passed on that the Prince was a lifelong ‘chocoholic’.
Prince William has been a patron of Centrepoint since 2005, more than a decade after his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales started helping the charity in 1992.
He also has Homewards, a flagship five-year initiative, launched in 2023 which aims to reduce homelessness.
Centrepoint CEO Seyi Obakin OBE said the charity will also present Prince William with a montage of pictures celebrating his two decades of service.
‘We’ve collected photos of him with young people in relaxed moments, some never seen publicly before,’ he said.
‘There’s one from when he volunteered with us before becoming Patron. He spent five days volunteering undercover, talking to the housing benefit office, advising young people. He had an induction and then was simply thrown in.
‘The young people had no idea who he was. One said, “You look like someone I know” and he replied, “Yes, people say that a lot” and moved on.’
While there, the Prince of Wales will help create the organisation’s new ‘Wall of Hope’ – a collaborative mural co-designed by young people and artist Lanré Olagoke MBE.
