Like mom, like son.
Prince William has paid tribute to his later mom, Princess Diana, by visiting a homeless shelter they volunteered at collectively within the years earlier than her loss of life.
The Prince of Wales, 42, was pictured at The Passage in London on Thursday afternoon serving meals to these in want.
Volunteer Leo Scanlon shared particulars concerning the royal’s low-key go to, telling MailOnline that William stayed for about an hour and spoke with roughly 100 guests to the shelter.
“When you are homeless you fall to the edge of society quickly and it’s scary how you can become invisible. We become street furniture. You aren’t seen as a person,” Scanlon informed the outlet.
“When you have someone at the top of the game coming down and talking to someone at the bottom, not for a photo opportunity, just because they care. Well, it means a lot.”
Princess Diana launched her eldest son to the charity when he was simply 11 years previous and he has continued to make common visits through the years.
Scanlon stated the prince had “no airs and graces” to him.
“No one at The Passage in Westminster was even calling Prince William ‘his royal highness’, just ‘William.’”
“A bomb could have gone off in the corner and he wouldn’t have noticed. He just looked you in the eye and you had his full attention,” the volunteer declared.
In keeping with Scanlon, one man who William served wasn’t in a position to chat with the prince because of the afternoon rush. So, when the kitchen closed, William went out of his approach to monitor him down and provides him his undivided consideration.
“The way Prince William spoke to all of us, but especially this man, meant a lot and it was so genuine,” Scanlon recalled.
“He was not doing it for a picture opportunity to look good, he genuinely cared what the guy had to say.”
The go to got here in the future earlier than William stepped out along with his spouse Kate Middleton and their three kids: sons Prince George, 11, and Prince Louis, 6, and daughter Princess Charlotte, 9, for the fourth annual “Together at Christmas” service on Friday, which was hosted by the Princess of Wales.
In the course of the festivities, the couple’s youngest baby was photographed carrying a pink piece of paper with a handwritten be aware about what he’s grateful for.
