Prince William’s heartbreaking chats with George, Charlotte and Louis on school run
He may be the future King, but Prince William is the same as other parents when it comes to ferrying his three children backwards and forwards to school.
The Prince of Wales, along with wife Kate, are regulars on the school run, taking their three children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis to class every day. And in a candid revelation, William has revealed the poignant chats he has with the three youngsters as he drops off and collects them from school.
In a teaser for a brand new ITV documentary, he reveals that he uses the school run to tell his children about homelessness, just as his late mother did when he was a boy, as he attempts to find ways to tackle the issue.
William said he talks to the trio when they spot rough sleepers – much in the same way that his mother Diana, Princess of Wales, did when he and his brother Prince Harry were children. He tells the ITV1 and ITVX documentary – Prince William : We Can End Homelessness: “When you are that small you are just curious and trying to work out what’s going on. You ask the question ‘why are they sitting there?’
“My mother would talk to us a bit about why they were there and it definitely made a really big impact.” In a clip from the upcoming show, William is asked when he felt the right time would be to introduce George, 11; Charlotte, nine; and Louis, six, to homelessness.
He replied: “I am probably already doing it on the school run. The first few times I thought ‘do I bring this up or should I wait to see if they notice?’ Sure enough, they did. They were sort of in silence when I said what was going on.” He also said: “I do think it is really important that you start these conversations when the children are small so they understand the world around them, rather than just living in their own worlds.”
