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Back in June, Prince William \u201claunched\u201d Homewards, a program William claimed would be the first step in \u201cending homelessness.\u201d In actuality, Homewards was actually a small, localized and underfunded pilot program which aimed to simply help a small number of homeless people find more permanent living situations. The whole program had financing of\u2026 \u00a33 million. Experts blasted Homewards and the whole thing flopped as soon as it launched. Personally, I still believe the issue was branding and PR – William centered himself in the project and he made all of these wild claims about how Homewards was going to be this huge game-changer when really, he should have just said \u201cthis issue is incredibly complicated and we\u2019re financing this pilot program to see if this strategy will have short-term or long-term benefits.\u201d <\/em> <\/p>\n I thought of the Homewards flop this week when I read William\u2019s on-the-record comments to the royal reporters who traveled with him to Singapore. Instead of actually getting to the meat of whatever he\u2019s involved in – Earthshot, Homewards, what have you – he makes these grand pronouncements because he\u2019s not actually interested in finding solutions on the ground. He wants to be seen as a visionary bringing social change, but the problem is that he\u2019s a lazy dumbass who doesn\u2019t have the patience to build something that lasts. Again, here are some quotes from William, from the Telegraph\u2019s coverage.<\/p>\n Speaking about the achievements he has made in the year since he became Prince of Wales, he said: \u201cI care about so many things and previously the family have been very much spotlighting brilliantly and going round and highlighting lots \u2013 I want to go a step further. I want to actually bring change and I want to bring people to the table who can do the change if I can\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI think the thing that ties it all together for me is about social leadership,\u201d he said, adding: \u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019m trying to find my way in.\u201d<\/p>\n The late Queen and Prince Philip held over a thousand charity Patronages between them, raising awareness and money through their involvement and support of many causes. Meanwhile, the Prince of Wales \u2013 who holds far fewer patronages than his father \u2013 has stated his preference for focusing on creating impact and legacy through more specific social campaigns for his tenure, such as ending homelessness.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n [From The Telegraph]<\/p>\n I genuinely believe that \u201csocial leadership\u201d is William\u2019s new buzzword because he doesn\u2019t have the patience, work ethic or intelligence to actually do the work. The work of being a working royal, the work of building something real, like The Prince\u2019s Trust or the Invictus Games. The Telegraph notes the patronages held by the late QEII and Prince Philip for a reason, because that\u2019s the whole f–king deal of \u201cbeing royal.\u201d As Tom Sykes noted in his coverage of William\u2019s comments:<\/p>\n William\u2019s remarks will likely send a shiver down the spine of British charities that have long depended on a royal patron to generate interest and funds.<\/p>\n One charity activist told The Daily Beast: \u201cThese comments will be very concerning to a lot of charities that have relied on their royal patrons for generations. It is almost impossible to raise any serious amount of money in Britain without a royal patron.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n [From The Daily Beast]<\/p>\n Considering Kate\u2019s patronages keep going broke, having a royal patron is no guarantee for fundraising either, especially if your patron is Kate or William. Besides the charity angle and the laziness angle, William has now pissed off the most ardent royalists in the UK – they think he\u2019s going \u201cwoke,\u201d because he\u2019s talking about change-making and social change\u2026 like Meghan and Harry talked about.<\/p>\n — Anna \ud83c\udf38 (@anna_itsonlyme) November 8, 2023<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Photos courtesy of Cover Images.<\/small><\/p>\n\n
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