Prince William recalls first visit to homeless shelter with mother DianaITV
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00:00My mother took me to the passage.
00:03She took Harry and I both there.
00:05I must have been about 11, I think,
00:07probably at the time, maybe 10.
00:09I'd never been to anything like that before,
00:11and I was a bit anxious as to what to expect.
00:14My mother went about her usual part
00:17of making everyone feel relaxed and having a laugh
00:19and joking with everyone.
00:21I remember at the time kind of thinking,
00:23well, if everyone's not got a home,
00:25they're all gonna be really sad.
00:26But it was incredible how happy
00:29an environment it was.
00:31I remember having some good conversations
00:33just playing chess and chatting.
00:35That's when it dawned on me that there are other people
00:37out there who don't have the same life as you do.
00:40When you're quite small, you don't really...
00:42You just think life is what you see in front of you.
00:44You don't really have the concept to look elsewhere,
00:46and it's when you meet people, like I did then,
00:48who put a different perspective in your head
00:50and say, like, well, I was in the street last night.
00:52You're like, what? You know?
00:54It's like, I remember that happening.