Prince William sleeps rough
Tuesday, December 22 04:34 pm

Prince William has spent a night sleeping rough on the streets of London to experience being homeless, as part of an event organised by the homeless charity Centrepoint.
The prince bedded down in a sleeping bag next to a group of wheelie bins around Blackfriars bridge in the capital last week.

The organisation's chief executive Seyi Obakin, and William's private secretary Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, bedded down on cardboard boxes in an alleyway just after midnight last Wednesday.

Obakin said the "hairiest moment" came when they were almost run over by a road sweeper.

Earlier in the year, Centrepoint's chief executive challenged the Prince to experience being homeless for one night, although he said he did not think William would take up the challenge.

The offer came after 27-year-old William, the charity's patron, challenged the organisation to redouble its efforts to end youth homelessness in a speech to mark its 40th anniversary.

The group slept until 6am when William was taken on a tour of the West End to see where many of the young homeless were sleeping.

The royal said that he hoped his experience sleeping rough would strengthen his efforts to help the charity: "I cannot, after one night, even begin to imagine what it must be like to sleep rough on London's streets night after night," he said.

"Poverty, mental illness, drug and alcohol dependency and family breakdown cause people to become and then stay homeless.Centrepoint's work - along with many other organisations' - in tackling these fundamental causes is desperately important if we are ever to end homelessness in this country."

SOURCE:http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20091222/tuk-prince-william-sleeps-rough-dba1618.html[b][/b]

What's so wonderful about someone being homeless?

mama-gee:

What's so wonderful about someone being homeless?

We are talking about Prince William here

CHAIRMAN1:

We are talking about Prince William here

Who the freak is that?

that was nice of him.

He was born with silver spoon,i hope he felt the pain been homeless after sleeping rough on the strret

Its a bid deal yes but our own BASH ALI has been sleeping outside for more than two months. Is he a celebrity?

omamokta:

Its a bid deal yes but our own BASH ALI has been sleeping outside for more than two months. Is he a celebrity?

Whats wrong with Bash? Is he now mentally deranged?

the Topic is so misleading.
Abeg Seyi did not make him sleep outside,Seyi is the chairman of the organisation,Williams is one of the err Patrons.
All-in-all its commendable.

Now, which of our leaders[s][/s]rulers can take up this challenge?
Instead we "evacuate" street beggers in 911 vehicles back to their villages.

oge4real:

Now, which of our leaders[s][/s]rulers can take up this challenge?
Instead we "evacuate" street beggers in 911 vehicles back to their villages.

Sane Nigerians are not homeless, therefore no need for Nigeria leaders to take up the challenge. Seriously what he did is quite commendable.