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The heir to the throne, 39, paid homage to his late mother this week with a new youth initiative. The Diana Award is a charity to continue the positive legacy of the People’s Princess, who died in a car crash in Paris in 1997. Diana’s other son, Prince Harry, 36, also supports the charity, which on Thursday launched the five-year Future Forward plan. The initiative, which launched on International Youth Day, aims to help young people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

An unearthed interview with Diana’s biographer Andrew Morton reveals how William was always on the path to follow in his mother’s footsteps.

Despite being the future king, William was always keen to remain down to earth like his mother, according to the author of “Diana: Her True Story – In Her Own Words”.

The former journalist was speaking for the 2011 Channel 4 documentary “How Diana’s Death Shaped William & Harry”.

He said: “William has always been searching for normal, he wants to live a life less extraordinary.”

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Ken Wharfe, Diana’s bodyguard for five years, also spoke for the documentary and revealed how Diana tried to show William what life outside Buckingham Palace was really like.

The People’s Princess took her son to the Passage Day Centre in London where he interacted with homeless people.

William, who later became patron of the charity, first visited the centre as a child and has since returned several times.

Mr Wharfe said: “I remember her taking William very early in the morning away from the glare of cameras to the Passage Day Centre to hand out clothing, to hand out food and so forth.

“I remember William there handing out tea and a coffee or something and this one guy came up, having spent the night on the street.

“He said ‘give me that, I’m not interested in you’, he knew exactly who it was and this was quite an opening, quite an awakening for William.

“Diana, I remember in the car back, saying, ‘you see William this is what happens, not everybody likes us’. 

“This was part of Diana’s education, wanting him to see what other people did.”

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William’s latest charitable venture, Future Forward, has also seen him unite with his brother Harry.

Harry and his wife Meghan Markle dramatically left the Royal Family last year and moved to the US.

Reports suggested there was a major rift between Harry and William, although recently there have been increasing signs that the brothers’ relationship may be on the mend.

Last month the pair teamed up to unveil a statue of Diana in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace, the Princess’s former home.

Their unveiling of the bronze sculpture was the first time they had met up since the funeral for their grandfather Prince Philip who died in April.

Speaking about Future Forward, William stressed its importance in the wake of the pandemic.

In a statement he said: “The lives of thousands of young people have been impacted by the global pandemic, with education interrupted, work opportunities disrupted, and social connections strained.

“Yet many of the young people who I have been fortunate to meet over the last year have shown an enormous passion and commitment to helping their communities recover and rebuild – and beyond that, are working hard to tackle the social inequality and injustice that they see in the world around them.”
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