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Prince William’s campaign to end homelessness has spawned a TV documentary described by one reviewer as “dismal television.”

Kensington Palace granted behind the scenes access to filmmakers highlighting William’s Homewards project, which was launched in 2023.

The show pitches the prince’s project as an effort to continue his mother Princess Diana’s legacy by trying to eradicate homelessness and featured footage from his childhood of mother and son working to help those less fortunate than themselves.

However, although the show, We Can End Homelessness, focuses on an indisputably good cause it got a rough ride in the media after it was broadcast on Wednesday, October 30, with many suggesting a contradiction bearing in mind his privilege and multiple homes.

It all suggests William might have an uphill battle ahead of him as he works to carve out a legacy during his time as next in line to the throne.

Marianne Levy for i News was perhaps most scathing in her assessment, arguing the royal needed to grapple with the political causes behind rising levels of homelessness.

For if homelessness in the UK is to end, we need to know why it is at an all-time high,” she wrote.

“We need to know about cutbacks to social services, how the NHS is struggling to provide frontline care, the burden on GPs (general practitioners).

“We need to know about investment in and the building of social housing. Of these issues, and the many more that have contributed to the crisis William has announced his intention to solve, there was nothing. It made for dismal television.