{"id":2453981,"date":"2026-06-11T04:24:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2453981"},"modified":"2026-06-11T04:24:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:24:47","slug":"william-and-camilla-unite-for-cause-close-to-their-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/william-and-camilla-unite-for-cause-close-to-their-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"William and Camilla unite for cause close to their heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Prince William has called on the technology industry to help<br \/>\nprevent homelessness before it happens, as the Royal Family\u2019s<br \/>\nefforts to tackle the issue gathered momentum with a separate<br \/>\nhomelessness-focused engagement by Queen Camilla.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at London Tech Week, the Prince of Wales said<br \/>\nhomelessness was \u201crarely random\u201d and argued that modern technology<br \/>\ncould be used to identify warning signs earlier, enabling support<br \/>\nto be offered before people reach crisis point.<\/p>\n<p>The future king appeared at the event on behalf of Homewards,<br \/>\nhis flagship programme aimed at making homelessness \u201crare, brief<br \/>\nand unrepeated\u201d. Addressing business leaders and technology<br \/>\nexperts, William suggested that data already collected through<br \/>\neveryday services could play a crucial role in preventing<br \/>\nhomelessness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe earlier you deal with a problem, the better, as we all know<br \/>\nin life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of your customers, your clients, will be using data<br \/>\nthrough banking apps, through their phones. I\u2019m not sure you<br \/>\nrealise how much that data can be used to predict and see problems<br \/>\nwith potential homelessness before they actually arise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The appearance marked the launch of the UK\u2019s first Homelessness<br \/>\nData Lab, a new initiative led by Homewards in partnership with<br \/>\nSalesforce and LandAid.<\/p>\n<p>The project will bring together more than 25 organisations from<br \/>\nthe public, private and charitable sectors to explore how data can<br \/>\nbe used responsibly and ethically to identify people at risk of<br \/>\nhomelessness and intervene sooner.<\/p>\n<p>William joined a panel discussion featuring Salesforce UK and<br \/>\nIreland chief executive Zahra Bahrololoumi, Bloomberg Associates<br \/>\nprincipal Linda Gibbs and NatWest Group\u2019s Solange Chamberlain.<\/p>\n<p>The Prince said technology had the potential to become a<br \/>\npowerful force for good, helping not only to address homelessness<br \/>\nin Britain but also serving as a model for tackling the issue<br \/>\ninternationally.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/uk\/the-special-gift-queen-camilla-gave-to-homeless-residents-during-london-visit-218060\/\"><br \/>\nThe engagement came on the same day Queen Camilla visited a St<br \/>\nMungo\u2019s accommodation service in south London, where she<br \/>\nhighlighted the role reading can play in helping people rebuild<br \/>\ntheir lives.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Queen donated a collection of 20 personally selected books<br \/>\nthrough her charity, The Queen\u2019s Reading Room, and met residents,<br \/>\nsupport workers and volunteers at the homelessness service.<\/p>\n<p>Among the titles she donated were <em>Wuthering Heights<\/em>,<br \/>\n<em>The Queen\u2019s Necklace<\/em> and <em>I Capture the<br \/>\nCastle<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>During the visit, Camilla described reading as \u201ca wonderful way<br \/>\nof escapism\u201d capable of transporting people beyond the challenges<br \/>\nof everyday life.<\/p>\n<p>Television presenter Lorraine Kelly, who attended the<br \/>\nengagement, praised the initiative and said books could help people<br \/>\nregain confidence and opportunities while recovering from<br \/>\nhomelessness.<\/p>\n<p>Former residents and support workers also spoke about the<br \/>\npositive impact reading can have on mental wellbeing, literacy and<br \/>\nrecovery from trauma.<\/p>\n<p>The dual engagements underline the growing focus senior royals<br \/>\nare placing on homelessness, with William pursuing long-term<br \/>\nstructural solutions while Camilla champions practical initiatives<br \/>\ndesigned to support people already experiencing housing<br \/>\ninsecurity.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"tbmarker\"\/>  <\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source royalcentral.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince William has called on the technology industry to help prevent homelessness before it happens, as the Royal Family\u2019s efforts to tackle the issue gathered momentum with a separate homelessness-focused engagement by Queen Camilla. Speaking at London Tech Week, the Prince of Wales said homelessness was \u201crarely random\u201d and argued that modern technology could be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2453982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2453981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/William-and-Camilla-unite-for-cause-close-to-their-heart.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2453981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2453983,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453981\/revisions\/2453983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2453982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2453981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2453981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2453981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}