Steven Bartlett shares behind-the-scenes snaps of Prince William’s visit to Bournemouth – as he says the future King is ‘authentically kind’ and has ‘a wonderful way with people’
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Steven Bartlett has praised Prince William, describing the future monarch as ‘authentically kind’ in a post on Instagram.
The Dragon’s Den star and the Prince of Wales, 41, spent the day together yesterday visiting a number of businesses in the south of England that are working towards ending homelessness.
It is an issue close to the royal’s heart: he recently launched his Homewards project, an initiative which seeks to make ‘rough sleeping, sofa surfing and other forms of temporary accommodation a thing of the past’.
As part of his advocacy work towards ending homelessness, William invited Steven to spend the day in Bournemouth, where they hosted a roundtable together as well as visiting several businesses.
During the roundtable, where they hosted a group of local business leaders, the pair discussed how organisations could work to hire more homeless individuals.
Prince William (pictured, left) asked Steven Bartless (pictured, right) to spend the day with him to discuss homelessness initiatives
During the day, the pair visited Bournemouth businesses which are working to end homelessness, including Pret a Manger (pictured) where they donned aprons and made coffee
Steven Bartlett (pictured, left) described the prince (pictured, right) as ‘authentically kind’ in his Instagram post
The first stop of the day was Pret A Manger in Bournemouth, where both Steven and William donned aprons, before getting stuck into work.
Taking to Instagram to write about the day, Steven revealed that the pair ‘made coffees, sandwiches, and got to meet some of the incredible team members that are former refugees, former inmates and formerly homeless!’.
The post continued: ‘We drove over to Bournemouth FC and met players from the Men’s and Women’s team who had come through the bounce back program and used football to change their lives.’
Entrepreneur Steven then revealed that he was ‘lucky enough to have a few moments to ask the future king some questions on his own personal motivations and how he manages his time’.
Following their engagements at Pret a Manger and Bournemouth FC, the pair hosted their roundtable.
According to Steven’s Instagram post: ‘This is just the beginning of a big piece of work we’re planning to do with Prince William, Homewards and the UK business community to help get homeless people (and former inmates) back into work, to up-skill them and to end homelessness for good!’
He ended his post with a touching side note.
In it, he said: ‘If you had told me as a kid, I would be spending the day with Prince William, the future King – I would never ever ever believed you.
The Dragon’s Den star wrote about the day he spent with the royal in a long post on Instagram (pictured)
The day the pair spent together was in aid of William’s advocacy work towards ending homelessness
Steven (pictured, centre) also revealed in his post that his parents are ardent royalists, making the day with Prince William something he was very grateful for
‘I grew up with a Nigerian mother and an English dad who both adore the royal family.
‘One of my earliest memories is watching my mum and dad cry when Diana died.’
He then praised the royal, writing: ‘William has a wonderful way with people, and he was authentically kind both on and off camera today!
‘Thank you to whatever force in the universe put me there today, I’m so grateful and a little confused. A day I’m sure I’ll tell my kids about.’
Steven concluded the post by calling on businesses to look into Prince William’s Homewards initiative.
He said: ‘Together as a business community we can do a lot more to get all the talent we have in this country back to work!’
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