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HAPPY 13TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TO THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES!

Kensington Palace released a previously unseen portrait featuring The Prince and Princess of Wales, taken by Millie Pilkington, to mark their 13th anniversary || 29 APRIL 2024

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The Times:

The Prince of Wales is to build and fund a £3 million social housing development on his land to tackle homelessness.

William has overseen plans to construct the 24 homes in Cornwall to be ready next year. They will provide high-quality accommodation in an area with one of the most acute homelessness problems in the UK.

The development in Nansledan, a suburb of Newquay, the Cornish seaside town famous for its surfing, will include a mix of four-bedroom houses and one-bedroom flats.

The duchy, which provides the heir to the throne with an income, recorded profits of £24 million in 2022-23. It will supply the land for the project free of charge and cover all construction costs. It will also invest in local infrastructure, including a bus link and connections to electricity, water and superfast broadband.

The new low-carbon homes will feature slate roofs, granite lintels, solar panels, heat pumps and colourful timber windows. It will be built in a “traditional Cornish seaside” style, designed by Adam Architecture and local firm ALA Architects.

It is understood William wants the development to “look and feel as homely as possible” to combat the stigma of social housing. The site will also be re-landscaped and shrubs and wildflowers planted to encourage biodiversity.

Sources close to William, 41, said he wanted to “lead from the front” and encourage other landowners to build more social housing. He is said to be considering further projects on his land.

The duchy is working on the project with the Cornish homelessness charity St Petrocs with the long-term aim of helping people move from temporary accommodation at Nansledan into permanent homes.

It will provide residents with a range of “wraparound services”, including mental health support, counselling, training and employment opportunities, in what Kensington Palace described as the duchy’s “first innovative housing project to help address homelessness”.

For future local developments, HRH has committed to increasing affordable housing from the 30 per cent national requirement to 40 per cent, with a focus on social housing, meaning an extra 200 affordable houses will be built in Nansledan, where there are 1,020 homes at present.

Last year William, who is patron of the homelessness charities Centrepoint and the Passage, launched Homewards, a five-year initiative to tackle homelessness. It will provide £3 million from the Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales — £500,000 to six locations across the UK where groups of housing experts, businesses and councils will work on plans to end homelessness in their areas.

Experts from Homewards will also work on the Nansledan project with the hope that its success can be replicated nationwide, and in the Homewards locations in Northern Ireland, Lambeth, Aberdeen, Newport, Sheffield, and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

Kensington Palace said: “The prince is delighted that the duchy is using the Homewards approach as inspiration for building this innovative housing project, partnering with St Petrocs to find ways of ultimately getting people into permanent housing.

“It is exactly what he wants to do and for him it’s another example that if we can show people here and in other countries what is possible, maybe others will follow our lead. The prince hopes that every town and city in the country will take inspiration from this project.”

During a day of engagements in Cornwall last year, the duke and duchess visited St Petrocs, which works alongside Cornwall council to identify those experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless.

William was given a copy of the charity’s book People. Project Cornwall which explores the experiences of people with housing difficulties. He was “deeply moved” and arranged for all members of the Prince’s Council, the Duchy of Cornwall’s board, to receive a copy.

Henry Meacock, the charity’s chief executive, said: “Where Prince William is showing great leadership is in wanting change in the approach to prevention and early intervention around homelessness. “We have a unique opportunity in Nansledan with a socially-minded landowner who has a long-term development mindset, demonstrating to the private sector that you can still be commercial and make a profit but also invest in the local community. The focus for us is about breaking the cycle of homelessness and ending it for good.”

The plans for Nansledan will go out for public consultation this month, with work on the development to begin in September. The first homes are due to be complete the following autumn.

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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, pose during their visit to The Taj Mahal in Agra on April 16, 2016.

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HAPPY 13TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TO WILLIAM AND CATHERINE (M. 29 April 2011) ♡

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HAPPY 13TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TO WILLIAM AND CATHERINE (M. 29 April 2011) ♡

Official portraits featuring The Prince and Princess of Wales released over the years || 2010 - PRESENT

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The Prince of Wales and Prince George attended Aston Villa's Europa League match against LOSC Lille at Villa Park in Birmingham || 11 APRIL 2024

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WILLIAM × SNOWFLAKE ❄️

The Prince of Wales cares for "Snowflake", the guinea pig during a visit to Woodgate Valley Urban Farm, a city farm dedicated to supporting children and young people struggling to access education and those experiencing mental health challenges || 25 APRIL 2024

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DEAR PRINCESS KATE OF WALES 🩷

The Prince of Wales received a Get-Well-Soon Card for his wife, The Princess of Wales, from a pupil at St. Michael's Church of England School in Sandwell || 25 APRIL 2024

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The Prince of Wales with a little girl as he praises her Daffodil necklace at All Saint's School in Wrexham to see how the school is celebrating St David's Day and hear about how it is teaching its pupils about local Welsh history and cultural traditions || 1 MARCH 2024

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HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY TO THE BOSS BABY, HRH PRINCE LOUIS ARTHUR CHARLES OF WALES (B. 23 April 2018) ♡

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The way Prince William looks at his children and the way Princess Catherine looks at her husband screams love ♥️