Prince William shares 13-word candid admission about homelessness

shares his heartbreaking view on in a TV documentary tonight.

The Prince of Wales says: "I don’t believe we should be living with homelessness in the 21st century" in his programme, Prince William: We Can End Homelessness. It first airs at 9pm tonight on ITV1 and concludes at the same time on Thursday.

Prince William: We Can End Homelessness will then be streamed globally, the second Prince of Wales TV show to do so after his five-part series on The Earthshot Prize in 2021 on Discovery Plus.

It means William, 42, will pit himself against brother , who has also done several global shows, including ’s sixpart Harry And Meghan, and Heart Of Invictus. Harry, 40, and , 43, signed a private commercial deal with Netflix for this in 2020 and the programme's opener was the most-watched premiere for a show on that platform in 2022 in the .

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But William's documentary explores the issue of homelessness, an issue which he says he is driven to tackle following criticism about his privileged lifestyle and many residences.

In the programme, the Prince releases unseen pictures of him with mother Diana, at a homeless shelter — and mentions Harry by name for the first time in six years.

The show comes after dad-of-three William recently petted a wellwisher's dog during a visit to Duchy College in Cornwall, and told the fan .

Stunned fan Louise Harland told Hits Radio Cornwall: "[William] said that his little dog sleeps on the bed with them at night, with him and Kate. [He was] absolutely in love with my little dog. He asked what breed he was and he's never met one of those breeds, he's a Cockerjack, so he's a little bit of a unique combination."

Orla is not the family's first pet. William and Kate's previous dog Lupo - a wedding present from Kate's brother James - died in November 2020.