Prince William rarely works on Mondays. He prefers the three-day weekend system, which is really a four-day weekend since he really doesn’t like to work on Fridays either. But this week, William has been out on consecutive days at the start of the week. On Monday, he visited with the Lionesses – England’s national women’s soccer team – ahead of the Euros. He’s now patron of the Football Association, a downgrade from his years-long position as FA president. The Euros begin tomorrow in Switzerland, and there are rumors that William plans to fly out to support the women’s team… because he loves flying to other countries to watch football. He told the Lionesses: “The men’s team could definitely learn off your camaraderie and your team environment. You’re brilliant together, you create a very unique unit that is rare in lots of other sports. So hold onto that, treasure that, build on it, because it’s one of your greatest assets.” LOL, William was really like “wow, the men are such scrubs.”

Today, William went to Sheffield to mark the two-year anniversary of Homewards, his “pilot program” to fund various homelessness initiatives. After two years, you would think that the pilot program would have run its course and the time had come to implement the work more broadly. But of course that’s not happening. William did a Q&A session with advocate Steven Bartlett and former prime minister Gordon Brown. Even some royal reporters were throwing shade at William for his come-and-go homeless crusade, pointing out that since William founded this pilot program, homelessness has increased in the UK.

Meanwhile, along with Buckingham Palace’s Sovereign Grant disclosures, Kensington Palace did some limited disclosures about their finances. William still refuses to disclose how much he pays in taxes (for the Duchy of Cornwall). KP also said that they’ve increased their staff from 66 to 68. That many staffers??? Why does everything feel so half-assed from Will and Kate then??

Prince William has insisted he is starting to “shift the dial” in his campaign to demonstrate how homelessness in Britain can be ended despite figures showing the problem has got worse nationally.

— Richard Palmer (@RoyalReporter) June 30, 2025

Homewards hasn’t produced any figures to show whether homelessness has been cut in the six locations. But in December the housing charity Shelter published research showing that the number of homeless people in England had risen 14% in a year to 354,000, or one in 160 people.

— Richard Palmer (@RoyalReporter) June 30, 2025

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