As he celebrated his 21st birthday on Saturday Prince William pledged to use his position to help other people just like his mother did. Photo by AP
Prince William, the elder son of Britain's heir to the throne Prince Charles and the late princess Diana, turned 21 with a pledge to help the homeless. In an interview for Press Association, the British news agency, William said he was greatly influenced by visits to homeless hostels as a teenager with Princess Diana, who was killed in a Paris car crash in 1997. "I learned a lot from it, more so now than I did at the time," William told Press Association, the British news agency, in an interview published Saturday. "It's made me aware, and I think homelessness is one of those topics that people kind of gloss over and don't really focus on. It is an important issue that needs to be understood and highlighted. "My mother used her position very well to help other people, as does my father, and I hope to do the same," he said.