Prince William: I know ‘it’s hard’ for people to see the point of a royal family

Prince William understands that some people may not see the point of the British royal family.

The Prince of Wales is on a high-profile mission to solve the UK homelessness crisis — but he thinks the important issues that the Firm supports just get lost in the shuffle of people’s daily lives.

“We’re all very busy, and I think it’s hard sometimes to see what the family bring and what we do,” William, who will turn 41 on Wednesday, told the Times over the weekend.

“But the amount of causes, the interests, the dinners, the meetings, the visits, whatever it is, that we do day in, day out, throughout the year, we’ve always been involved in that. It’s part of what we do,” he added.

“It’s trying to spotlight other causes, other people, other interests, and help people where we can. We’ll continue to do that.”

Beyond ongoing calls of “down with the crown” and “abolish the monarchy,” William’s comments come amid several conflicts in the royal family, including his contentious relationship with his estranged brother Prince Harry, their father King Charles’ recent ascension to the throne and his uncle Prince Andrew’s rumored exploits with dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

The father of three offered further insight into his public housing campaign in the revealing interview, sharing how he hopes to go deeper in his introduction of the subject to Prince George, Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte.

“I think when I can balance it with their schooling, they will definitely be exposed to it. On the school run, we talk about what we see,” William said.

“When we were in London, driving backwards and forwards, we regularly used to see people sitting outside supermarkets, and we’d talk about it.”

William also recalled that he asked his children about the people living on the streets, “Why are they there? What’s going on?”

He continued: “I think it’s in all our interests, it’s the right thing to do, to expose the children, at the right stage in the right dialogue, so they have an understanding.”

“They [will] grow up knowing that, actually: Do you know what? Some of us are very fortunate, some of us need a little bit of a helping hand, some of us need to do a bit more where we can to help others improve their lives,” William said.

The royal then declared that he will “absolutely” be establishing public housing on his 130,000-acre Duchy of Cornwall estate.

William and Harry, 38, had visited shelters alongside their mother, the late Princess Diana.

The heir is also patron of the homelessness charities Centrepoint and the Passage, two foundations that his mother was active in.