'We need places like this with cost of living crisis': Princess Kate on Food Banks
 

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• Comments came during discussion with volunteers and congregation members
• On visit to Swansea church, she spoke of the importance of community services
• It was her and husband William's first visit to Wales since taking on the new titles

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The Popular Princess of Wales made a rare foray into politics as she spoke of
the need for food banks as some of families struggle with the cost-of-living
crisis.

Kate made the comments about the importance of community services
during a discussion with volunteers and members of the congregation at St
Thomas Church in Swansea - her first visit to Wales since inheriting her new
title.

Over the last two years the church has been transformed into a community
hub, which includes a food bank, facilities for homeless people, and a not-
for-profit café and community training kitchen.

During the visit with husband William, Kate said: 'With the cost of living
crisis, there are a lot of desperate people out there.':love:

'We need places like this to bring people together, places where people can
come and engage. It's what we need post Covid and with the cost of living
crisis.

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maybe she can transform one of her spare mansions into a community hub if she wants to do her bit?

No truer word said from Princess Kate

that woman is the heartbeat of the great British public

she will get us through the winter..

The daily mail comments tearing Kate a new one for a change, you love to see it :hehe:

Very True,

hard left spambot trolls

shame on them

:facepalm:

Kate supporting communities…no hypocritical preaching from our Princess..:cheer2:

Tbf it's not her job to fix the Tories mess.

“The Popular Princess of Wales”

People love how natural and genuine Kate is. No pretentiousness or playing for the cameras. :love:

What she has said is very true and I know she really means it from a good place but I always smile when the uber rich say things like that when wearing jewels that have a value that would feed those whole communities for a very very long time. :laugh:

The rich aren't hypocritical for not single-handedly solving the world's problems :shrug:

I'm not saying they are :shrug: I said I know she means well but it lacks empathy and experience so is a hollow statement. Its not a dig at Kate, I know she actually does mean what she says - unlike the politicians like Rishi Sunak who "sympathised" with the GBP over the fuel crisis and went home to his billionaire wife. Its not hypocritical but its empty sentiment in my opinion

It does actually.
I agree.

That’s not a smile anniek thats a smirk on your face.

it was the same when William dressed up in his help the homeless outfit. It's when they do stuff like this, that i disconnect from the royal family completely

Are you saying a rich person shouldn’t speak out for the poor to bring their plight the media attention and publicity which will help their cause? Only the poor should do so as they are the ones who are experiencing it?
I can’t agree with that. You don’t have to experience poverty to feel real empathy for those who are suffering from it, imo.

It’s very easy to give an opinion but very hard to give money.

The media attention is firmly on the cost of living crisis Jet - Kate is not saying anything that we do not already know and so she is not really highlighting it. How will saying we need food banks help anyone's cause? We know that. We need solutions, not platitudes. And, I am not saying that it is down to the Royals to solve the crisis we are in, it really isn't for them but it seems hollow.

To have true empathy I do believe you have to have experienced something - you can have sympathy and feel for someone but to have the true definition of empathy you have to the ability to understand and share the feelings of another and if you haven't experienced true poverty how can you possibly understand what people go through trying to feed, clothe their families?

The publicity that Royals bring leads to a great surge in donations and offers of help. That’s the whole point.

Where people can donate:
https://www.trusselltrust.org/get-in...e/donate-food/

https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/w...-child-poverty

Please everyone make a donation if you can.

There are plenty rich people out there who got rich by accident of birth, anyone who has a good talent for singing, football, acting, some got rich by accident of birth no one says they don't deserve to speak out, I am sure Marcus Rashford isn't wearing Primark or driving around in a 20 year car when he speaks about poverty

Yeah I'm sure her superpowers will make people stop being poor , hungry & cold .

To be fair though, Marcus Rashford has lived it. The estate where he was brought up is one of the most deprived in Manchester - he has experienced it first hand.

Kate had a pretty normal upbringing as well, maybe she wasn't particularly poor but her parents worked and she went to Uni at St Andrews so would have mixed with people from all backgrounds as did William