THE DAILY TELEGRAPH RECENTLY DISCLOSED THAT PRINCE WILLIAM AND PRINCE HARRY HAVE TAKEN ONE OF THEIR MOST IMPORTANT STEPS TOGETHER IN PUBLIC LIFE BY SETTING UP THEIR OWN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. THE PRINCES HAVE INVESTED A SUBSTANTIAL SIX FIGURE SUM OF THEIR OWN MONIES FROM THEIR PERSONAL FORTUNE INTO THE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION OF PRINCE WILLIAM AND PRINCE HARRY. IT WILL ALSO GIVE MONEY TO NEEDY YOUNG PEOPLE AND PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR POVERTY STRICKEN VILLAGES IN AFRICA. THE MONEY WILL BE RAISED FROM PRIVATE BENEFACTORS AND EXTENSIVE FUND-RAISING. THE PRINCE OF WALES HAS GIVEN HIS BLESSINGS TO HIS SONS STEPPING OUT ON THEIR OWN TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE QUEEN'S ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT IS UNDERLINED BY THE FACT THAT LORD JANVRIN, HER FORMER PRIVATE SECRETARY WHO WAS HER MOST TRUSTED ADVISER, IS TO BE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRUSTEES. PAPERS FOR THE NEW CHARITY, WHICH IS BASED AT ST JAMES'S PALACE WHERE THE PRINCES HAVE THEIR PRIVATE OFFICES, HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CHARITY COMMISSION. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FOUNDATION IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT STEP TO DATE BY THE TWO PRINCES IN THEIR RAPIDLY EXPANDING PUBLIC ROLES. IF AND WHEN THEY LEAVE THE ARMED FORCES AND BECOME FULL-TIME MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY IT WILL BE A CORNERSTONE OF THEIR PUBLIC DUTIES. THEIR DECISION TO DEVOTE AT LEAST A THIRD OF ALL MONEY RAISED TO HELPING WITH THE WELFARE OF MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY, ESPECIALLY THOSE RETURNING WITH HORRIFIC INJURIES FROM AFGHANISTAN, HAS DELIGHTED THE QUEEN WHO IS HEAD OF THE ARMED FORCES. PRINCE WILLIAM AND PRINCE HARRY ARE SAID TO BE "REALLY EXCITED" ABOUT THE NEW ORGANIZATION WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN PLANNING FOR MONTHS. A CLARENCE HOUSE SPOKESMAN SAID: "THE PRINCE OF WALES IS PLEASED THAT HIS SONS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN CHARITABLE LIVES." WHILE THEIR MILITARY CAREERS WILL TAKE PRECEDENCE THE SPOKESMAN ADDED: "PRINCE WILLIAM AND PRINCE HARRY WILL TAKE A CLOSE AND ACTIVE INTEREST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOUNDATION." PRINCE HARRY'S SENTEBALE CHARITY, WHICH HELPS ORPHANS OF AIDS IN LESOTHO, WILL OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY OF THE NEW FOUNDATION.
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