While the charity chief executive, Tessy Ojo noticed how much William was like his mother, Princess Diana.
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During a group exercise William held a cardboard hand with the names of five people he would turn to in the event of bullying: Catherine, Harry, Father, Grandmother, and Grandfather.
The organisation has trained more than 16,000 ambassadors who support students in 3,000 schools across the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The Diana Award is an award-winning charity that was founded as a legacy to Diana, Princess of Wales’ belief that young people have the power to change the world for the better.
Members of the royal family have historically avoided discussing LGBT issues, Pink News notes, partly because 90 percent of the population of the British Commonwealth lives under some form of anti-LGBT law.
Charles did admit that the school instilled him with self-discipline and a sense of responsibility.
During the royal visit Tom Broughton, 17, told the group how he was targeted by social media when he came out as gay.
William’s remarks drew high praise from some of those in attendance.
“It’s something that must be really deeply rooted in his want for justice and for everybody to be equal”. He said we need to educate and raise awareness.
“He was hands-on and allowed the young people to speak their minds and was very good at being calming. He was really humble and great with the kids”. The father-of-two shared a list of the five people he would look to first for support during an official engagement at Hammersmith Academy on Monday.
He then moved onto the LGBT training, where he moved to the side of those who favoured confronting homophobic bullies.
The Duke wrote “fear” on the yellow paper and “communicate” on green.
The program was part of a back-to-school campaign run by The Diana Award, a charity named after the prince’s late mother.
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Before adding, “He was relaxed with the young people”.
