Catherine Middleton to Sleep With Homeless To Aid Charity

Catherine Middleton to Sleep With Homeless To Aid Charity

London is known for its excessive displays of pomp and pageantry, but it also faces a growing homeless population.
In an interview given to the Mirror, actress Lisa Maxwell said that the Duchess of Cambridge, Catherine Middleton, will be taking part in a Sleep Out awareness campaign where she will be with a British television celeb and possibly spend a night on the street that would open the public's eyes to the condition of the city's homeless.
The actress, who is also an activist and Centrepoint ambassador informed: "She asked me about sleeping out, so I said: 'Next time I do it, you're doing it with me. No excuses.'"
Maxwell used Catherine's husband William as an example saying, "He's done it." She said, 'You're on.' "
She met the Duchess through Prince William at a reception for Centrepoint, the organization for which William is royal patron and Princess Diana took an active role.
A rep for the pair refuted the claims, however. "There are no plans for the Duchess to sleep out for Centrepoint. She doesn't have any official role with Centrepoint, but will obviously continue to support the Duke in his patronage of the charity."
William heralded the Christmas holidays by sleeping with homeless people near a London bridge in 2009 in an effort to actively support his cause.
After that, a statement was issued by St. James Palace, stating: "Prince William took away from the experience the importance of tackling all the issues that cause people to be homeless and stay homeless, from drug dependency to mental health problems."
On the official website for the charity, Centrepoint's organizational head Seyi Obakin wrote that the Prince strongly wished to do it as a patron, "to raise awareness of the problem and to be able to understand a little better of what rough sleepers go through."
At any rate if the Duchess did sleep rough for a night, she'd be the first royal wife in history!