Prince Charles, founder and president of The Princes Trust, a charity supporting disadvantaged young people, said the uncertainty created by the pandemic is particularly difficult for young people as entry-level jobs have been hit hardest by redundancies.
He made his comments in an article in The Daily Telegraph to mark The Princes Trust helping one million people since it was founded 45 years ago.
"Over all these years since the Trust was launched, there has never been an easy time,” he wrote. “However, there has never been a time as uniquely challenging as the present, when the pandemic has left perhaps another million young people needing urgent help to protect their futures. The task ahead is unquestionably vast, but it is not insurmountable.
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