内容摘要：Mr Thompson added that Mr Smith had been "unbelievably close" to his father and had been deeply affected by his death two years ago.

Mr Thompson added that Mr Smith had been "unbelievably close" to his father and had been deeply affected by his death two years ago.

It doesn’t help that there’s an ocean-wide gap between Prince William and his brother Prince Harry.And swirling around the Princess of Wales’s illness, as she continues with cancer treatment, has been a toxic swamp gas of social media gossip and crazy speculation.

It must have felt as though the royal world, used to travelling at the sedate pace of a carriage, had turned into a white-knuckle ride.At the centre of this storm, what does Prince William himself want to achieve? If you turn off all the background noise about the royals, what does he want to do with his role?The key word, according to sources close to the prince, is “impact”. Rather than ribbon-cutting, photo opportunities and easy gimmicks, he wants to deliver projects that make a tangible, measurable difference.

“He’s asking: ‘How can I use my platform for good, to create positive change,” says a royal source.“He has big ambitions for what he can deliver.”

In practice that means his projects to reduce homelessness, promote mental health issues and support environmental business through his Earthshot project.

Prince William has described his role as “social leadership” and his visits have been labelled as “community impact days”.David Henwood is the party’s candidate for Oxford East in the general election.

"They create longer car journeys, more pollution and more congestion," he says.It has been a big local issue in recent years, but this is the first opportunity since LTNs were introduced that the issue could be brought up at a national level.

Oxford East’s Labour candidate, Anneliese Dodds, thinks that bus services should be improved first as "not everyone in Oxford can cycle or walk".Louise Brown is the Conservative party candidate. She says that East Oxford does not have enough cycle lanes or regular buses, making LTNs "unworkable".