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It was a case of the prince and the pauper when the heir to the British throne met an old schoolmate in London on Thursday.

Prince Charles was visiting the offices of "The Big Issue" - a magazine sold by the homeless - when he was introduced to Clive Harold.

The two had last met 44 years ago when they were pupils at the posh London preparatory school Hill House.

Both their lives have undergone big changes since then.

While on his tour of the Big Issue Offices, Clive Harold introduced himself to the Prince Charles.

They Royal appeared taken aback when Harold noted he had attended London's Hill House School with the prince 44 years ago.

They talked for some time about their school days and the Prince heard how Clive's life had taken a downward turn about ten years ago.

Clive had come from a privileged background, living in the most desirable part of London, opposite a member of the English Royal family.

Clive had told the Prince that selling the magazine had brought discipline back into his life, "It gives people a purpose and discipline in their lives."

He sells the Big Issue outside a train station in London, and at this time of year he dons a red Father Christmas hat, which he asked the Prince to try on.

Prince Charles, not surprisingly, politely refused.

Clive Harold had a philosophical reaction to his meeting with the Prince, finding similarities in their respective lives, despite them being poles apart.

SOUNDBITE: (English)

"It was strange, because my family home is in Launceston Place and Princess Margaret lived opposite , you know, and it was all......it was all up, up an running. He went to Gordonstone, and I went to Millfield, and it was, you know...and the idea that we would meet 44 years later, and I'd be on the streets, he'd be obviously where he is now...erm...

it was, it was strange, it was strange. But he was very encouraging, and he enjoys the project here, as I do, and because he's been through his own pain , and you know his life has taken all sorts of twists and turns, as mine has, we sort of had a...... we sort of had a meeting of minds"

SUPER CAPTION: Clive Harold, former school colleague and Big Issue vendor

Prince Charles went on to tour the jobs education and training section of the Big Issue Foundation, the company's charity wing.

The Big Issue has become an overwhelming success, founded in London it can now be bought in most of Europe's capitals.

Vendors of the publication receive a proportion of the cover price, which gives them a small income, a degree of self respect, but most importantly a sense of purpose.

London, England 4th December 1997

1. Prince Charles' car arriving outside offices of "The Big Issue".

2. Charles gets out and enters building.

3. Charles enters room and is greeted by Clive Harold and other Big Issue vendors

4. Charles seated talking to Clive.

5. Cutaway copy of The Big Issue in Charles' hands, pullout to show both men.

6. Cutaway two vendors listening.

7. Clive wearing his red Father Christmas hat, suggesting Prince Charles try it on.

8. Charles leaving room.

9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Clive Harold, former fellow pupil of Prince Charles

10. Woman holding pile of Big Issue magazines, pan to see Prince Charles entering room

where he buys a copy of the magazine from a seated vendor.

SHOTLIST(including transcript):-

AP Entertainment

London, 12 March 2013

1. Wide shot Russell Brand joins Mitch Winehouse at press conference

2. Mid shot Russell Brand at press conference

3. Wide shot press conference

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Russell Brand/Actor, Comedian:

"I think when you're talking to young people about drugs and alcohol what's important is not to moralize about it, or say 'Don't do drugs' or futile, impotent messages that don't reach young people, I think it's important just to address the reasons why people drink and take drugs in the first place, whether they're young or old. I remember when I was a kid, the reason drugs first became attractive to me was because I felt kind of lonely and felt sad. Now I've had access to abstinence based recovery, I know that there's a solution to the initial emotional problem that led me to drink and take drugs in the first place. So that's what I think is great about the Amy Winehouse Foundation."

5. Cutaway press camera

6. Wide shot Russell Brand and Mitch Winehouse pose for photographs

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Mitch Winehouse/Amy Winehouse's Father

"The event today, the Recovery Festival today, we announced the official launch of the Foundation and over the next 12 months we're in, we start with 50 schools, so we're building up slowly but we have 50 schools that we're going to be working with over the next year, working, again, as I say, talking to the parents, the teachers and the kids. Our people who are in recovery are delivering the shares" (sharing their own experiences) "and we believe that we have to do it slowly but surely, You know obviously there will be economies of scale and as we get bigger, everything else will get bigger as well but we won't rest until every child in secondary school is getting the information that they need to make the correct choices."

8. Wide shot Mitch Winehouse speaks to reporter

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Mitch Winehouse/Amy Winehouse's Father

"When we were struggling with Amy's illness, I didn't have a clue, I didn't know what I was doing and a lot of the way that I would express myself would be shouting and screaming. Which doesn't help anybody. You know we have to give people the information, allow them to understand the consequences of their behaviour, and allow them to decide when they stop taking drugs and to stop drinking. They have to make that decision, parents can't make the decision for them."

10. Wide shot Mitch Winehouse speaks to reporter

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Mitch Winehouse/Amy Winehouse's Father - on the forthcoming Camden Walk of Fame

"Yeah we're involved, it's going great, we have Amy's statue which is going to be unveiled in September, which we're working on at the moment so all of these things are exciting but of course Amy's not here. I wish we weren't doing the statue, I wish we weren't doing the schools educ - well I'm glad we're doing it, we should be doing the schools education project anyway, but I wish we weren't having to think about walks of fame and statues, and things like that, I wish she was here with us. But she's not, so we have to do the best that we can."

12. Wide shot Mitch Winehouse speaks to reporter

STORYLINE

MITCH WINEHOUSE AND RUSSELL BRAND LAUNCH DRUG AND ALCOHOL AWARENESS INITIATIVE FOR SCHOOLS

Mitch Winehouse recalled his struggle with his daughter Amy's addiction, at the launch of a charity initiative to raise awareness of the problem amoung young people.

Russell Brand, a friend of the late singer, joined her father at the launch, in London on Tuesday (12 MARCH 2013)

Launched through the charity foundation set up in the late singer's memory, The Amy Winehouse Foundation's Resilience Programme has been set up with treatment charity Addaction, and aims to tackle the root causes of drug and alcohol problems.

Brand opened up about his own history of substance abuse at the press conference, to illustrate his belief that a non-judemental approach is key to educating young people,

"I think when you're talking to young people about drugs and alcohol what's important is not to moralise about it, or say 'Don't do drugs' or futile impotent messages that don't reach young people, I think it's important just to address the reasons why people drink and take drugs in the first place, whether they're young or old," said the actor. "I remember when I was a kid, the reason drugs first became attractive to me was because I felt kind of lonely, I felt sad. Now I've had access to abstinence based recovery, I know that there's a solution to the initial emotional problem that led me to drink and take drugs in the first place. So that's what I think is great about the Amy Winehouse Foundation."

The Foundation and Addaction say the new drug and alcohol awareness programme for schools will roll out in ten places across England.

A trained team of recovering addicts, supported by professional workers, will share their own experiences to help young people better understand drug and alcohol misuse.

The focus will be on self-esteem, risky behavior and peer pressure.

Amy Winehouse died in July 2011 from accidental alcohol poisoning.

Her father Mitch says working with the Foundation has helped him understand more about the disease of addiction.

"When we were struggling with Amy's illness, I didn't have a clue, I didn't know what I was doing and a lot of the way that I would express myself would be shouting and screaming. Which doesn't help anybody," he said. "You know we have to give people the information, allow them to understand the consequences of their behaviour, and allow them to decide when they stop taking drugs and to stop drinking. They have to make that decision, parents can't make the decision for them."

The late singer is now set to be posthumously honored a part of the new Camden Walk of Fame.

Due to be launched later this year by the London Borough of Camden, the Hollywood inspired Walk will feature discs honoring a range of music artists.

Winehouse confirms the idea has the family's backing - but he would rather be celebrating with a daughter still living.

"Yeah we're involved, it's going great, we have Amy's statue which is going to be unveiled in September, which we're working on at the moment so all of these things are exciting but of course Amy's not here," he said. "I wish we weren't having to think about walks of fame and statues, and things like that, I wish she was here with us. But she's not, so we have to do the best that we can."

SHOTLIST

AP TELEVISION

Santo Domingo - 24 Jan 2010

1. Mid of Haitian-American musician Wyclef Jean (left) and Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez (right)

2. Close of Jean

3. Close of Fernandez

4. Mid of Jean and Fernandez talking

5. Mid of American actor Vin Diesel

6. Various of meeting between Jean, Fernandez and Diesel

7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vin Diesel, US actor:

"Well, we started an underground convoy where we actually shipped baby formula, medical supplies. We''ve been doing this for the last week. It was important for us to go over to Haiti. I arrived here last week and President Leonel Fernandez wanted me to go into Haiti, and I did, and my heart went out to our brothers and sisters there. I don''t think...I can''t imagine anyone going there not wanting to help."

8. Mid of Jean talking to the media

9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Wyclef Jean, Haitian-American musician:

"The telethon we did in New York, we raised over 57 (m) million. It''s continuously going. I want to thank George Clooney. I worked with George Clooney a lot, putting that together, also Shakira, everybody, Madonna, everybody who participated in that. And also, I want to thank the world. I want to thank the DR (Dominican Republic), I want to thank...It feels like the whole entire world is coming together. So many telethons are going on, so much money is being raised, and you know, we did loose a lot of people in Haiti. I personally lost a lot of people. But understand that every time real change is about to happen it comes from the worst moment. So, I feel moving forward on now. I want everybody to know that we''re moving to the 21st century, and everybody that''s watching me right now that''s from the DR, you know what I''m saying, I want them to know that they are my brothers and they''re my sisters. They look like me. Look, we all look the same, you understand what I''m saying?"

10. Mid of Jean and Diesel

11. Mid of Jean talking to reporter

STORYLINE

WYCLEF AND VIN DIESEL MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Haitian born musician Wyclef Jean and American actor Vin Diesel met with the President of the Dominican Republic on Sunday (24 Jan 10) in continuing efforts to help the shattered Haitian nation following the devastating earthquake on 12 January.

Both celebrities thanked President Leonel Fernandez for his country''s immediate response to the disaster which has killed an estimated 200-thousand people, displaced many more and reduced much of Haiti to rubble.

Diesel said he been involved in getting shipments of aid into the country, and had witnessed first hand the misery there, visiting the island in the last few days under the request of Fernandez.

The American actor has visited Haiti many times and sponsors a film programme for young Haitians.

Wyclef Jean has been working tirelessly to raise money for the victims, taking part in Friday night''s all-star telethon, "Hope for Haiti Now," which so far has raised 57 (m) million US dollars.

His charity, The Wyclef Jean Foundation Inc., also known as the Yele Haiti Foundation, is one of the groups that will benefit from the evening''s donations.

Jean also thanked US actor and director George Clooney, who helped organize Friday''s event.