Russell Brand wants help in ‘perfect present’ for royal couple
Comedian Russell Brand has reached out to people to help him in giving the “perfect wedding present” to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who are due to marry in May this year.
The comedian posted a YouTube video calling on his fans to sign a petition. Brand plans to get Slough Council to buy a new shelter for homeless people in the area, after reports that they wanted the homeless off the street for the royal couple’s big day.
Brand, who works with the charity SHOC (Slough Homeless Our Concern), says in the video: “Hello, look, you know Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are getting married and that councillor guy said, ‘We gotta cleanse the homeless off the streets of Windsor’ in some terrifying sort of eugenics, burn-thebooks, burn-the-people type language. Well, one of the charities that will be affected by that are SHOC—a charity I’ve worked with for ages.”
He continues, “They provide day care for homeless people, loads of advice, clothes and help, particularly if all the homeless people in neighboruing Windsor are going to be swept off the street in a tsunami of loathing to keep Meghan Markle’s dress looking nice as they promenade towards that castle.”
“Actually, it’s not Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s fault, is it?... That is why I’m suggesting that as a wedding present to Prince Harry and Meghan, we encourage, insist, and push Slough Council to donate a building to SHOC,” Brand says, adding that the building exists, and all the plan needs is formal approval on the part of authorities.