At a meeting on Thursday with representatives from charity Campaign Against Living Miserably (Calm), emergency services, transport and police, William also spoke about his experience dealing with suicide while working as an air ambulance pilot.
What's important to me was written by representatives from charities, professional bodies, the NHS and Department of Health.
Representatives from charities that assist people who change their gender described a system that was hampered by a lack of understanding and sometimes hostility.
Lisa Nandy who was speaking at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) to representatives of charities and the voluntary sector from across the country, outlined Labour's vision.
Last week I was invited to the Government Equalities Office with representatives of charities such as Men Get Eating Disorders Too to discuss body image and the role of fathers as potential change agents.
The new list of suspect organizations, now under review by a group of officials led by Treasury Department representatives, includes charities in Saudi Arabia and Chicago, an Arab bank and at least three "hawalas," the informal money-lending networks common in the Arab world.
The two groups are now wrangling over whether to renew a particular grant to South Africa which the secretariat feels has not performed well enough to warrant more money, but which the board, which includes representatives from charities, recipient countries and those with AIDS, is reluctant to cut off.
Representatives of charities say capturing any part of holiday spending would help.
Stephen Bubb, the chief executive of Acevo, the representative body for charity chief executives, urged the chancellor to guarantee the bank deposits of UK charities.
When I asked a Transneft representative where the charity money went, he responded, angrily, "We don't like to publicize such things.
