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Prince Charles attends Trophy Ceremony for The Prince's Trust; ENGLAND: London: St James's Palace: INT Prince Charles, Prince of Wales speech SOT. - When I created The Prince's Trust in 1976 to help improve the lives of disadvantaged young people, it was because I was so acutely aware of the challenges that they faced. Over the years some of the challenges have changed, but the overall mission of giving people self-confidence, self-esteem and better opportunities, remains the same. In that time, we have helped over one million young people I always get so annoyed that we hadn't got to one million long ago. We had to keep counting people who were still going through the system, even though we were actually helping 50,000 people a year. I think my maths is bad! So we have helped over one million young people transform their lives and The Prince's Trust now works in 18 countries across the Commonwealth and beyond. During the past year, we celebrated the launch of The Prince's Trust in the United States of America and St Lucia, and we have supported many thousands of young people in Australia; in Barbados, where I went about three years ago, where Lionel Richie was he has been wonderfully supportive! And Tom Jones turned up! Somebody had to look after Tom a bit more of a challenge that! And also in Canada; in Ghana; in Greece I was in Greece recently and it's very encouraging to see the difference that Prince's Trust International is making there. People have been able to start their own businesses there's a lot of youth unemployment in Greece so the impact is bit by bit. And then in India, we have quite a lot of relationships; Jamaica; Jordan; Kenya, as you saw; Malaysia, Malta, New Zealand, Pakistan, Rwanda and Trinidad & Tobago. And before I drop dead, I want to make sure we can get even further! I am thrilled that despite all challenges, some of you have been able to join the celebrations today. Now, The Prince's Trust has seen at first-hand ho...