he sets it up to try and help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to find a way back. >> committed to helping young people achieve this. >> reporter: charles established that charity in the 1970s after serving in the royal navy. >> he set that up with his navy severance pay. he put that into 21 community projects and it has grown now in the form of the princes trust for disadvantaged young people. >> i came up in the point says trust. >> he talked in terms of leaving a legacy with what he said he hoped he would leave the world in a better place than he had found it. he's quite genuine in that endeavor. >> reporter: and yet, despite those efforts, there seems to be no escaping the turmoil of the 90s.