article_snippet.sent: With a remarkable initiative combining the unlikely bedfellows of fashion and compassion, it can be revealed that Prince Andrew has personally changed the fate of more than 100 vulnerable young women in Calcutta.
article_snippet.sent: Moved: Prince Andrew during Prince Andrew visit to an Indian refuge in 2012, which inspired Prince Andrew to form the charity .
article_snippet.sent: Prince Andrew was inspired to launch Key to Freedom after visiting a girls’ refuge on an official trip to India.
article_snippet.sent: Prince Andrew came up with the idea less than an hour after leaving a home run by the Women’s Interlink Foundation and swiftly donated £10,000 seed capital to fund the first bales of silk.
article_snippet.sent: ’ Prince Andrew’s 25-year-old daughter, Princess Eugenie, and
article_snippet.sent: Prince Andrew’s former wife Sarah, Duchess of York, have both paid private visits to help support the charity, and it is understood both continue to play an active role in promoting the initiative.
article_snippet.sent: It was Prince Andrew’s skills at connecting businesses that linked us to Topshop.
article_snippet.sent: A Buckingham Palace source said that the Prince remained very supportive of the project and used every opportunity – such as Pitch@Palace – to promote it.
highlights_snippet.sent: Prince Andrew has changed the fate of 100 vulnerable women in Calcutta .
  