Royal news: William and Kate announce Earthshot Prize winners as trip overshadowed by palace racism row
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s trailer for new Netflix documentary dropped early on Thursday
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Your support makes all the difference.The Prince and Princess of Wales awarded the 2022 Earthshot Prize awards at a ceremony in Boston amid a three-day trip to the US.
Prince William awarded the £1m prize to five innovators tackling the climate crisis.
Earlier, William met US president Joe Biden before touring the JFK Library with Caroline Kennedy as the Princess of Wales made a solo visit to Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child in Cambridge on Friday.
Meanwhile, sources close to Prince William and Princess Kate have apparently nicknamed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex “the Kardashians” in a sharp response to the trailer for their new Netflix documentary series.
The Times reported that “royal insiders” believe that Harry and Meghan “deliberately torpedoed” William and Kate’s visit to the US by allowing the streaming giant to release the first look of the documentary during the US visit.
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Prince William, like his father, prioritizes the environment
Prince William became heir apparent less than three months ago, but he has already been crowned Britain’s chief environmentalist.
On a three-day trip to Boston with Kate, the Princess of Wales, William is drawing praise for his efforts to draw attention to pollution and climate change and the need to scale up solutions to address them. Those efforts will culminate Friday evening, when the five winners of the royal couple’s Earthshot Prize for environmental innovators will be announced.
“I just appreciate that they are using platform and publicity to bring attention to meaningful climate work,” said Joe Christo, managing director of Stone Living Lab, which researches nature-based approaches to climate adaptation and was among those who met the royal couple at Boston Harbor on Thursday.
“I do know his dad is a big environmentalist,” he said. “He seems to be doing a great job continuing that legacy.”
The Earthshot Prize offers 1 million pounds ($1.2 million) in prize money to each of the winners of five separate categories: nature protection, clean air, ocean revival, waste elimination and climate change. The winners and all 15 finalists also receive help in expanding their projects to meet global demand.
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Guests have begun arriving at the 2022 Earthshot Prize ceremony in Boston.
Bohemian Rhapsody actor Rami Malek and Republican Senator Mitt Romney are among some of the famous faces at the event.
The Prince and Princess of Wales arrive at Earthshot Prize 2022 ceremony at Boston’s MGM Music Hall.
Prince and Princess of Wales walk the Earthshot Prize green carpet during culmination of their three-day trip to the US
David Beckham attends the 2022 Earthshot Prize awards ceremony.
Meghan Markle seen boarding private jet after William and Kate flew commercial to climate change event
Meghan Markle has been seen boarding a private jet in Indianapolis after appearing at a female empowerment event in the city.
Fox News Digital obtained video footage of the Duchess of Sussex arriving outside a hanger before boarding the aircraft.
Both the duchess and her husband Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, are vocal environmental activists and have proclaimed through Archewell, the organisation they founded, that they will achieve net-zero emissions by the end of the decade.
The duke’s brother and sister-in-law, Prince William and his wife Kate, are currently in Boston for the Earthshot Prize awards which encourage innovation in sustainability and tackling climate change.
The Prince and Princess of Wales made headlines of their own when they flew to the US from London and were pictured flying on a commercial British Airways flight.
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