Hannah Waddingham made a cheeky prank on Prince William during an Earthshot Prize panel session in London today, which left the future King in fits of laughter.
The 49-year-old Ted Lasso star led the discussion with CEO Hannah Jones, trustee Tokunboh Ishmael and Prince William today as they discussed the prestigious environmental award.
As the father of three answered her question, Waddingham saw an opportunity to lighten the mood with his quick response.
The Prince of Wales said: “I always say to the team: what’s next? What are we doing? And Hannah (Jones), for the last four years, has not only been flying the plane, she’s been building it. , serving drinks and also providing all the emergency exits and landing it.”
However, before William could finish his sentence, Waddingham intervened and said: “It’s because she’s a woman (sir),” which was met with applause from the room.
The 49-year-old Ted Lasso star led the discussion with CEO Hannah Jones (in pink), trustee Tokunboh Ishmael (in red) and Prince William today.
Prince William laughed today when Hannah Waddingham responded with a quick response.
This seemed to tickle the Prince of Wales, who then replied: “She is,” before laughing with the actress.
Panelist Tokunboh Ishmael chimed in and said, ‘She can multitask!’
The event, called Stories of Impact, heard updates from Earthshot Prize finalists ahead of the awards ceremony taking place in Cape Town for the first time in November.
When Prince William and Hannah Waddingham first met in the chat, William could be heard saying: “Congratulations on The Fall Guy.”
“Oh, did you see it?” he asked, before the couple began talking about the film’s stunts. Waddingham said to William: “Don’t spoil it for me!”
The 42-year-old then covered his mouth with his hand before apologising, but the actress found it hilarious and continued to laugh at her mistake.
He then asked her if she enjoyed filming it, to which she said, “I loved it.”
The struggling actress also responded to Mike Bloomberg, who mispronounced her name during the chat and instead introduced her as Hannah ‘Wanningham’.
Hannah Waddingham also told Prince William not to spoil Fall Guy while the pair were chatting about it.
Hannah Waddingham, wearing a striped dress, is seen chatting with Prince William today.
The event, called Stories of Impact, heard updates from Earthshot Prize finalists ahead of the awards ceremony taking place in Cape Town for the first time in November.
As she walked on to the stage, the mother-of-one said while laughing: ‘Hello, hello, thank you so much, Hannah WADD-ingham. Let’s get this right for a start.
As the event began, Waddingham, who hosted the Earthshot Prize ceremony in Singapore last year, asked Prince William when he first had the idea of creating a prize.
‘At first, I felt very alone. I thought for a long time if this was going to work and if a prize was the right way to do it.
“But the more I thought about it, the more I talked to my team at the time, and we were analyzing and thinking about it, the more it seemed to me that hope, optimism, urgency and action were the key words we needed to combine. And so an award format emerged.”
‘For a long time I felt that the debate about climate and the environment was becoming very negative, very pessimistic and gloomy, and I wanted to inspire that hope and optimism that we could do things.
“And I knew all these people existed, I met them through the work I do.”
When William founded the Earthshot Prize in 2020, he did so with a 10-year mission to find ways to protect and repair the environment with innovative solutions.
William founded the environmental award Earthshot Prize in 2020, pictured with chief executive Hannah Jones.
Prince William is pictured with Mike Bloomberg (left), Stella McCartney (centre), Hannah Waddingham (fourth from left) and Hannah Jones (far right)
The feisty actress also responded to Mike Bloomberg, who mispronounced her name and instead introduced her as Hannah ‘Wanningham’ (pictured waving).
Since 2021, the prize scheme has awarded £15 million in prizes and secured £50 million in additional support for 45 winners and runners-up.
In March, William He warned that this is a “critical decade” to try to put the planet on a “healthier” path to confront the climate crisis.
He told those gathered, including former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, a trustee of the Earthshot Prize: ‘From businesses, cities and governments; For activists, scientists and innovators, the ideas and ambition to put our planet on a healthier path already exist. But this is urgent.
‘We are in the critical decade now. And that’s why, to have a real impact, we need to focus on supporting and developing as many solutions as possible and scaling them quickly. It is not an easy task.
“We must overcome the challenge of bringing capital to the right sectors, solutions and geographies.”