Prince William revealed that he talks to his children all the time about the environment and says getting them out to play in nature is a priority.
The heir to the throne, 42, joined Hannah Waddingham at Alexandra Palace, north London, to promote her new environmental documentary The Earthshot Report, which aired on BBC1 last night.
At one point in the interview, Waddingham asked the Prince about his ‘three little people’ and he revealed the importance of Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince Louis, six, going out. nature.
William said: ‘I talk to my children all the time about this and it is important that they see, touch, feel and enter nature.
“It’s very difficult for people to understand what the point is of protecting it if you never use it and it’s really important that we get people out into nature because then they will value it.”
“We can’t take what we have for granted, we have to protect it and care for it, we have to think about it in a way that is sustainable and beneficial for all of us.”
Dressed in plastic-free trainers from British brand HEVEA and a casual blue jumper, the Prince looked relaxed as he threw darts with Waddingham, 50, and drank a pint of cider in the bar.
In fact, the game seemed to bring back memories of his time as a student at the University of St Andrews, where he previously admitted to being a darts regular.
Prince William joined Hannah Waddingham at Alexandra Palace in north London in a documentary which aired on BBC1 last night.
“Don’t let us start a drinking game, we’ll be here all day doing that too,” William joked.
In the video, Waddingham questions the Prince about his sustainability award.
‘What is your obsession with algae?’ he asked, prompting William to talk about award winner Notpla, which makes food packaging from plants and algae.
The Prince also explained that the prize was about “trying to stay positive about (climate change) rather than negative.”
“That’s where (the idea of) the awards ceremony came from, to celebrate talent and solutions, rather than telling people, ‘Don’t do this or don’t do that.'”
“You have to be very careful because a lot of that has happened.”
Perhaps throwing a verbal barb at his brother Prince Harry, who has been criticized for using private jets, William added: “I don’t want to preach… I want to find solutions.”
During the nine-minute sketch, which was filmed last week and released by Kensington Palace yesterday, the royal completely missed the dart board.
At one point in the interview, Waddingham asked the Prince about his ‘three little people’ and he revealed the importance of getting Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis out into nature (pictured in June).
The Princess of Wales and Prince William with their children Prince George, right, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, left, as shown in Kate’s cancer recovery video in September.
Dressed in plastic-free trainers from British brand HEVEA and a casual blue jumper, the Prince looked relaxed as he threw darts with Waddingham, 50, and drank a pint of cider in the bar.
‘Cut!’ joked the Prince, as Waddingham told the cameras: ‘Can we see this in close-up?’
Affectionately known as Ally Pally, the north London venue also hosted the first Earthshot Award ceremony in 2021, with Boston hosting the following year; Waddingham’s co-host Singapore in 2023 and last month it was Cape Town’s turn.
William founded the prize to recognize and scale up ideas to help ‘repair’ the planet, with the five winning finalists each receiving £1 million to further develop their ideas.
The awards are presented in five categories, or Earthshots – Protect and restore nature; clean our air, revive our oceans; build a world without waste; and fix our climate.
During the darts game, William tells the actress his goals for the award: “It took me a long time, I wasn’t sure how to create and drive the action, the element of trying to stay positive about everything instead of the negative was really important. .
“That’s where the awards ceremony came from, which was to celebrate talent and solutions, instead of telling people ‘don’t do this and don’t do that’, you have to be very careful.”
“I don’t want to preach, I want to find solutions because that is always healthier for everyone.”
This comes after the Prince said he hopes his children are “proud” of their Earthshot Award ahead of the glitzy environmental awards ceremony in Cape Town last month.
During the nine-minute sketch, which was filmed last week and released yesterday at Kensington Palace, the royal completely missed the dart board.
The royals said they hoped Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis and his wife, the Princess of Wales, would be watching at home.
William spoke to the BBC and Sky News as he prepared to present his fourth annual Earthshot Awards, designed to highlight and amplify the planet’s best solutions to the current environmental crisis.
He also said Kate was “doing very well, paying tribute to how “amazing” she had been during her difficult year of cancer treatment.”
‘She is very well, thank you. And…hopefully, she’ll be watching tonight. So encourage me. She has been amazing this whole year. “I know she will be very interested in making this night a success,” he said.
William said he and his family, like many, have conversations about trying to “do what they can” at home.
The prince said: ‘Yes, well, you know, every family tries to do what they can to help the environment.
‘We go over all the basics of recycling and make sure we minimize water use and turn off the lights when we leave the house and things like that, and make sure it’s sensible in what we do with the environment.
‘I think all families have these conversations. Just try to do what you can. ‘
Prince William spoke to the BBC and Sky News about his wife, the Princess of Wales, as he prepared to host his fourth annual Earthshot Awards in Cape Town.
‘The Earthshot Prize has to be a little more global than that. We are trying to achieve large-scale ambitions and business to address some of the solutions.
“But I brought the kids along on that journey and tonight I hope they’re watching and they’re proud of what we’re trying to do here, which is really galvanize that energy and enthusiasm to make a real impact.”
He also spoke about the friendship bracelet he has been seen wearing with the word ‘Dad’, made for him by his daughter, Princess Charlotte, and which he has ‘promised’ not to lose.
‘Well, this is… a relic, if you will, from a Taylor Swift concert that my daughter decided she wanted to create a bracelet for. She gave it to me when I left. “So I promised to use it and try not to lose while I was here,” he said.
William conveyed his excitement while talking about Earthshot, which he brought to Africa for the first time this year.