{"id":493203,"date":"2026-06-24T12:17:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T12:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/493203\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T12:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T12:17:16","slug":"prince-william-news-prince-of-wales-robert-irwin-ride-green-double-decker-bus-earthshot-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/493203\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William News: Prince of Wales Robert Irwin ride green double decker bus Earthshot Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince William<\/a> surprised royal watchers by arriving in London aboard a green double-decker bus with none other than Aussie \u2018wildlife warrior\u2019 Robert Irwin for an event linked to his pet project, the Earthshot Prize<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The duo travelled to London\u2019s Guildhall aboard the electric bus ahead of The Earthshot Prize Impact Assembly, where the Prince of Wales<\/a> met with innovators, investors and leaders who are supporting the environmental initiative he founded in 2020, of which Irwin<\/a> is an ambassador.<\/p>\n

\"Prince<\/p>\n

Prince William and Robert Irwin arrive on a green double decker bus to promote the Earthshot Prize.\u00a0Instagram\/@princeandprincessofwales<\/p>\n

The event, which coincided with London Climate Action Week, also celebrated some of the current finalists and the winners of past awards.<\/p>\n

The Earthshot Prize was founded by the Royal Foundation, the charity Prince William runs alongside the Princess of Wales<\/a>, to find \u201cthe most inspiring solutions to the world\u2019s greatest challenges\u201d \u2212 protecting the environment.<\/p>\n

Each year, it awards five winners a grant of $1.9 million to those who are trying to achieve one of its five goals: protect and restore nature, clean our air, revive our oceans, build a waste-free world and fix our climate.<\/p>\n

It is now halfway through its 10-year tenure.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we launched the Earthshot prize in 2020, we believed we could show the world evidence of progress \u2212 progress towards what felt like immense climate and nature goals,\u201d Prince William told those gathered at the event overnight.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, we have more than belief \u2212 we now have proof. Solutions are working, capital is moving, policy is shifting, partnerships are forming.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elsewhere during the speech, Prince William<\/a> said the planet\u202fdid not\u202fhave\u202ftime for \u201cinch-by-inch change\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne day, people will look back at this decade and ask: when the evidence was clear, what did we do with it?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe challenge can still feel immense, but the proof is now in front of us. And history will ask what we did with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was the second appearance for the Prince at a London Climate Action Week event in as many days.<\/p>\n

The previous day, he attended a business forum convened by another of the Royal Foundation\u2019s initiatives, the United for Wildlife charity, where he rubbed shoulders with US Vice President turned environmentalist Al Gore and actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Emma Watson.<\/p>\n

During that event, he told Gore the Earthshot Prize \u201ckeeps my environmental anxiety at bay, because I can actually see some of the things we are doing are bringing change\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Prince<\/p>\n

The duo arrived at the event in an electric bus.\u00a0 Mark Cuthbert\/UK Press via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are actually tangible benefits and it helps me sleep at night.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next Earthshot Prize will be held in Mumbai, India, in November.<\/p>\n

Prince William previously spoke about his desire to leave the planet in a better place for his three children during an interview to promote his 2020 documentary Prince William: A Planet for Us All. <\/p>\n

\u201cMy grandfather, my father, have been in conservation, the environmental work for many years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy grandfather was well ahead of his time. My father<\/a> was ahead of his time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really want to make sure that, in 20 years, George<\/a> doesn\u2019t turn around and say, are you ahead of your time? Because if he does, we\u2019re too late.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel it is my duty, and our collective responsibility, to leave our planet in a stronger position for our children<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prince William has teamed up with Irwin a number of times to promote the Earthshot Prize and the two have formed a strong bond. <\/p>\n

The Prince of Wales even filmed a video message for Irwin when he appeared on the US Dancing with the Stars in 2025, which he went on to win<\/a>, and has paid tribute to Irwin\u2019s father Steve<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The royal children also teamed up with Irwin this year to choose the name of a new joey at Australia Zoo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince William surprised royal watchers by arriving in London aboard a green double-decker bus with none other than…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-493203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}