Prince William and King Charles make rare joint engagement for COP30 event
The pair joined forces for a climate receptionKing Charles and Prince William made a rare joint appearance at a climate event last night.
The father and son duo stepped out together at a reception on Thursday evening, ahead of the COP30 conference that will take place in Brazil next month.
Kensington Palace has announced the Prince of Wales will represent the king at the event in Brazil.
King Charles and Prince William unite for climate event
On October 9, the pair were pictured arriving together for the Countdown to COP30 event. It was held at London’s Natural History Museum. It was designed to highlight environmental challenges ahead of the climate summit in six weeks’ time.
There, King Charles, 76, and Prince William, 43, chatted away to their fellow guests, which included environmentalists, scientists, politicians and climate change campaigners.
What a lovely engagement between father and son, king and his heir.
Amongst these were Secretary for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Miliband, Environment Secretary, Emma Reynolds, as well as former prime minister, Theresa May.
As the royal family shared footage from the event to their official Instagram page, fans were over the moon to see the father and son on a rare royal engagement together.
“Love a father & son outing,” one person commented.
Another agreed: “So happy to see the two of them together.”
A third likewise said: “What a lovely engagement between father and son, king and his heir. Environment is a shared engagement for them both, so this is the perfect event!”
“This joint engagement was a lovely surprise this evening! It’s always wonderful to see father and son out and about together,” said a fourth, adding: “I’m very excited to see our Prince of Wales in my country next month for his Earthshot Prize and COP30.”
Prince William to visit Brazil
It was also announced that Prince William will be attending COP30 in the Brazilian city of Belem next month, on behalf of the king.
William is already travelling to Rio de Janeiro for the fifth edition of his Earthshot Prize Awards on November 5.
The 30th UN climate conference takes place from November 1o to 21. The event has previously been led by King Charles.
Both king and prince have been lifelong advocates for protecting the environment.
Aged only 21, in 1970, King Charles delivered a speech warning of the dangerous effects of plastic pollution on the environment. Prince William has also shared that their dad would regularly take him and Prince Harry litter-picking as children, to instil an appreciation for the environment.
Following in his father’s footsteps, Prince William has played his own part in championing environmental action.
In 2020, the Prince of Wales founded The Earthshot Prize. The global award honours five winners each year for their contributions towards environmentalism.
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