Prince Harry backed teenage activist Greta Thunberg on Thursday as he declared the world was in a state of “emergency” and “losing” the battle against climate change.
He then helped to plant a tree by the banks of Botswana’s Chobe River to record his visit and chided climate change deniers, saying: “No-one can deny science.”
The Duke stressed saving the environment was a race against time, adding the world should look to young people like Greta Thunberg for inspiration and guidance: “Led by Greta, the world’s children are striking.”
He went on to say there had been scientific evidence of climate change for at least 30 years, “And it’s only getting stronger and stronger,” he added, according to the BBC.
He said he could not understand why anyone – “you, us, children, leaders” could ignore what has happened over the past 40 years, and acknowledged how Bostwana offered him a place to escape to following the death of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. He said:
Fifteen years I’ve been coming here, it’s a sense of escapism, a real sense of purpose … I have some of my closest friends here over the years.
I came here in 1997 or 1998 straight after my mum died, so it was a nice place to get away from it all. I feel deeply connected to this place and to Africa.
Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, arrived in Africa on Monday to spread their climate advocacy to a new audience.
Baby Archie has joined them on the flying 10-day visit along with a team of 13 assistants including a “social media officer” and a hairdresser for Markle.
The Sussexes’ first tour as a family comes after the duke and duchess flew to Rome to watch Meghan’s close friend, fashion designer Misha Nonoo walk down the aisle with oil tycoon Michael Hess on Friday.
Highlights of the latest trip will see the pair visit a township in Cape Town to tour a workshop supporting children and young girls, and visit another near Johannesburg where they will learn about a project tackling rising unemployment. Malawi, Botswana, and Angola are also on the itinerary.
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Its a good thing America won the American Revolution and the War of 1812 otherwise we would have to put up with this pathetic little Cream Puff
Don’t you know? It’s us peasants that need to ‘sacrifice’ not our overlords.
Please Prince Harry just go back to sitting on your Lily Pad going Ribbit Ribbit every night and quit flying about like that while lecturing us all on this Global Warming/Climate Change scam
Boy, a clear sign of how desperate the times are for the upcoming climate disaster that Prince Harry had to limit the number of assistants to 13. And poor Meghan has to survive with just one hairdresser while Harry has only one Social Media Officer to write his tweets for him. Just shows how seriously Harry takes this impending climate disaster doesn’t it?
Sense of escapism and sense of purpose don’t seem to go hand-in-hand, unless his life outside of Botswana is purposeless. Just saying!