King Charles makes sweet nod to Archie and Lilibet as he puts Scobie scandal behind him | Royal | News | Express.co.uk
As a dedicated environmentalist King Charles made a passionate speech at COP28 in the United Arab Emirates where he also paid tribute to his five grandchildren.
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King Charles called for immediate action on climate change (Image: Getty)
King Charles has made a sweet nod to his five grandchildren – including Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet – as he addressed COP28 calling for swift and effective action to tackle the climate crisis. He said: “In 2050 our grandchildren won’t be asking what we said, they will be living with the consequences of what we did or didn’t do.”
The King has three grandchildren, Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, eight, and Prince Louis, five, from his son Prince William and wife Princess Kate. His younger son Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle also have two children, Archie, four and Lilibet, two, who now live in Montecito, California.
During his address in Dubai His Majesty warned those gathered that the current environmental situation “worries me greatly”, adding that we may need to prepare for a “darker and starker future”.
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King Charles urgently called on those gathered to do more (Image: Getty)
Charles stated: “I have spent a large proportion of my life trying to warn of the existential threats facing us over global warming, climate change and biodiversity loss. Some important progress has been made, but it worries me greatly that we remain so dreadfully far off track as the Global Stocktake report demonstrates so graphically.”
He informed delegates from around the world that the “dangers are no longer risks” and “we are seeing alarming tipping points being reached”.
His speech came as the Royal Family is embroiled in another scandal, following the publication of Omid Scobie’s book Endgame. The dutch version of the book named two royals who had held discussions about Archie’s skin colour before he was born, and a series of news outlets have since published the names. The Daily Express is choosing not to do so.
Mr Scobie has denied that he had any involvement in the publication of the names. Buckingham Palace has not commented but is understood to be looking into taking legal action.
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William and Kate are parents to the King’s older three grandchildren – George, Charlotte and Louis (Image: Getty)
The King added: “Records are now being broken so often that we are perhaps becoming immune to what they are really telling us”, as he shared his fears that the planet is heading into “dangerous, unchartered territory”.
He continued: “As we work towards a zero-carbon future, we must work equally towards being Nature-positive. With what we are witnessing, our choice now is a starker – and darker – one: how dangerous are we actually prepared to make our world?”
Charles has been campaigning for action on climate change for many decades, before he ever became King, and his passions have now been passed down to his heir William.
Meghan and Harry hold their first-born Archie in 2019 (Image: Getty)
The Prince of Wales set up his Earthshot Prize in 2020 to help find solutions to the climate crisis, with five different projects each year being granted £1 million to make their vision a reality.
During this year’s Earthshot ceremony in Singapore, William made a commitment to bring real change when the times comes for him to succeed his father, stating: “So I think the thing that ties it all together for me is about social leadership.
“That’s what I’m trying to find my way in is I care about so many things and previously the family have been very much spotlighting brilliantly and going round and highlighting lots.
“I want to go a step further: I want to actually bring change and I want to bring people to the table who can do the change if I can’t do it.”
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