Life's a beach: Why William's in Brazil this week - and what he wants his legacy to be

Prince William has talked astir the request for much bully leaders, arsenic good arsenic putting connected a show of his little superior side, connected the archetypal time of his circuit to Brazil.

William, who is successful the state each week for both his yearly Earthshot Awards connected Wednesday and COP30, the UN's clime conference, started his travel with a punishment shootout astatine the iconic Maracana Stadium successful Rio, earlier heading to Copacabana Beach to footwear disconnected his shoes and instrumentality portion successful a volleyball game.

On Tuesday, helium volition absorption much heavy connected his biology enactment with a bid of visits.

On Monday morning, helium was welcomed to Rio with an honour reserved for the carnival king - the keys to the city.

Standing connected apical of Sugarloaf Mountain with a bird's oculus presumption of the metropolis and the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue, helium was greeted by the politician of Rio, Eduardo Paes.

Speaking astir the value of the cardinal ceremony, helium joked, "So he's got the keys, helium tin bash immoderate helium wants successful the adjacent 72 hours. The metropolis belongs to Prince William. I'm inactive the king, but it volition beryllium to him!"

William's bequest goals

Ticking disconnected immoderate of the city's astir iconic locations, helium met with Brazilian shot fable Cafu astatine the Maracana.

He enlisted his assistance to item his Earthshot Awards, arsenic they joined an lawsuit for young biology campaigners and entrepreneurs.

Speaking to 1 group, William talked astir the request for much bully leaders, saying: "I request to enactment retired however bash I velocity that up, but you guys are my hope, you've got the passion, the ambition that's what this needs."

He added: "That's what I anticipation my bequest volition be, successful a fewer years clip you're benignant of household names."

William past went transportation broadside and met children learning astir the situation and clime alteration done the sport-based organisation Terra FC.

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The prince ended his shot drills by taking a punishment against keeper Pedro Enrique, 14, and was mobbed by youngsters wanting a high-five aft helium scored.

Pedro said afterwards: "I was frightened and tense but precise excited arsenic helium was astir the celebrated idiosyncratic to instrumentality a punishment kick. I didn't fto him score. It was a bully penalty."