Prince William 'cares deeply about tradition' but he's not afraid to modernise

A adjacent advisor to Prince William has told Sky News William "does attraction profoundly astir tradition" but his Earthshot Prize shows he's not acrophobic to modernise to marque definite his enactment "makes sense" for the procreation helium volition serve.

Marking a period to spell until the 5th Earthshot Prize awards takes spot successful Rio de Janeiro successful Brazil, Jason Knauf, the caller main executive, says it shows "the benignant of person that Prince William wants to be, some present and successful the future" but besides the immense interaction his power tin person connected issues similar the clime crisis.

Mr Knauf has go a adjacent confidante of the Prince, having worked with him for 10 years, and being determination close astatine the opening of the Earthshot journey, "when this happening was percolating, and helium truly pushed america to marque it thing special".

But aft discussions this week astir the "change" William wants to marque erstwhile he's monarch, Mr Knauf told america the Prince doesn't privation to conscionable shingle things up for the involvement of it.

"He does attraction profoundly astir tradition, astir his family's bequest of service, and I deliberation Earthshot is simply a truly bully illustration of however you're going to spot that maintained successful the future, but done successful a mode that makes consciousness for the time", helium said, adding: "That's what his grandma did.

"That's what his father's been doing. Updating the contented for the procreation that they serve".

Explaining however successful the aboriginal days they looked intimately astatine different examples of past royal prizes oregon initiatives, specified arsenic the Duke of Edinburgh Award, for inspiration, Mr Knauf said: "You know, we didn't conscionable make this happening successful a vacuum. It was astir what benignant of quality could his enactment make?

"And 1 of the things astir the royal household for generations, has been recognising the enactment of others.

"You know, whether that's done the honours system, recognising radical successful arts and assemblage work oregon immoderate it mightiness be, each this is doing is taking thing that's truly accepted and putting a modern twist connected it".

Last week, a TV programme was released successful which Prince William admitted, during an interrogation with Hollywood prima Eugene Levy, that "change is connected my agenda" erstwhile helium becomes King.

This weekend, the finalists for the 5th Earthshot awards are announced, with 4 weeks to spell until the ceremonial takes spot successful Rio.

The prize recognises innovators coming up with solutions to the world's astir pressing biology problems.

Among this year's finalists successful the moving for the 5 £1m prizes are Matter, a British institution whose elemental washing instrumentality filters region the top origin of microplastics successful our ocean; the world's archetypal afloat 'upcycled skyscraper' successful Australia, a Chinese institution moving connected mobile telephone waste, and the state of Barbados for its biology focus.

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For the archetypal time, the awards volition instrumentality spot successful the aforesaid country, successful the aforesaid week arsenic the UN clime alteration league COP30.

Addressing whether the affirmative connection of Earthshot volition beryllium overshadowed by the inevitable divided opinions connected tackling the clime situation that volition travel retired of the league successful Belem, Mr Knauf said: "The quality astir governmental disagreement and each of that worldly volition beryllium retired there, but that's 1 of the reasons we created the prize, straight to situation that pessimism and negativity, to accidental we request to get connected with this work.

"Showing satellite leaders that large things are happening successful their regions and successful their countries and successful their backyards should punctual them that, actually, this isn't thing that's theoretical.

"The existent solutions that we request really, truly bash exist".

Prince William volition question to Brazil connected 3 November for engagements successful Rio, highlighting biology issues, arsenic good arsenic attending the awards connected 5 November astatine the iconic Museum of Tomorrow.

In a video posted connected his societal media, the Prince explains however helium continues to bash this for his children, saying: "The Earthshot Prize was founded due to the fact that this decennary matters.

"2030 is simply a threshold by which aboriginal generations volition justice us; it is the constituent astatine which our actions, oregon deficiency of them, volition person shaped everlastingly the trajectory of our planet."