Prince Charles: Experts discuss plans for monarchy

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Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William, Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, will deploy their soft diplomacy today at the UN’s COP26 climate change summit. And they will receive the help of the Queen – albeit only in virtual form.

The gathering of activists, world leaders and experts officially began yesterday and will run until November 12.

Over the next two weeks, pressure will be on politicians to make meaningful commitments to stave off the climate crisis and tackle the most pressing environmental issues the world is experiencing.

And both future kings Prince William and Prince Charles are expected to weigh in the discussions.

Later today, the Prince of Wales will tell leaders the world must put itself on a “war-like footing” to tackle the climate crisis.

The heir to the throne, who has dedicated his past five decades to the environment, will speak in his speech of a need for a “vast military-style campaign to marshal the strength of the global private sector with trillions at its disposal”.

Charles, who earlier this year launched the Sustainable Markets Initiative which aims at creating a “coalition of the willing” focused on putting eco-sustainability at the forefront of their businesses, will also urge delegates at the summit to work together with businesses.

He will say: “We have to put ourselves on what might be called a war-like footing.”

One of the key appointments of the royals in Glasgow will be this evening’s reception.

This will come after the Prince of Wales travelled to Rome to attend the G20, where he urged the world to listen to the “despairing voices of young people” relying on the “current stewards of the planet” to address climate change.

There, the Queen will make her appearance by delivering a speech she pre-recorded last week.

Another reception the royals are set to attend together will see two of Charles and William’s key projects focused on the environment collide.

The royals are to host a reception for key members of the Sustainable Markets Initiative and winners and finalists of the first Earthshot Prize Awards at The Clydeside Distillery.

The 15 finalists of the Duke of Cambridge’s decade-long awards were announced in September and the five winners – recipients of £1million each – were crowned on October 17.

Kate, Camilla, Charles and William were first dubbed new Fab Four in February last year, when they visited together the new Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre in Loughborough.

Two years prior, Kate and William had been nicknamed the royal Fab Four with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after attending together an event hosted by their Royal Foundation.

But, while the foursome collaborated on a few projects together, including the launch of the messaging support platform Shout, their work union officially came to an end in early 2020, after Meghan and Harry announced their decision to step back as senior royals.

Speaking about the new formation, royal expert Rebecca English told Mail Plus’ Palace Confidential programme: “[The Royal Family] are still rolling out the royal big guns, we’ve got the new Fab Four so to speak, we’ve got Charles, Camilla, we’ve got William and Kate all out there to charm delegates and represent Britain PLC.

“Charles and William have pretty strong eco-credentials of their own, so they’re definitely the right men for the job.”

The Queen was meant to travel to COP26 to be in person at the reception – but Buckingham Palace announced last week she had to “regretfully” cancel her attendance after her doctors advised her to rest.

Health concerns for the Queen first arose on October 20, when the palace announced the monarch agreed on cancelling a two-day trip to Northern Ireland under doctors’ advice.

It later emerged the Queen had been taken to hospital to run some “preliminary tests” – the nature and results of which have not been shared.

While she is deemed well enough to carry out light duties at Windsor Castle and even some virtual audiences, on Friday evening it was announced her medical team had advised her to rest for at least two more weeks.

As a consequence, she will miss the Festival of Remembrance on November 13.

However, Buckingham Palace said in a statement it remains the sovereign’s “firm intention” to be present for the National Service of Remembrance on the following day.

Since 2016, the Queen has been watching from the balcony of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office her son Charles leading the commemorations.

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