Prince William prepares for The Earthshot Prize

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Prince William has been spotted displaying two reminders of his wife of 10 years in the office where he has recently met key guests. In a picture taken earlier this month, Prince William can be seen chatting with London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

Only a few objects can be seen in the neatly decorated room – including a series of books placed on the coffee table in front of the Duke of Cambridge.

One of the volumes, which can be seen on the bottom-left-hand side of the snap, is Hold Still, the photography book published in May.

The book includes the foreword of the Duchess of Cambridge and is the result of the successful project she carried out with the National Portrait Gallery.

The initiative, launched in May 2020, aimed at portraying life in Britain during lockdown.

The book includes the pictures from the 100 finalists and the stories behind them.

The office also showcased another memento of Kate.

Behind the shoulders of Mr Khan can be spotted the official portrait shared by Buckingham Palace with Kate and William’s engagement announcement.

The Duke and Duchess first met in 2001 at St Andrews University in Scotland.

However, they officially started dating only two years later.

Their engagement was announced in November 2010 after William popped the question during a trip to Kenya.

The couple got married in April 2011 and have three children – George, Charlotte and Louis.

Mr Khan and Prince William met ahead of the Duke’s key announcement on his environmental Earthshot Prize.

On Friday, the Duke announced the first ceremony for the winners will be held on October 17 at Alexandra Palace in London.

The first Earthshot Prize Awards will be broadcasted by the BBC in the UK but will also be televised internationally.

The finalists will be revealed next month, out of which the prize’s Council – which include naturalist Sir David Attenborough – will select the best five projects.

The Duke of Cambridge launched the Earthshot Prize in October 2020.

This 10-year-long initiative aims at discovering and rewarding the best workable solutions by organisations, countries, experts or individuals to help repair the planet and tackle climate change and pollution.

Over the course of the next decade, the Duke’s initiative will deliver five £1million prizes every year to fund the successful projects.

Upon announcing the first award ceremony, William said in a video: “Join me for the first ever Earth shot Prize Awards, where we’ll unveil five global prize winners and their game-changing solutions to repair our planet, on October 17th, here in London.

“By hosting COP26 conference in Glasgow just weeks after our inaugural awards, the UK is helping lead the world in tackling climate change.

“London is a fantastic location to showcase this leadership, spotlight the finalists and award our very first Earthshot Prize winners.

“The awards ceremony will be a truly global event, connecting people from all over the world to celebrate these inspiring leaders and their innovations to solve the world’s greatest environmental challenges.”

Mr Khan praised the Earthshot Prize initiative and called its first ceremony a “momentous occasion for London.”

He said: “The Earthshot Prize: London 2021 is an unprecedented opportunity to inspire all Londoners and people around the world to be part of this global effort to repair our planet.

“I am thrilled that our city will be the inaugural host to award the first Earthshot Prizes for these ground-breaking solutions that can help improve all of our lives.” 

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