The Prince and Princess of Wales have released a snazzy video showing them scuba diving in the Bahamas during their visit to former Earthshot award winner Coral Vita.
Kate and William, both 41, were shown in scuba gear as they “took part in a very special experience by snorkeling on the beautiful reefs and planting new coral.”
The visit to the organization, which creates coral farms that help restore reefs, is believed to have taken place during its eight-day Caribbean trip in March 2022.
Unreleased footage from the trip, shared on the royal couple’s YouTube account yesterday, shows Kate diving in the sea, William planting coral and the couple swimming and exploring underwater.
The prince also spoke to cameras on a nearby beach, saying: “What we do in the next ten years will impact the planet for the next thousand years.”
The Prince and Princess of Wales have released a chic clip showing them diving in the Bahamas during their visit to Coral Vita, winner of the 2022 Earthshot Prize
“Being able to see the good corals and the damaged corals, understanding the difference between the two and understanding what needs to go where, I think that was really, really fascinating for me to finally understand.”
“It’s quite technical the way they do coral farming and research, and it was really fantastic to see how everything gets screwed up and set up.”
He added: “Right now, of course, I’m standing on the beach where Coral Vita found out that they’ve won the Earthshot Prize 2021, and so it’s wonderful to finally be here and actually experience everything about the prize and that “To feel like you’re there.” a full circle.
“The scope for what The Earthshot is looking for is limitless.” The whole point of this is to have a global platform to really elevate and say smaller voices or exceptional solutions that perhaps haven’t made it to the global stage yet : Look, this idea has legs and we can make it happen, and we can make it bigger and we can make it better.
“If we want to make meaningful change and repair our planet, these next 10 years are critical.”
“Now time is of the essence, we’re getting to a really critical point where we can easily continue what we’re doing and we’re going to get worse and worse off in the years to come.”
“Or we can change course and start really thinking about how we can fix the problem, find solutions, take action and scale those solutions, and then we’ll be better off and live in a healthier world with jobs and healthier outcomes for everyone if we can do that.
Kate and Prince William, both 41, are filmed in their scuba gear as they “take part in a very special experience by snorkeling on the beautiful reefs and planting new coral.”
The visit (pictured) likely took place during the prince and princess’ eight-day Caribbean trip in March 2022
Unreleased footage from the trip, shared on the royal couple’s YouTube account yesterday, shows Kate diving into the sea, William planting coral and the couple swimming around and exploring the area
The video caption reads: “Coral Vita is doing incredible work to revitalize our oceans by breathing new life into dying coral reefs by growing corals on land before planting them in the oceans.”
“With this method, corals grow up to 50 times faster than with traditional methods.” Corals are crucial to maintaining a healthy marine ecosystem.
“As winners of the Earthshot Prize, they received £1 million to scale their solution and help protect and restore our planet by 2030.”
Sam Teicher, Coral Vita’s Chief Reef Officer, also appeared in the video and explained what winning the challenge meant to the organization.
He said: “Winning the Earthshot Prize is the greatest honor of my life.” I honestly can’t believe it, it’s still pretty surreal to have the support of some of the world’s leading environmentalists and experts, and to be part of this community of environmental innovators and entrepreneurs is amazing.
“It really is, and it gives us so much now to be able to expand our vision even further.” We’re just trying to figure out how we can do it best, in the way that makes the most sense for the reefs and most importantly, all the communities around the world that depend on them.
The Princess of Wales is pictured exploring her surroundings during the diving lesson
The video caption says: “Coral Vita is doing incredible work to revitalize our oceans by breathing new life into dying coral reefs by growing corals on land before planting them in the oceans.”
He explained that coral farming involves collecting corals from the sea, bringing them to the farm to grow, and then going to sites that have already been surveyed and planting the corals.
“Then they grow and do their thing.” “We monitor it over time,” Sam said. “It’s pretty amazing to be able to swim out there again and see these corals that were planted slowly but surely coming back and all the marine life around them coming back.”
“Up to a billion people in around 100 countries and territories rely on coral reefs, and they are under threat everywhere… Half of the world’s coral reefs are already dead and we are on track to lose over 90 percent of them next 30.” years.’
This isn’t the first time Kate and William have given fans a glimpse of them in the sea.
The prince also spoke to cameras on a nearby beach, declaring: “What we do in the next 10 years will impact the planet for the next thousand years.”
Sam Teicher, Coral Vita’s Chief Reef Officer, also appeared in the 3.15-minute video and explained what winning the Earthshot Prize meant to the organization
In March 2022, the couple went swimming with sharks to praise the people of Belize, Central America, for their work protecting their marine environment and went on a scuba dive to see the underwater world for themselves.
They observed nurse sharks, generally considered harmless to humans, while exploring the world’s second largest barrier reef in scuba gear.
The pair were seen swimming side by side and giving the OK hand signal as they inspected the coral and marine life after being privately invited by the country’s government to view the conservation work.
William said it was “truly fantastic” and praised the “wonderful work” of those helping to protect coral and fish in a video posted to Kensington Royal’s Twitter account at the end of their visit.