Prince William honored climate change innovators during a star-studded ceremony in Boston Friday at the culmination of a US trip overshadowed by a race row and estranged brother Harry’s Netflix series.
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Annie Lennox and sisters Chloe x Halle were among singers to perform at Boston’s MGM Music Hall. Actor Rami Malek and ex-footballer David Beckham presented awards. “I believe that the Earthshot solutions you have seen this evening prove we can overcome our planet’s greatest challenges. And by supporting and scaling them we can change our future,” William told the audience.
The trip started Wednesday under a cloud after William’s godmother Susan Hussey apologized and quit the royal household for repeatedly asking a Black British woman where she was “really” from during a reception at Buckingham Palace the day before. Harry and Meghan, a mixed-race former television actress, cited racism in the royal household as one of the reasons for their acrimonious departure and move to California almost three years ago.Omid Scobie, a close friend and biographer of the couple, tweeted that the series, due to air December 8, will share “the other side of their love story and the challenges they faced.”The Earthshot Prize, launched in October 2020, was inspired by US president John F.
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