While as prince he could act as a “one-person NGO”, as one supporter put it, as king he will be constrained by the convention that the monarch should not interfere in the UK’s political decision-making, or take any overt political stance. “There was never a shadow of a doubt that anything he did, in convening or some would say campaigning, he was absolutely clear that as soon as he inherited his role, that was it. It has always been understood, he says, that the relative freedom Charles enjoyed as Prince of Wales would end as soon as he took the crown. Will King Charles continue to speak out on the environment from the throne? “Definitely not,” says Porritt. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. For more information see our Privacy Policy. Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. But his friends argue that his lines were carefully drawn. As well as his public speeches, there have been private “black spider” letters to government ministers raising concern on green, and other, issues. Many people might feel that Charles overstepped the bounds of constitutional monarchy on occasion, his supporters acknowledge. “He was furious that the Prince of Wales had chosen to use his profile in Europe to fire a broadside – though he did not name Ridley or anyone in government.” “Nicholas Ridley was absolutely livid,” recalls Porritt. Charles spoke out about the problem publicly, asking why it had not been stopped. Jonathon Porritt, the former head of the Green party and Friends of the Earth, who also advised Charles as Prince of Wales, recalls the mid-80s when the UK was dumping sewage into the North Sea. His work on rainforests and species conservation has also been taken up by his son, Prince William. He laid out the Terra Carta, or earth charter, of environmental goals. In the run-up to Cop26, for instance, he invited the US special envoy on climate John Kerry to Clarence House in London, a stark contrast to the government, which failed to send a minister when Kerry made a major speech at Kew. He also set up the Prince of Wales Corporate Leaders Group, which brings together business leaders to sign up to green pledges. He developed a passion for the outdoors, and an interest in farming, and in the 1980s started his Gloucestershire estate, Highgrove, on the path to regenerative organic agriculture, which led to the founding of the Duchy organic brand. Photograph: World Economic Forum/PAįor Charles, this concern began in childhood, particularly at Balmoral, where the Queen, his mother, died this week. The Prince of Wales meets the climate activist Greta Thunberg after he gave a speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, 2020.
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