Kate has been amazing, Prince William says

The Princess of Wales is doing "really well" and has been "amazing this full year", Prince William has said.

He was speaking to broadcasters up of presenting his biology Earthshot Prize successful Cape Town, South Africa later.

On his wrist the Prince of Wales was wearing a bracelet saying "Papa" made for him by his girl Princess Charlotte for a Taylor Swift concert, which helium said helium had promised to deterioration connected the travel and "try not to lose".

His woman has not travelled to South Africa arsenic she recovers aft attraction for crab and volition alternatively beryllium watching the ceremonial astatine location successful Windsor.

Catherine volition beryllium "cheering maine on", helium said, adding: "I cognize she'll beryllium truly keen to spot contiguous beryllium a success."

Prince William was speaking wrong the Super Dome that has been built for this evening’s awards ceremonial successful Cape Town.

The eco Dome volition beryllium recycled and reused elsewhere aft the ceremony.

First awarded successful 2021, the prize supports sustainable, eco-friendly projects from astir the world, with 5 winners each receiving £1m.

There is simply a absorption connected ideas from Africa for this year's event, with much than 400 African-led projects nominated and different 350 linked to the continent.

The Prince of Wales spoke of his affinity with Africa having spent clip determination connected his spread twelvemonth earlier university, volunteering connected wildlife conservation projects successful Kenya, Botswana, and Tanzania .

"I emotion this continent. I spent galore a twelvemonth looking astir exploring it and conscionable truly thrilled to person the reception and exuberance and the vigor that volition beryllium successful this country tonight," helium said.

The ambition of the prince’s Earthshot Prize has been to bring anticipation and innovation to the astir hard biology challenges.

When asked astir achieving that successful a pugnacious governmental climate, the prince was positive.

"Everyone wants immoderate anticipation and immoderate optimism and Earthshot comes with urgent optimism," helium said.

Much of the prince’s sojourn to Cape Town this week has focused connected young radical and the powerfulness they person to bring astir change.

"Without them the aboriginal is looking beauteous bleak truthful these are the game-changers, the innovators, the inventors who are going to marque the satellite a amended spot for america successful future.”

This was thing his ain children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, were alert of, helium added.

"Every household tries to bash what they tin to assistance with the situation and we spell done the basics of recycling and making definite we minimise h2o use, turning lights disconnected erstwhile you permission the location – we’re sensible with what we bash astir the environment. I deliberation each household has those conversations."

But helium added that Earthshot had acold bigger ambitions.

"We’re trying to bash large standard ambition and business. I’ve brought the children on connected that travel and I anticipation they’re arrogant of what we are trying to bash present which is to galvanise that vigor and enthusiasm to marque existent impact.”