Royal visit: Prince and Princess of Wales arrive in Boston - WCVB Boston

The Prince and Princess of Wales person arrived astatine Boston's Logan Airport to statesman their three-day royal sojourn successful and astir the Massachusetts superior that culminates successful the 2022 Earthshot Prize Awards Ceremony.The Earthshot Prize, inspired by President John F. Kennedy's "Moonshot" speech, is an ambitious planetary biology prize that aims to discover, observe and standard the champion solutions to assistance repair the planet.Boston was announced arsenic the tract of the 2nd yearly Earthshot awards successful aboriginal July. The ceremonial volition beryllium held Friday astatine the MGM Music Hall astatine Fenway.The royal mates volition beryllium greeted astatine Logan Airport by Gov. Charlie Baker Wednesday afternoon. They volition past caput to City Hall to conscionable with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, U.S. Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry earlier addressing the assemblage expected to stitchery connected City Hall Plaza.The nationalist is invited to be the City Hall Plaza event.Video Below: Updated docket for Will and Kate sojourn "To me, this is the cleanable place. It shows that they truly respect who we are. We're a learned place. We are a spot that likes to person facts, and we similar the environment," said Dr. Kathryn Lamontagne, a Boston University lecturer successful societal sciences who formerly worked astatine Buckingham Palace."The public, erstwhile they bash come, they'll person an accidental to perceive them speak. They'll person an accidental to spot them. They'll beryllium capable to get close," said Eamon Shelton, Boston's commissioner of spot management.William and Kate volition marque a fig of different appearances during their trip, including visits to Greentown Labs successful Somerville, the Chelsea nonprofit enactment Roca, the Center connected the Developing Child astatine Harvard University and the JFK Presidential Library and Museum. They volition beryllium accompanied by Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, the girl and lone surviving kid of John F. Kennedy, during their sojourn to the JFK Presidential Library and Museum.Boston constabulary volition beryllium retired successful unit during the royal visit, but information is expected to spell mode beyond what the nationalist is utilized to successful the city."With the royals coming, it besides involves the quality assemblage connected a planetary scale," said Todd McGhee, a retired Massachusetts State Police trooper who is present managing spouse of Protecting the Homeland Innovations.The information demands volition beryllium adjacent greater connected Friday, erstwhile President Joe Biden volition get successful Boston to be a reception for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. The White House has not confirmed reports that Biden mightiness conscionable with the prince and princess portion helium is successful the city, oregon whether the president volition be the Earthshot Prize Awards Ceremony.Catherine, Princess of Wales — wide known arsenic Kate Middleton — volition beryllium among the star-studded database of presenters for this year's Earthshot Prize winners. William, the Prince of Wales, volition present remarks astatine the extremity of the awards ceremony.During the awards ceremony, 5 Earthshot Prize winners volition beryllium selected from a tract of 15 finalists — 3 each successful the pursuing 5 categories: support and reconstruct nature, cleanable our air, revive our oceans, physique a waste-free satellite and hole our climate.The 5 Earthshot winners volition person 1 cardinal pounds ($1.2 million) successful prize wealth portion each 15 finalists besides person assistance successful expanding their projects to conscionable planetary demand.The travel to Boston volition people the archetypal clip the British royal mates has visited the United States since 2014, erstwhile Kate was inactive the Duchess of Cambridge.