US President Joe Biden plans to meet Prince William and Catherine in Boston

US President Joe Biden plans to conscionable the Prince and Princess of Wales connected Friday successful Boston, the White House has said.

Prince William and Catherine person arrived successful the US, wherever they volition manus retired awards for their Earthshot Prize.

Shortly aft landing, the prince thanked the US metropolis for hosting his biology awards.

The Earthshot Prize was launched successful 2020 to hunt for innovative solutions to problems facing the planet.

The accomplishment of the royal mates comes arsenic a spokesperson for Prince William sought to region the royal from a contention enactment backmost successful the UK.

His godmother Lady Susan Hussey, a subordinate of the Royal Household, resigned aft repeatedly asking a achromatic British foundation brag wherever she was "really" from.

Prince William said helium wanted to convey the radical of Boston for "their galore tributes paid to the Queen", connected this, his archetypal overseas sojourn since her death.

"My grandma was 1 of life's optimists. And truthful americium I. That is wherefore past twelvemonth we launched the Earthshot Prize with the ambition to make a genuinely planetary level to animate anticipation and urgent optimism arsenic we look to prevention the aboriginal of our planet," helium said.

"To the radical of Boston, convey you. I'm truthful grateful to you for allowing america to big the 2nd twelvemonth of the Earthshot Prize successful your large city.

"Catherine and I can't hold to conscionable galore of you successful the days ahead."

Asked astir the accomplishment of the royal couple, the White House said that President Biden intends to greet them and his squad are "working done the details".

Five winners of the Earthshot Prize volition beryllium announced successful Boston connected Friday - each volition beryllium fixed £1m ($1.2m) to make their biology projects.

Among the 15 finalists are the inventors of a bubble pump designed to drawback plastics earlier they scope the ocean.

For the archetypal clip determination are besides finalists from the UK, including London start-up Notpla, which makes packaging from seaweed and plants arsenic an alternate to single-use plastic.

Prince William has described the radical successful the shortlist for the prize - present successful its 2nd twelvemonth - arsenic "innovators, leaders and visionaries".

The prize was inspired by US President John F Kennedy's "Moonshot" programme, which resulted successful the US Apollo lunar launches and the archetypal antheral mounting ft connected the Moon successful 1969.