Prince William gives rare health update on Kate in sweet message

Prince William gives rare health update on Kate in sweet message
Prince William says the Princess of Wales is ‘doing really well’ and that she and their children will be watching his Earthshot Prize environmental awards tonight.

The Prince of Wales paid tribute to wife Kate on his trip to Cape Town, saying she had been ‘amazing’ during her tough year of cancer treatment.

‘She’s doing really well thanks. And… hopefully she is watching tonight. So cheering me on. She’s been she’s been amazing this whole this whole year. I know she will be really keen to see tonight be a success,’

William was speaking to the BBC and Sky News as he prepared to host his fourth annual Earthshot Awards designed to highlight and scale up the best solutions on the planet to the current environmental crisis.

He said that he and his family, like so many, have conversations about trying to ‘do what they can’ at home.

Prince William spoke to the BBC and Sky News about his wife the Princess of Wales as he prepared to host his fourth annual Earthshot Awards in Cape Town this evening

Prince William spoke to the BBC and Sky News about his wife the Princess of Wales as he prepared to host his fourth annual Earthshot Awards in Cape Town this evening.

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William also spoke today about the friendship bracelet he has been seen wearing bearing the word ‘Papa’ on, made for him by his daughter Charlotte, which he has ‘promised’ not to lose

William also spoke today about the friendship bracelet he has been seen wearing bearing the word ‘Papa’ on, made for him by his daughter Charlotte, which he has ‘promised’ not to lose
The prince said: ‘Yeah, well, you know,
‘I think every family has these conversations. You just try to do what you can. ‘

‘The Earthshot Prize has got to be a bit more global than that. We are trying to do big scale ambition and big scale business to tackle some of the solutions.

‘But I brought the children along that journey and tonight I hope they are watching and they are proud of kind of what we are try to do here, which is to really galvanise that energy that enthusiasm to make real impact.’

Prince William with Earthshot Prize finalists at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden today
The purpose-built Earthshot Prize Dome is seen from Signal Hill in Cape Town this afternoon

The purpose-built Earthshot Prize Dome is seen from Signal Hill in Cape Town this afternoon
He also spoke about the friendship bracelet he has been seen wearing bearing the word ‘Papa’ on, made for him by his daughter Princess Charlotte, which he has ‘promised’ not to lose.

William was infectious in his enthusiasm as he spoke about Earthshot, which he has brought for the first time to Africa this year.

Tonight five winners from across the world will each receive £1million in prize money to develop and scale up their solutions to environmental and climate change issues in a glitzy ceremony which will be broadcast live across Africa and later on BBC iPlayer.