As Prince William and his family continue to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II, he will no longer make his planned trip across the pond to celebrate the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit.The Prince of Wales, 40, was previously scheduled to give an address at the summit on Wednesday, September 21, in New York City, which served as a kickoff for the annual awards ceremony.
The event falls within the country’s extended period of mourning, which William’s father, King Charles III, had expanded for an additional week after the queen’s death.While the newly appointed Duke of Cornwall has yet to further address his absence from the summit, the Earthshot Prize and Bloomberg Philanthropies announced the summit’s confirmed speakers on Tuesday, September 13.
William’s name was not included on the list. The event — which will be held at New York’s Plaza Hotel — will feature speeches from the likes of Michael R.
Bloomberg, Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan, Bill Gates and Matt Damon.The former RAF pilot, underneath the leadership of the Royal Foundation, launched the environmental honors last year to help find the “most inspiring solutions to the world’s greatest challenges” for the next decade.
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