On March 27, 2013, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales was at Kew Gardens where he planted a tree in memory of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (2004), founder of the Green Belt Movement, environmentalist, political and human rights activist the late Ms. Wangari Maathai.  Ms. Maathai, born in Kenya, died of Ovarian cancer in 2011.

During today’s event the heir to the British throne gave a moving speech regarding the late Ms. Maathai and vowed to end the disgusting practice of “…illegal poaching of wild animals.”

According to the official website for the Prince of Wales:

“The Prince [will] join forces with his son, the Duke of Cambridge, and stage a conference on the illegal poaching of wild animals. The Prince is Patron of the WWF-UK and The Duke is Patron of Tusk Trust, both conservation charities working to preserve endangered species for future generations.

His Royal Highness will host the summit at St James’s Palace in May, gathering together key conservationists and policy decision-makers to find a solution to the problem The Prince described as having reached ‘crisis point’.”

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To learn more about the life of Ms. Wangari Maathai please click here and here.  

Or, you can watch the tribute film/video below as well as the brilliant documentary, Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai.   🙂

On March 26, 2013, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, as President of the Prince’s Trust, was at the Odeon Leicester Square in London to attend the “…UK finals of The Prince’s Trust & Samsung Celebrate Success Awards.  The awards recognize the achievements of young people supported by The Trust who have succeeded against the odds, improved their chances in life and had a positive impact on their local community.”

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Here is the trailer for the new exhibition entitled, Secrets of the Royal Bedchamber, at Hampton Court.  The exhibition will be open to the public beginning on March 27-November, 3, 2013.

On March 26, 2013, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh was at Fort George in Inverness, Scotland to officially re-open the Highlanders’ Museum.  The duke also visited the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders’ War Memorial Youth Club and participated in meeting as well as dinner held at the at the Speculative Society in Edinburgh.

Please click here for detailed information about today’s re-opening of the Highlanders’ Museum.

On March 21, 2013, Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex was in Cornwall for a one-day visit.

In the morning she visited the Ginsters Factory where she was given a tour of the facility and met with “…representatives of the various charities working with Ginsters.”

Afterward, the Countess opened the “…extension of the Royal Cornwall Showground and attended a council meeting and the annual general meeting of the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Association.”