HRH The Prince of Wales

HRH The Prince of Wales

The Prince of Wales is the heir to the throne and the eldest son of His Majesty The King and Diana, Princess of Wales. His Royal Highness is married to The Princess of Wales, Catherine, with whom he has three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. The family’s official residence is Kensington Palace. His Royal Highness undertakes a number of charitable activities and projects and carries out public and official duties in support of The King, in the UK and overseas.

Royal Foundation

The Royal Foundation mobilises leaders, businesses and people so that together we can address society’s greatest challenges. Led by The Prince and Princess of Wales, our work is built on world-class research, long-term partnerships, and measurable, scalable impact.

The Earthshot Prize

The Earthshot Prize stands as a beacon of hope and action in the face of one of humanity’s greatest challenges—protecting and restoring our planet. Launched by Prince William in 2020, this prestigious global environmental prize seeks to inspire and empower solutions that will heal the Earth over the next decade. Drawing inspiration from President John F. Kennedy’s ambitious Moonshot initiative, the Earthshot Prize awards five groundbreaking innovations each year across critical areas like climate, nature, oceans, waste, and air quality. With its bold vision and commitment to optimism, the Earthshot Prize unites communities, businesses, and governments, igniting a collective determination to create a sustainable future. It is not just a prize; it is a movement for change, driven by the belief that the power to transform our world lies within each of us.

The Environment

Protecting the natural environment for future generations is one of The Prince of Wales’s key priorities. His Royal Highness is Patron of a number of charities which are focused on conservation and through The Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, he has spearheaded global initiatives to protect our natural world.

Most recently, in 2020, His Royal Highness launched The Earthshot Prize – a global environmental prize and platform to discover, award, celebrate and scale ground-breaking solutions to repair and regenerate the planet every year until 2030. The Prize comprises five Earthshot challenges which will have the greatest impact on the biggest environmental challenges facing our planet. The first awards ceremony took place in London in October 2021, with subsequent ceremonies in Boston (2022) and Singapore (2023).

United for Wildlife

When he was The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William founded United for Wildlife with The Royal Foundation in 2014 to promote collaborative work across the transport and finance sectors to make it impossible for traffickers to transport, finance or profit from illegal wildlife products.

Homelessness

The Prince of Wales is a passionate advocate for the homeless and those at risk of homelessness. In June 2023, The Prince and The Royal Foundation launched Homewards, a five-year, locally led programme that will aim to demonstrate that together it’s possible to end homelessness – making it rare, brief and unrepeated. The programme will take a transformative approach to the issue of homelessness and put collaboration at its heart, giving its six flagship locations new space, tools, and relationships to showcase what can be achieved through a collective effort focused on preventing and ending homelessness in their areas.

His Royal Highness has championed homelessness causes for a number of years. His first patronage was Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, and he has used his platform to highlight individual’s stories and encourage collaboration to tackle this solvable issue. He is also Patron of The Passage, which works to prevent homelessness and aims to transform the lives of those who have experienced homelessness.

Mental Health

In October 2023 The Prince and Princess of Wales together with The Royal Foundation and in partnership with The Mix and with the support of BBC Radio 1, hosted a forum for young people called Exploring our Emotional Worlds. The event brought together 100 young delegates nominated by ten leading mental health and youth engagement charities to start a conversation about how they manage their emotions and how they can be supported to build their resilience and protective factors such as healthy relationships which make it easier to navigate bumps in the road as they go through life.

Patron of Homewards

Homewards aims to give people across the UK hope that homelessness can be prevented by showing them the progress we can make when we collaborate. It’s a big task, but I firmly believe that by working together it is possible to make homelessness rare, brief and unrepeated, and I am very much looking forward to working with our six locations to make our ambition a reality

– Prince William

Patron the FA

His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales,  Patron of the FA. The patronage was previously held by Queen Elizabeth II and, following her passing, the Royal Household has undertaken a major review of Royal Patronages and charity Presidencies.

His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, has held the position of President at the FA since 2006, and a member of the Royal Family has provided additional support to the organisation’s Patron in this role since 1939. Given the active role within the FA of His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, the position of President will not be filled at this time.