UK’s Prince William plays beach volleyball and football on Brazil climate trip
The future British king’s first visit to Brazil is focused on his annual Earthshot Prize and the Cop30 summit
Britain’s Prince William played football with Brazil’s Cafu and volleyball on Copacabana Beach on Monday as he took in the charms of Rio de Janeiro before attending the Cop30 climate summit this week.
The future king’s first visit to Brazil is centred around his annual Earthshot Prize which awards £1 million (US$1.3 million) to five pioneering projects tackling threats to the environment.
Climate change and nature are issues the 43-year-old heir has long championed, and he is set to address global leaders this week at Cop30 UN climate talks in the Amazon, on behalf of his father King Charles.
His trip to Rio takes him far from the scandal embroiling the royal family, after Andrew, the king’s younger brother, was stripped of his title and ousted from his home over his links to convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The future king took a cable car up the famous Pao de Acucar (Sugarloaf Mountain) landmark where he was handed the keys to the city by Mayor Eduardo Paes against a stunning backdrop of lush green hills and beaches.