Prince William makes statement at Earthshot Prize event after Princess Kate photo row

Prince William spoke in central London this evening at an Earthshot Prize event, hours after Princess Kate issued an apology over editing a picture released to celebrate Mother's Day.

The Prince of Wales was joined by supporters of the Earthshot Prize Launchpad, a new platform aimed at helping develop and make potential climate change solutions a reality.

Speaking at the event William hailed this latest innovation, saying: "When I first started thinking about how I might contribute to the collective global effort to protect our planet in 2018, I knew that I wanted to mobilize the enormous power of innovators, wherever they are in the world.

"From businesses, cities and governments; to activists, scientists and innovators, the ideas and ambition to set our planet on a healthier path do already exist.

"But this is urgent. We are in the critical decade right now. And that is why, to have real impact, we must focus on supporting and developing as many solutions as possible and scale them at speed."

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