Prince Charles calls for an end to the ‘insanity’ of plastic pollution for the sake of Harry and Meghan’s unborn child
PRINCE Charles called for an end to plastic pollution “insanity” — for the sake of his unborn grandchild.
The royal, who turns 70 next week, admitted his pain at passing on “this damaged and destroyed world”.
It came as he took his crusade to Ghana yesterday - warning sea life is ";suffering unbearably because of our actions".
He said: “I am about to have another grandchild actually.
"I suspect quite a few of you may too have grandchildren or will do soon.
“It does seem to me insanity if we are going to bequeath this completely polluted, damaged and destroyed world to them.
Charles, whose son Harry and wife Meghan are expecting, said: “All grandchildren deserve a better future.”
In two impassioned speeches in the same day he told how 8m tonnes of plastic enters the ocean every year and there is now one tonne to every three tonnes of fish.
Prince Charles said: "The amount of plastic entering the Ocean every year is, unbelievably, set to get worse rather than better.
"We cannot, indeed must not, allow this situation to continue." He added: ";A solution is achievable and simply has to be done for all our sakes – and, above all, for the long-term viability of all those species in the sea which are already suffering unbearably because of our actions."
Philip, 97, in poppy Sunday 'no show'
PRINCE Philip could miss the First World War Centenary — marking a landmark in his retreat from public life.
Buckingham Palace has confirmed the attendance of other royals but not the Duke of Edinburgh.
It is still possible the 97-year-old will decide to watch from a Foreign Office balcony as he did last year.
An equerry will lay a wreath at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday on his behalf, while the Queen’s wreath will again be laid by Prince Charles.
Meanwhile Tobias Ellwood, Veterans Minister, will today lead a burial for a soldier from the Lancashire Fusiliers in Tyne Cot cemetery, near Ypres. His remains were found during roadworks.
- By Jack Royston
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Earlier on the sixth day of his West African tour, the Prince spoke passionately about pollution of the ocean at the International Conference Centre, in Accra.
The prince was also given a portrait of himself using recycled plastics on a trip to Accra in Ghana.
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