The King has warned that the fight to save the “poor old planet” from climate change is “rapidly going backwards” as he urges world leaders and the public to do more to get it back on course.
In a new feature-length documentary on Prime Video, the monarch admits that in the 1970s and 1980s, when he first began to speak up about what humans were doing to the environment, people thought “I was completely bonkers”.
The film shows how after more than 50 years of campaigning – including speeches at UN climate conferences and bringing leaders and scientists together to discuss the issue – the message from the then Prince of Wales has now become widely accepted.
But in footage filmed at his estates of Highgrove and Dumfries House, the King laments how, despite the efforts of governments and industry worldwide to reduce carbon emissions and reverse the loss of biodiversity, scientific modelling still shows how global warming is proceeding at pace and that he fears for the “poor old planet”.
Fight to save planet is ‘going backwards’
Asked for his views on the fight to save the planet from climate change, Charles says: “It’s rapidly going backwards… I can only do what I can do, which is not very much.
“People don’t seem to understand it’s not just climate that’s the problem, it’s also biodiversity loss… So, we’re actually destroying our means of survival, all the time.
“To put that back together again is possible, but we should have been doing it long ago. We’ve got to do it as fast as we can now.”
The Amazon film, which will be streamed on Prime Video from Friday 6 February, is called Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision.
It is designed to showcase how the monarch’s principle of “harmony” – to encourage humans to work with nature not against it – has led to many environmental and educational projects at Highgrove, Dumfries House and around the world including in Afghanistan, Guyana and India.
A star-studded world premiere of the film was taking place at Windsor Castle on Wednesday evening.
‘Place used to hum’ with wildlife
The King says that when he first moved to his Gloucestershire private residence of Highgrove in 1980, there was a richness of wildlife that has since been depleted – despite his creation of organic gardens with wildflower meadows and sustainable farmland on the estate.
He says: “I mean, it’s extraordinary, when I first came 45 years ago, what there used to be and what there isn’t now.
“I used to hear cuckoos, [now] you never hear a single cuckoo. And it was all that sort of thing. And there used to be grasshoppers and, you know, the place used to hum.
“And that wonderful sound, you don’t get much of that, even though I’ve done my utmost to, you know, make sure.”
King call for ‘Harmony’ with nature
Asked by director Nicolas Brown if he is “worried about the state of the world”, the monarch replies: “Of course! That’s been my main motivation for a long, long time, and you can see what’s happening.
“But I mean the underlying principles behind what I call Harmony, I think we need to follow, if we’re going to somehow ensure that this poor old planet can support so many. It’s unlikely there’s anywhere else.”
Watching swallows and sparrows flying over meadows at Highgrove, the King says: “If they didn’t come back each year I would literally fall into despair.”
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The monarch is also seen collecting eggs, in a cream suit and wellies, from Highgrove’s hen house, which he has named “Cluckingham Palace”, and also contemplating a hut called his “sanctuary” – effectively the King’s “man cave” – within the gardens where only he is allowed to go.
Asked whether this hut is where he goes to find “harmony”, the King replies: “A little bit. I hope. Or I ask for more of it than I hope. For everybody else.”
Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision is streaming worldwide on Prime Video from 6 February
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