The monarch has stated that he does not want his children to accuse him of leaving them with a “ghastly legacy of horror” for climate change.
King Charles has spoken candidly about the fears he has for his grandchildren’s future, as he continues to champion climate change initiatives to save the planet from global warming. In a new documentary, the monarch told environmentalist Steve Backshall that he finds it “very frustrating” that scientists’ warnings about climate change still went unheeded, despite the planet being at a “tipping point” for change.
The ITV documentary, titled Steve Backshall’s Royal Arctic Challenge, reflected on then Prince Charles’s 1975 voyage to the Canadian Arctic, where he braved an under ice dive that organisers now admit was more dangerous than his team realised.
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The King remarked to Backshall, “These things are rescuable, but it seems very odd that everyone accepts what the scientists are saying as the absolute truth, but in this case it is not so seemingly simple,” but that is true.
Charles said, “You have to just go on trying, because I mind, for what it’s worth, about the younger generations,” in response to his lifelong efforts to educate and warn people about the risks of climate change.
If you are aware of what I mean, it is not fair to leave them something in a much worse state than I found it to be. The key is to make things better for people, in my opinion, so they don’t have to deal with a horrifying legacy of horror. I spent all of these years doing that because I don’t want my grandchildren to accuse me of doing nothing. The solution is that.
Charles continued to describe his 1975 Arctic expedition as a “formative experience” and how it influenced his desire to fight against climate change and protect the environment.
Backshall followed the monarch’s footsteps fifty years later in an effort to highlight the colossal effects of climate change. He spoke to Charles about his own journey a half-century ago before he set off.
Charles and Joseph MacInnis, a doctor and researcher, acknowledged that he is now too old to take on such a challenge during their 30-minute dive.
The King chuckled, “I’m afraid I’ve always tended to live dangerously.” I could never have survived now, thanks to the fact that I was young at the time. I believe I’ve reached my thirties.
The King referred to it as a “funny experience” and said, “I wouldn’t have missed it in any way. In those days, it was incredible. Thank God, I was able to see the Arctic as it should. I gained a lot from my trip there. That is the current tragedy, that everything is moving so quickly. I’m glad I was able to see it, and I just want people to see it too.
He continued, “This is what I’ve been trying to warn about for years, because the wildlife was unable to adapt to its changing landscape quickly enough.” We have forgotten, in my opinion, that nature and we are also in complete contact with one another. Recovering this link is the issue. What we do to the environment fundamentally destroys us.
On ITV1, Steve Backshall’s Royal Arctic Challenge airs on December 15 at 9 p.m.
Source: Mirror
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