King Charles has secretly recorded a podcast episode with Australian actor Cate Blanchett.
Unearthed: The Need For Seeds features Oscar winner Blanchett and the 76-year-old British monarch, as well as Dr Elinor Breman of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, talking about the Millennium Seed Bank .
The UK's famous seed bank - opened by King Charles in 2000 and managed by Royal Botanic Gardens - serves a vital role in preserving nature, and strives to protect plant species from being lost to climate change and environmental threats.
In the 22-minute podcast episode - which was recorded at Windsor in July - Blanchett, 56, said: "There is an urgency to the work that the seed bank does.
"I was shocked to learn that 97 per cent of the wildflower meadows have been decimated.
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