Cometh the hour, cometh the Prince of Wales. At least, that is what Prince William and those around him will be desperately hoping the result of his trip this week to Rio de Janeiro will be: a reset for the royal family after weeks of terrible, existentially damaging headlines, mainly but not entirely revolving around the Andrew formerly known as Prince. Whether he will be successful in this – especially given the current actions of his estranged younger brother – is another question altogether.

William’s trip to South America has been with the worthiest of purposes in mind. He has headed down there both to hand out the Earthshot Awards tonight and to attend the UN’s climate conference COP30. As such, the visit has been arranged both with seriousness and more light-hearted activities in m

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