The Prince of Wales will have a high-level meeting with South Africa’s president during a week of events in Cape Town highlighting the royal’s Earthshot Prize. William’s audience with Cyril Ramaphosa was described as a “follow-up” to the state visit made to the UK by Mr Ramaphosa in 2022. The two men will sit down for talks and be joined by Foreign Secretary David Lammy, in the country for a meeting with his South African counterpart Ronald Lamola.
The future king begins a four-day visit to Cape Town on Monday, taking part in a series of events shining a light on young African climate activists, and the fight against the illegal wildlife trade, with the Earthshot Prize awards ceremony the highlight on Wednesday. Antony Phillipson, Britain’s high commissioner to South Africa, said ahead of the royal visit: “I would just highlight that we are actually delighted to have the Prince of Wales here this week for Earthshot week, and we will be taking the opportunity of doing some bilateral events with him, and for him.” He added: “We very much see this as a follow-up to the state visit .
.. which we continue to see here as a very historic moment between the UK and South Africa.
” The high commissioner categorised the royal family’s diplomatic role as the “highest level you can engage” and the policy underpinning a given event would be conducted through follow-up engagements by government ministers. Dubbed the prince’s “Super Bowl” moment, the prize-givin.
