Prince William is coming to Boston in December

The newly-named Prince and Princess of Wales will journey throughout the pond this winter to Boston, they confirmed Wednesday.

William, Prince of Wales, will go to Boston on Dec. 2 alongside his spouse, Catherine, Princess of Wales, for the 2022 Earthshot Prize awards ceremony on the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Dorchester.

The award ceremony, which started final yr, honors a gaggle of innovators, “every representing a groundbreaking resolution to restore our planet.” William confirmed the go to, which was first revealed in July, in a video message to attendees of the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit being held this week in New York Metropolis.

“Each Catherine and I are so excited to be coming to Boston in December,” William stated. “We sit up for seeing you all very quickly.”

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It is going to mark the primary go to by a Prince or Princess of Wales to Massachusetts since William’s father King Charles III — then Prince Charles — spoke at Harvard College’s 350th anniversary celebration in 1986, in response to the Boston Globe. It’s William and Catherine’s first go to to Boston.

The Earthshot Prize attracts its identify from Kennedy’s 1962 “moonshot” speech, by which he laid out a dedication to place man on the moon throughout the decade.

“I can consider no higher residence for the Earthshot Prize in its second yr than the birthplace of President John F. Kennedy, from whom we’ve got taken a lot inspiration,” William stated in his video message.

From a gaggle of finalists chosen for the prize, 5 winners will obtain 1 million British kilos, or about $1.1 million, to proceed their work combatting the consequences of local weather change. The finalists can be introduced within the coming weeks, William stated.

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