US EditionKing Charles Records Surprise Podcast With Actress Cate Blanchett
The Millennium Seed Bank has preserved nearly 2.5 billion seeds from over 40,000 species to support global conservation and combat climate change, the King said.
- On October 20, King Charles III joined Cate Blanchett to release a Millennium Seed Bank episode recorded in Windsor Castle's private gardens for RBG Kew's fourth Unearthed series.
- Since it opened in 2000, the Millennium Seed Bank was established to combat biodiversity loss and climate change, King Charles III, Patron of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, opened it at Wakehurst.
- The King demonstrated seed-science knowledge and urged speeding up efforts, expressing pride as Kew patron during the podcast conversation.
- The episode released on October 20 and produced by Fresh Air Production for RBG Kew is followed by a three-part series, while King Charles III will explore his advocacy in the Prime Video documentary 'Finding Harmony: A King's Vision'.
- The Millennium Seed Bank has collaborated with 279 partners in more than 100 countries to bank nearly 2.5 billion seeds from more than 40,000 species and conserve 85 percent of the UK's threatened flora.
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King Charles Records Surprise Podcast With Actress Cate Blanchett
King Charles III secretly recorded a podcast episode with Cate Blanchett at Windsor Castle. Recording the Sunday, October 19, episode of “Unearthed” at a table in the castle’s gardens in July, the king, 76, was interviewed about his role as Kew’s Patron and work in opening the Millenium Seed Bank in 2000. (Kew, England, is home to the World Heritage Site of the Royal Botanic Gardens, and the Millenium Seed Bank is the world’s largest seed bank w…
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The Independent (US)King joins Cate Blanchett for podcast about ‘wonderful’ Millennium Seed Bank
The recording took place in the private gardens of Windsor Castle on a sunny July afternoon.
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