Robert Irwin: Prince William is ‘one of the biggest environmentalists we have’

I have no problem with Robert Irwin, the 22-year-old son of the late, great Steve Irwin. Robert tries to honor his father’s legacy and expand on it. Irwin is too young and too naive to understand that Prince William has attached himself to the Irwin name like a leech and that William makes everything about William. Well, Robert Irwin was summoned to England this week to attend the Earthshot Prize Impact Assembly. It’s an elaborate event where William gets to hang out with celebrities, just like his Earthshot awards show. Instead of highlighting the actual Earthshot award winners, William performed skits, hung out with Jason Knauf and, as always, centered himself throughout. They even had Robert Irwin call William “one of the greatest environmentalists we have on the planet.” Sigh…

Australian TV star Robert Irwin is full of praise for Prince William. As the latest winners of the 41-year-old William’s Earthshot Prize are revealed today, Tuesday, Irwin says he “is a real beacon for everyone in conservation.”

“It’s hard to put into words how massive Earthshot is for wildlife conservation, for climate action, for the world. For Prince William, who has such a great platform to lend his voice, his resources to create positive change is such a refreshing, wonderful thing to see. I applaud what he’s doing,” he tells PEOPLE.

“I’ve dedicated my life to wildlife conservation. I share that with Prince William and I admire him a lot. He’s definitely someone I look up to and I hope I can make the same kind of change he does. He’s a real beacon for everyone in conservation,” says Irwin.

“Earthshot exemplifies everything we’re trying to achieve on such a massive scale. We’ve been doing all this for years. Now, when the Earthshot Prize comes along, it brings all these issues to the world on a level that’s unmatched.”

Earthshot – which Prince William first conceived in 2018 – takes its name from President JF Kennedy’s desire to put astronauts on the moon, his moon shot. “(Earthshot is) ambitious, but so was going to the moon,” says the zookeeper. “No one talks about that better than Prince William himself. When you hear him say ‘yes, it’s ambitious, but we have to act now and we can make it happen.’ That’s what our family has always been about.”

Speaking on This Morning, Robert Irwin said: “His Royal Highness Prince William has become someone I’ve worked with a lot through the Earthshot Prize, which of course is his fantastic global initiative to award the biggest and brightest solutions in environmental issues. And basically it’s about looking at conservation and all these big challenges through the lens of optimism, to make a difference, to look at optimism.”

“I just rode the 3,000th electric bus with His Royal Highness yesterday and we spent the day talking about climate change and all kinds of things. He’s a passionate individual. When I’m around other people who share that passion for conservation, I get so excited. He’s, I think, one of the greatest environmentalists we have on the planet. He’s just an amazing being and he’s an absolutely amazing human being that he knows the importance of conservation reaches different audiences.”

(From People & Yahoo)

… And again, nothing about the award winners. Nothing about the people who actually work in green technology or conservation or eco-businesses. These events were supposed to be FOR the winners and nominees, but instead it turned into The William Show where everyone talks about how WILLIAM is the biggest and most passionate environmentalist EVER! Incidentally, Williams’ actual fan base consists of political conservatives and seniors, all of whom dislike Williams’ wannabe environmentalists. Like, it’s all very unpopular with Williams’ existing political base. And the people who don’t like William think he’s a self-absorbed loser. So who is this for?

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