Kate Middleton and Prince William share a slick snap of them enjoying scuba diving in the Bahamas during their 2022 visit to Earthshot Prize winner Coral Vita

The Prince and Princess of Wales have released a slick video of them enjoying a diving session in the Bahamas during their 2022 visit to Earthshot Prize winner Coral Vita.

Kate and Prince William, both 41, are filmed in their diving gear as they ‘take part in a very special experience, snorkeling around the beautiful reefs and planting new coral’.

The visit likely took place during the Prince and Princess’ eight-day tour of the Caribbean in March 2022.

Unseen images from the trip – shared with the royal couple YouTube account last night – shows Kate diving in the sea, William planting coral and the pair swimming around and exploring.

The prince also spoke to the cameras while on a nearby beach, explaining: ‘What we do over the next ten years will impact the planet for the next thousand people.

The Prince and Princess of Wales released a slick video of them enjoying a diving session in the Bahamas during their 2022 visit to Earthshot Prize winner Coral Vita

‘Being able to see the good coral and the damaged coral, being able to understand the difference between the two and what goes where, I think it was really fascinating for me to finally understand it.

‘It’s quite technical how they do the coral farming and research, and it’s really fantastic to see how everything is put together and built up.’

He added: ‘Obviously at this point I was standing on the beach where Coral Vita found out that they had won the Earthshot award in 2021 and so it’s great to finally be here and actually experience everything surrounding the award and it to feel that I have passed by here. a full circle.’

“There is unlimited space for what The Earthshot is looking for,” the prince continued. “The whole point of it is to be a global platform to really raise the profile of smaller voices or extraordinary solutions that maybe haven’t hit the world stage yet and say, look, this idea has legs and we can build it and we can make it it’s getting bigger and we can make it better.

“If we want to create meaningful change and restore our planet, the next decade is critical.

“Time is of the essence now, it’s coming to a very serious critical point where we can easily continue doing what we’re doing and we’ll have a planet worse off for years to come, or we can change course and really start thinking about how we’re going to fix the solutions, find the solutions, take action, and scale up those solutions so that we’re better off in a healthier world, providing jobs and healthier outcomes for everyone if we can do that.

Kate and Prince William, both 41, are filmed in their diving gear as they ‘take part in a very special experience, snorkeling around the beautiful reefs and planting new coral’

The visit (photo) probably took place during the Prince and Princess’ eight-day tour of the Caribbean in March 2022.

Unseen footage of the trip – shared last night on the royal couple’s YouTube account – shows Kate diving into the sea, William planting coral and the couple swimming around and exploring.

The video caption explained: ‘Coral Vita is doing incredible work to revive our oceans by revitalizing dying coral reefs and growing corals on land before planting them in the oceans.

‘With this method, coral grows up to fifty times faster than traditional methods. Coral is vital to maintaining a healthy ocean ecosystem.

‘As Earthshot Prize winners, they received £1 million to scale up their solution and help protect and restore our planet by 2030.’

Sam Teicher, Coral Vita’s chief reef officer, also appeared in the 3.15-minute video and explained what winning the Earthshot Prize meant to the organization.

He said: “Winning the Earthshot award is the greatest honor of my life. I honestly can’t believe it. It’s still quite surreal to have the support of some of the world’s leading environmental champions and experts, and to be part of this community of environmental innovators and entrepreneurs is amazing.

‘That is really true and it has now given us so much to be able to scale our vision even further. We’re just trying to figure out the best way to do this and do it bigger and better in the most meaningful way possible, that matters most to the reefs and all the communities around the world that depend on them.”

The Princess of Wales is pictured exploring her surroundings while enjoying a scuba diving session

The video caption explained: ‘Coral Vita is doing incredible work to revive our oceans by reviving dying coral reefs, growing corals on land before planting them in the oceans’

He explained how coral farms collect corals in the ocean, bring them to the farm to grow and then go to locations they have already explored and plant the corals.

‘Then they grow and do their thing. We’ll keep an eye on it over time,” Sam said. ‘It’s quite amazing to be able to swim there again and see the corals that have been planted slowly but surely coming back as all the marine life around them starts to return.

‘There are up to a billion people in about 100 countries and territories who depend on coral reefs and they are threatened everywhere… Half the coral in the world the reefs are already dead and we are on track to lose more than 90 percent within the next thirty years.”

This isn’t the first time Kate and William have shared glimpses of their sea dives with fans.

The prince also spoke to the cameras while on a nearby beach, explaining: ‘What we do in the next ten years will affect the planet for the next thousand years’

Coral Vita’s chief reef officer, Sam Teicher, also appeared in the 3.15-minute video and explained what winning the Earthshot Prize meant to the organization

In March 2022, the couple went swimming with sharks while praising Belizeans for their work to care for the marine environment off the coast, and took a dip to see the underwater wildlife firsthand.

They viewed nurse sharks – generally considered harmless to humans – as they donned scuba gear to explore the world’s second-largest barrier reef.

The pair were seen swimming side by side and giving the OK hand signal as they inspected coral and marine life following a private invitation from the country’s government to attend conservation work.

William said it had been ‘truly fantastic’ and praised the ‘wonderful work’ of those who helped ensure the coral and fish are protected, in a video posted to the official Kensington Royal Twitter account. The clip was posted at the end of the couple’s visit to Belize.