Prince William teams up with YouTube – after Harry’s multi-million dollar deal with Netflix

Prince William has officially partnered with YouTube to produce his Earthshot Prize content, it has been announced.

The 40-year-old Prince of Wales created the 2020 Earthshot Prize to “find extraordinary solutions to the world’s biggest environmental challenges.”

It has now been announced that The Earthshot Prize, as part of a two-year partnership, will partner with YouTube to produce content that “inspires users to take action on climate change with stories of urgent optimism from around the world.”

Content includes mini-documentaries and Q&As with the finalists of the YouTube Shorts and Creator Collaborations awards.

The partnership comes after Harry reportedly pocketed £88 million as part of a multi-year deal with streaming giant Netflix, which produced his recent docuseries with Meghan Markle.

As part of Prince William’s partnership with the video giant, YouTube will “support the growth of The Earthshot Prize YouTube channel” and build an engaged sustainability community.

Meanwhile, the organization will also work to help the award reach a younger and more international audience passionate about climate change.

Pedro Pina, head of YouTube Europe, Middle East and Africa, said: “Sustainability is important to us, it is important to the creator community that calls YouTube home and it is important to viewers, particularly younger viewers who demand that we all do better. for our planet.

Our vision is to make YouTube the world’s leading destination for awareness, education and action on the global climate crisis. By partnering with The Earthshot Prize, we can raise the voice of authoritative experts on this important issue.”

He continued, “It also provides an opportunity to showcase and celebrate the innovative solutions presented by the finalists for this year’s award.”

Meanwhile, Hannah Jones, CEO of The Earthshot Prize, said: ‘At The Earthshot Prize, we want to drive innovation and change to help our planet recover and by partnering with YouTube, one of the world’s largest platforms, we can do that in a truly global scale.

“We look forward to collaborating on exciting content that will inspire urgent optimism and action and help the public better understand the climate challenges we face.”

The Prince and Princess of Wales will travel to Singapore later this year for the final of William’s environmental award.

The partnership comes after Harry reportedly pocketed £88 million as part of a multi-year deal with streaming giant Netflix, which produced his recent docuseries with Meghan Markle

During the event, the five winners of The Earthshot Prize 2023 will receive £1 million.

The pair will be traveling to the Southeast Asian country in November after it was selected as the destination of the third annual Prince’s Earthshot award ceremony.

The Sussexes released their $100 million docuseries Harry & Meghan with the streaming giant Netflix last December.

And last month it was reported that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are in talks to present a new Netflix documentary in which they will meet with communities in South Africa.

The Sunday mirror reports that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, 41, will be shown helping build homes in the villages they will visit, with the series thought to have a “humanitarian” focus as Meghan brings awareness for safe birth practices.

The Prince and Princess of Wales will travel to Singapore later this year for the final of William’s environmental award

A source told the newspaper: “The cameras will follow [The Sussexes] while visiting connections and sharing medical training.”

They added that the production will be a combined project of Netflix and the couple’s Archewell Foundation.

The source revealed: “Meghan especially wants to share information about safe childbirth with the women she meets.”

Harry and Meghan’s reported project in South Africa will be their third in collaboration with Netflix, following their six-part docuseries in December 2022 and their ‘Live to Lead’ series, which aired New Year’s Eve in 2022.

It follows the couple’s “return to South Africa,” according to the source, after their royal tour that saw them visit the country in 2019.