In celebration of Prince William's recent engagement to Kate Middleton, Sky1 will be showing Prince William's Africa tonight at 8pm on Sky1 HD and Sky1.
Exclusively for Sky 1 HD, presenter, writer and adventurer Ben Fogle follows Prince William on his first official visit to Africa. We observe the Prince both in private and in public, with unprecedented access as he embarks on an official visit to Botswana on behalf of his charity Tusk Trust.
Cameras joined Prince William in Botswana as he marked the 20th anniversary of the Tusk Trust, the African wildlife conservation charity, of which he is Royal Patron. The film reveals his passion for conservation in Africa and why he feels it is so important to get Britain’s youth engaged. In addition to following Prince William on his official duties, the cameras joined him as he escaped into the African wilderness for a research safari.
In the programme, the Prince and Ben Fogle talk candidly about balancing the Prince’s public commitments and private life, as well as his work in the RAF. The Prince discusses having a passion for Africa, since spending his gap year there ten years ago, and how this drove him to offer his patronage to the Tusk Trust.
Also visiting the Tusk Trust are a group of London teenagers from Centrepoint, another venture which Prince William supports since visiting the charity as a child with his mother. The Prince meets these teenagers and finds out about the work they are doing for Tusk.
Useful links
Tusk Trust
Protecting Wildlife, Supporting Communities, Promoting Education http://www.tusk.org/
Centrepoint
Give homeless young people a future http://www.centrepoint.org.uk/
Battle Back
Identify, facilitate and encourage adaptive Adventurous Training (AT) and Sport opportunities for wounded Service personnel. http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/WhatWeDo/TrainingandExercises/BattleBack/
