King Charles secretly recorded podcast with Cate Blanchett to celebrate 25th anniversary of Kew Gardens’ Millennium Seed Bank
His Majesty praised the work of the seed bank, which was founded in 2000 and now holds nearly 2.5 billion seeds from more than 40,000 species
By KATE NG
Daily Mail
Oct 20, 2025
Excerpt:
However, the King lamented that while he believed the seed bank’s work was ‘wonderful’, there was a need to ‘speed up the process’.
Cate added: ‘The only frustration for me about inaction on climate change is that there are so many extraordinary initiatives right there ready to be scaled up.
‘There’s a willingness there, but there’s just not the direction of the funds.’
Charles said in response: ‘And there’s a lack of awareness too, as you were saying about the actual detail of all these things.’
Charles was also shown various plants, seeds and conservation test kits by Dr Elinor, who spoke with the monarch about the project’s future potential.
In 2000, the then-Prince of Wales opened the Millennium Seed Bank and has since taken an active interest in its progress. He last visited the seed bank in 2019.
Meanwhile, Cate is a Council Member for Prince William’s Earthshot Prize, which she previously described as ‘a real injection of energised hope’.
Her recording with King Charles marks her second engagement with royalty this year – as, in January, Cate met with William to to visit Colorifix, a 2023 Earthshot Prize finalist, in Norfolk.
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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/king-charles-secretly-recorded-podcast-with-cate-blanchett-to-celebrate-25th-anniversary-of-kew-gardens-millennium-seed-bank/
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