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Prince William reveals he once dreamt of being ‘DJ Xara’ or a career as a policeman

Prince William made a surprise appearance on the Graham Norton Show alongside Cate Blanchett and Robert Irwin, revealing he once wanted to be a DJ called DJ Xara.

The heir to the throne made a surprise appearance alongside Cate Blanchett, Hannah Waddingham and Robert Irwin on Graham Norton’s BBC chat show.

The Long Sip
What happened

Prince William joined Cate Blanchett, Hannah Waddingham and Robert Irwin on the Graham Norton Show to promote his Earthshot Prize climate project.

The detail

William revealed his DJ stage name was DJ Xara, admitted it was rubbish, and said he also once thought being a policeman was quite cool.

And then

The Earthshot Prize gives five winners a one million pound grant each year for environmental projects, with two Australian projects making the longlist in recent years.

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What readers are saying

CountryXander
The Earthshot Prize gives each of its five annual winners a million-pound grant to scale their environmental work globally. That's real funding for practical solutions, not just awareness campaigns. Two Australian projects have already made the longlist, which suggests there's genuine investment happening in climate work closer to home.
RetiredEmma
If you're keen on the Earthshot Prize's work, the article mentions two Australian projects that made the longlist recently - the Indigenous Desert Alliance and the Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney - worth looking up to see what they're actually doing.
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