Prince William's Children Ask Questions About Nature

Prince William, Kate Middleton, and their kids met David Attenborough at the gardens outside Kensington Palace. Kensington Palace/Reuters
Prince William, Kate Middleton, and their kids met David Attenborough at the gardens outside Kensington Palace. Kensington Palace/Reuters
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Prince William's Children Ask Questions About Nature

Prince William, Kate Middleton, and their kids met David Attenborough at the gardens outside Kensington Palace. Kensington Palace/Reuters
Prince William, Kate Middleton, and their kids met David Attenborough at the gardens outside Kensington Palace. Kensington Palace/Reuters

The children of Britain's Prince William appeared in rare video footage on Saturday, asking David Attenborough questions about extinction, spiders and his favorite animals.

Seven-year-old Prince George, third-in-line to the throne, five-year-old Charlotte and two-year-old Louis asked the 94-year-old broadcaster questions about the natural world in footage recorded at Kensington Palace last month.

Pictured in a red school polo shirt, George said: "Hello David Attenborough, what animal do you think will become extinct next?"

Charlotte, in a grey school dress, revealed she likes spiders and asked him "Do you like spiders too?" while Louis asked: "What animal do you like?"

Last month, Attenborough was pictured in the gardens of Kensington Palace after joining the young family to watch an outdoor screening of his film "David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet."

To celebrate that occasion, the naturalist gave George a fossilized shark tooth but the gift sparked controversy when Malta, where Attenborough discovered the fossil, initially asked for it to be returned before saying the prince could keep it.



Heatwaves in Spain Caused 1,180 Deaths in Past Two Months, Ministry Says

The most affected regions were Galicia, La Rioja, Asturias and Cantabria. (Getty Images/AFP)
The most affected regions were Galicia, La Rioja, Asturias and Cantabria. (Getty Images/AFP)
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Heatwaves in Spain Caused 1,180 Deaths in Past Two Months, Ministry Says

The most affected regions were Galicia, La Rioja, Asturias and Cantabria. (Getty Images/AFP)
The most affected regions were Galicia, La Rioja, Asturias and Cantabria. (Getty Images/AFP)

High temperatures caused 1,180 deaths in Spain in the past two months, a sharp increase from the same period last year, the Environment Ministry said on Monday.

The vast majority of people who died were over 65 and more than half were women, the data it cited showed.

The most affected regions were Galicia, La Rioja, Asturias and Cantabria - all located in the northern half of the country, where traditionally cooler summer temperatures have seen a significant rise in recent years.

Like other countries in Western Europe, Spain has been hit by extreme heat in recent weeks, with temperatures often topping 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).

The 1,180 people who died of heat-related causes between May 16 and July 13 compared with 114 in the same period in 2024, the ministry said in a statement citing data from the Carlos III Health Institute. The number of deaths increased significantly in the first week of July.

The data shows an event "of exceptional intensity, characterized by an unprecedented increase in average temperatures and a significant increase in mortality attributable to heatwaves", the ministry said.

In the period the data covers, there were 76 red alerts for extreme heat, compared with none a year earlier.

Last summer, 2,191 deaths were attributed to heat-related causes in Spain, according to data from the Carlos III Health Institute.

The data from Spain follows a rapid scientific analysis published on July 9 that said around 2,300 people died of heat-related causes across 12 European cities during a severe heatwave in the 10 days to July 2.

It was not immediately clear whether the study conducted by scientists at Imperial College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine was using the same methodology as the Spanish data.