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Once known as the potty prince for his environmental views, he is at last settling in to his role as the first ever Green King, writes CHARLES RAE. The Palace's latest green move came last month, when it was revealed that a pair of gas-guzzling state Bentleys will be converted to run on biofuel. The announcement was swiftly followed by news of a deal between the Crown Estate, the monarchy's property arm, and Great British Energy - the Labour Government's new publicly owned energy company - to build offshore windfarms to power 20m homes. Also detailed in the annual sovereign grant report were moves to install solar panels at Windsor Castle, with heat pumps to follow. Gas lanterns at Buckingham Palace are being given new electrical fittings to 'improve their energy efficiency while preserving their historic look and glow.'

Thunberg protested alongside members of Extinction Rebellion (XR) as they blocked a busy junction in The Hague today. Footage shows Thunberg and others being sprayed with water after police deployed a cannon before removing the group of around 50. More XR activists also blocked another road, near the building of the House of Representatives and the Ministry of Economic Affairs, as well as a lane on the local motorway. The climate group had planned another protest in The Hague for tomorrow, but cancelled it due to the heavy gusts of wind forecast for the morning.

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg has once against been taken into police custody, after she spoke as an Extinction Rebellion protest in Helsinki this afternoon.  The mass of people gathered in front of Finland's Parliament House at around 3pm local time (1pm London time) during the first of three demonstrations organised by Elokapina, XR's Finnish branch.  Thunberg, speaking at the massive rally while wearing a keffiyeh, a piece of clothing associated with Palestinian resistance, was taken to a police bus, according to local media, after she spoke. 

Former Ofsted chief Amanda Spielman has warned teaching resources provided by eco charities and campaign groups contain negative messages that spread anxiety among children. She also fears teachers were too often treating children like 'mini-adults' by piling pressure on them to save the planet, which was depriving them of a proper childhood. Organisations including Greenpeace, WWF and the British Red Cross offer free climate change teaching resources to schools.

The 89-year-old actress has called on the public to take part in the Restore Nature Now march in London on Saturday, with more than 50,000 predicted to attend, according to organisers. Dame Judi has spoken about her love of trees in the past and previously backed a petition to stop the felling of a poplar in south London which XR activists was being occupied by XR activists. 'Despite being a nation of nature lovers, the UK's politicians are failing to protect the wildlife that we love,' the veteran actress said. 'Pollution in our rivers and ocean, falling wildlife populations, and increased droughts and floods are all symptoms of the decline of our natural world.

In 2018, the world watched in fascination as a 15 year-old Swedish schoolgirl held a major climate change protest outside her country's parliament. The young woman, Greta Thunberg , would go on to air her passionate environmental views all over the world, including at the European Parliament and the UN climate action summit in New York. Now, there's another young, fearless campaigner who appears to be following in Thunberg's footsteps. Only, this student, from Austin, Texas , is not concerned with our climate, but our food supply. Grace Price, 18, is becoming increasingly popular on social media for her impassioned statements about America's 'cancer-causing' food supply. The budding investigative journalist has already attracted more than 40,000 followers on X for her campaign projects, including a documentary titled, Cancer: A Food-Borne Illness, and petitions to stop fries being cooked in vegetable oil.

The Australian actress, 41, has reinvented herself as a conservative firebrand, recently slamming Greta Thunberg as a 'demonic little gremlin' and claiming Australia has become 'too woke' in a TV interview. Valance and her husband, billionaire property tycoon Nick Candy , hosted Donald Trump Jr , his Fox News host wife Kimberley Guilfoyle, Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage and some 100 guests at their residence in Chelsea, London on Wednesday.

It's difficult to imagine a more disastrous collision between piety and self-interest. When righteous authors and activists began demanding Edinburgh 's International Book Festival sever its relationship with its principal sponsor, the fund managers Baillie Gifford, they may have seen themselves as the heroes of the piece. But since they succeeded, it's become increasingly clear these protesters are very much the villains.

Listeners to BBC Radio 4's World At One were subjected to a stern lecture last week, courtesy of a 31-year-old novelist named Yara ­Rodrigues Fowler. She was introduced as an 'organiser with Fossil Free Books', an anonymously-run collective of Left-wing activists who have decided to campaign against investment firm Baillie Gifford's sponsorship of various summer literary festivals. The finance company is, they contend, bad news for two ­reasons: firstly, it holds shares in some oil and gas companies, and secondly, it invests in firms alleged to be complicit in ' Israeli ­occupation, apartheid and ­genocide' in Gaza . As such, Radio 4 listeners were told, book festivals which take Baillie Gifford's cash are being targeted by vigorous protests, while authors who agree to appear at the events face lobbying to pull out.

Eurovision winner Nemo was swarmed by hundreds of adoring fans on Sunday, as they arrived at Zurich Airport in Switzerland. The Swiss star, 24, become the competition's first non-binary winner on Saturday, after they scored 365 points with the juries and 226 from the public for a total of 591 with their song The Code. And they were greeted by cheers and applause at they returned home, with fans seen waving flags and banners and chanting Nemo's name.

The 20-year-old singer left Malmo under armed guard just hours after the competition finished and posted a video of herself emerging from an aeroplane in Israel waving the country's flag and clutching a bouquet of flowers. She was then filmed cheering and screaming with delight as friends and family greeted her in the airport and chanted her name. She wrote: 'my heart is so full. my rock. my family. i love you guyssssss.' Commenting on the past few days in Malmo, which led to Ms Golan being under intense political pressure because of Israel's war in Gaza she wrote: 'where do I begin? first let me start by saying how proud I am of how far we got. I'm honoured and grateful to represent my country especially during these trying times.'

The older I get, the more I think that humans - as a species - are becoming increasingly bonkers. If not all, then quite a lot of them.

Greta Thunberg has been detained by Swedish police as pro-Palestine protesters try to storm Eurovision. The climate activist has been hauled away as demonstrators clashed with armed riot police outside the final venue and yelled 'Shame on you' at fans before show kicked off. A video shows the 21-year-old being dragged away by uniformed officers in high-vis vest as photographers flock around her. Swedish news sight Visegrad 24 stated on social media that Thunberg is a 'repeat offender' and has been detained. The activist wore a keffiyeh scarf over a black fleece and her hair was tied back as police dragged her from outside the arena where the song competition was in full flow.

The 20-year-old contestant (left) was filmed in her dressing room rehearsing her power ballad Hurricane while other members of her team try to throw her off with loud boos and pro-Palestinian chants. Golan has become a lightning rod for criticism from protesters who have demanded she be excluded from the competition, while others have called for a boycott of the famous song contest and a cease-fire in the 7-month war in Gaza. As many as 5,000 people - including climate activist Greta Thunberg - took part in a demonstration earlier this week in Malmo, Sweden , where the final is taking place, during which protesters set off smoke canisters in the colours of the Palestinian flag, while others carried signs and banners condemning the event.

Armed police have been posted outside the hotel of Israeli singer Eden Golan as Swedish authorities set up a ring of steel in Malmo ahead of her appearance in the Eurovision Song Contest final. Dozens of officers patrolled streets surrounding the hotel, carrying out identity checks on car drivers and pedestrians and also patrolling the city centre following demands from pro-Palestine protestors that she be excluded from the competition. Most of those staying at the hotel are members of Israel's Eurovision delegation and anyone entering is asked to provide a valid reason and show identity documents.

Bars face boycotts and pickets as they prepare for the singing competition, with pro-Palestine mobs striking out against the inclusion of Israel 's Eden Golan as one of the favourites for Saturday's grand final. Action group Brighton Queers for Palestine has posted the contact numbers for bars that are continuing with their nights as they tell their followers to 'call and ask them to reconsider screening Eurovision' as they accuse them of 'complicity in genocide'. And some London venues have been forced to cancel their events as they fear for the safety of their staff amid the backlash - with others saying they had decided to close in solidarity with Palestine.

Jere Mikael Pöyhönen - known by his stage name Käärijä, who came second performing for his country at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest - was filmed in the brief ten second clip headbanging with Golan in a corridor. The 20-year-old Israeli singer is seen counting the pair in before singing a line from Käärijä's 'Cha Cha Cha' together, which became a cult hit last year. They are then seen laughing and clasping hands before the video ends. The seemingly innocuous clip was posted online by various sources including Kan - the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, Golan herself and the the official Eurovision X account, along with the message: 'Eden Golan & Käärijä in new video!'. However, it was shared amid growing anger over Golan and Israel's involvement in this year's song contest due to the country's on-going military action in Gaza.

Singer Eden Golan performed her song 'Hurricane' in Thursday's second semi-final in front of 9,000 spectators at the host city's eponymous Malmo Arena, defying thousands of demonstrators marching over the Gaza war. She took to the stage having spent the whole day locked down in her hotel room by her country's Shin Bet security agency after receiving death threats and amid terror-attack fears. Thousands of protesters clamoured in the streets of Malmo calling for her expulsion from the competition ahead of the event - and 50 more made it to the front of the arena ahead of her performance and had to be dispersed by police officers. But despite boos from the pro-Palestinian contingent in the crowd, Golan booked her place in the final thanks to viewers' votes.

Eurovision fans expressed shock as fan favourites Malta and Belgium failed to make it through Thursday's semi-final show. Israel's Eden Golan qualified for the final despite thousands of protestors demonstrated in Malmo calling for her to be excluded from the competition. Latvia, Austria, Netherlands, Norway, Greece, Estonia, Switzerland, Georgia and Armenia were the other countries who made it through to Saturday's final.

Eurovision winner Loreen has defended the contest amid ongoing calls for a boycott over Israel's inclusion. The singer, 40, won the contest for Sweden for a second time in 2023 for her song Tattoo, 11 years after she first took home the crown for Euphoria in 2012. Israel's participation in the Eurovision has been controversial this year with some believing the country should not be included given the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. 

The 20-year-old singer took to the stage in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest for the emotional Hurricane, which was reworked from a previous track called October Rain, believed to reference the Hamas attacks on Israel. She opened with a back bend, before launching into her song and received claps and cheers from the audience while dressed in a flowing sand-coloured dress. It comes after Golan was ordered to stay in her hotel room earlier today by her country's national security agency as thousands of pro-Palestine protesters called for her to be excluded from the competition. The event's organisers have said they will not 'censor' the audience after Golan was booed during rehearsals.

A legendary Eurovision party in the city were ABBA won the song contest has been cancelled over Gaza protest fears. The Brighton party on the 50th anniversary of Waterloo winning was scrapped after pro-Palestinian protestors planned to picket. Swedes ABBA won the 1974 Eurovision in Brighton with their song Waterloo but ahead of this year's celebrations, the Duke of York cinema said they had to cancel their screening of the 2024 finals over safety concerns. The Eurovision party was targeted by organisations against Israel competing in the song contest. Hundreds of Eurovision fans usually flock to the Grade 2 listed cinema dressed as their favourite acts or supporting finalists.

Thousands of protesters gathered in the southern Swedish city of Malmo today (pictured main) ahead Eden Golan's performance at the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest tonight. Amid her country's continuing military operation in Gaza, the Israeli-Russian singer's participation in the competition has been met with growing anger in the city which will host the final over the weekend. Greta Thunberg (inset) - who joined the protesters - was pictured wearing a keffiyeh, a black and white shawl commonly used to show support for Palestine, around her body in the centre of the crowd within a sea of Palestinian flags. 'Young people are leading the way and showing the world how we should react to this,' Thunberg told Reuters news agency. However, she refused to comment on why she had joined the protest, only saying it was 'good' as the march took place. During the demonstrations, smoke canisters in the colours of the Palestinian flag were set off and protesters, some of whom have dogs, young children and bicycles with them, were carrying signs displaying images of Gaza civilians who have been injured amid the Hamas-Israel conflict. Other banners displayed messages including 'welcome to Genocide song contest' (top-right) and 'stop using Eurovision to whitewash Israeli crimes'. Golan (pictured left), meanwhile, has remained defiant in the face of the growing anger over Israel's actions. 'I won't let anything break me,' she told MailOnline in an interview this week. 'I wouldn't say I'm worried. I'm prepared.'

Israel's national security agency Shin Bet warned Golan not to leave her hotel room except for performances after receiving death threats and amid terror-attack fears. There have been calls from protesters to throw Israel out of the singing competition because of the war in Gaza following Hamas' terror attacks on October 7. As many as 5,000 people took to the city's streets today including climate activist Greta Thunberg. Dramatic scenes show people setting off smoke canisters in the colours of the Palestinian flag while others held placards reading 'Welcome to the genocide song contest' and 'Stop using Eurovision to whitewash Israeli crimes'.