Prince William opens The Orangery restaurant on July 10.
Prince Williamkicked off the work week with a road trip!
On Monday afternoon, the Prince of Wales traveled to Cornwall to visit the Duchy of Cornwall’s Nursery near Lostwithiel, about a four-hour drive from his home in Windsor. Prince William made the trip to open The Orangery, a new restaurant built as part of a nine-month extension plan to increase sustainable visitor spaces at the Nursery.
Prince William opens The Orangery restaurant on July 10.Hugh Hastings - WPA Pool / Getty
Hugh Hastings - WPA Pool / Getty
Last but not least, the Prince of Wales officially opened The Orangery.
And in a touch to Prince William’sEarthshot Prizeproject, award winnerNotplais providing some of its seaweed-based packaging to the Nursery’s restaurant.
The vast estate of farmland, property and commercial businesses is worth around $1.3 billion. Last year, it provided Charles with an income of around $25 million.
In October, a royal sourcetold PEOPLEWilliam was totally dedicated to his new role.
“He is going to very much take an active role in it. He is fully immersing himself in it,” they explained.
The prince paid asolo visit to Cornwallin November andreturned with Princess Katein February. Bringing a fresh perspective to the position, Prince William recently alluded that he was exploring ways to create social housing on the vast Duchy of Cornwall estate as part of his ongoing mission toend homelessnessin conversation withThe Times.
“You’ll see that when it’s ready. I’m no policy expert, but I push it where I can,” William said of duchy plans for affordable housing in a piece published June 17, just before he rolled out his newHomewardsinitiative.
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Prince William makes his first official visit to Cornwall in November 2022.Hugh Hastings/Getty
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The new campaign will provide $3.8 million to six different locations across the U.K. as seed money for an ambitious plan to make homelessness “rare, brief and unrepeated” through the next five years.
source: people.com
