UNDER THE CANOPY
AN ELDERLY LADY and gentleman take a stroll through a leafy park on one of those perfect English summer days still rare enough to dominate the conversation of a nation that needs little encouragement to talk about the weather. The smartly dressed pair engages in friendly banter as they walk through the dappled shade beneath the generous spreading boughs of grand old deciduous trees. It’s a scene that might be played out right across Britain on such a day. However, it’s not so much the weather that this pair discuss as the climate – specifically the changing climate and urgent need to save the world’s native forests. For the woman is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and as she guides her guest, Sir David Attenborough, through the private gardens of Buckingham
