A group of Britain’s most famous nature lovers are pleading with the Queen and Royal Princes to super-charge the restoration of the country’s endangered wildlife and landscapes by staging a ‘rewilding revolution’ on their vast Royal estates.
TV environmentalists Kate Humble and Chris Packham, broadcaster Professor Alice Roberts and chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall are amongst more than 100 celebrities, scientists and public figures who have signed an open letter to the British Royal Family organised by environmental campaign group Wild Card. The campaign group aims to see 50% of the UK rewilded and believes that the largest landowners must lead the charge.
Letter signatories also include: national treasures ex-Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams and author Sir Michael Morpurgo; leading scientists Sir David King, Sir Bob