Prince William concluded his landmark five-day tour of Brazil on Friday, November 7. Leaving the hotel on his way to his final engagement in Belem, Prince stopped his convoy to conduct an impromptu walk with locals who were heard shouting “William, William.”
This spontaneous moment of connection set the stage for a poignant end to his landmark visit to Brazil, which he concluded with a deeply symbolic meeting with indigenous leaders at one of the Amazon’s most historic institutions.
The heir to the throne met the original leaders at the Museu Emilio Goeldi in Belem, bolstering his environmental advocacy days after speaking at the COP30 climate summit.
President of Brazil’s National Association of Indigenous Peoples, Joenia Wapichana, welcomed and guided the prince through the museum’s tropical gardens.
“You are the guardians and protectors that we all need to support,” Prince William told the group.
The central theme of his visit to Brazil was summed up in his COP30 speech, where he stated that the world is “dangerously close to catastrophe” and called for “urgent, coordinated action.”
He called on global leaders to initiate “coordinated action” to defend the “power of urgent optimism” and praised indigenous communities as vital climate leaders whose rights and knowledge are a “practical climate solution.”
