Airdate: The Queen’s Green Planet
Sir David Attenborough’s visits Buckingham Palace to view the royal tree collection, conducted by Her Majesty herself.
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Two nonagenarians. One TV special. Later this month on ABC.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II talks to Sir David Attenborough about her ambitious legacy project the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy which aims to create a global network of protected forests in each of the 53 Commonwealth countries.
David Attenborough’s new programme, The Queen’s Green Planet, sees the 91-year-old TV naturalist pay a visit to Buckingham Palace for a tour of the royal tree collection, conducted by Her Majesty herself.
The conversation between the two national treasures – both born in 1926, within a month of each other – was the culmination of a year’s filming, embarked upon to promote an ambitious project the Queen has been championing to create a protected canopy of trees second only in size to the Amazon rainforest, persuading Commonwealth leaders from more than 40 countries to sign up. It’s the first major environmental initiative to which she’s given her name.
7:40pm Sunday May 20 on ABC.
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