Caroline Kennedy met Wills and Kate at Boston Celtics video game just after missing Earthshot occasion

Caroline Kennedy greeted Prince William and the Princess of Wales backstage at the Boston Celtics video game previous night time following poor temperature delayed her flight from New York and prevented her from attending the opening ceremony of the Earthshot party. 

John Kerry, who was also thanks to attend, continues to be unwell just after contracting COVD-19 at COP27 in Egypt. He did not fulfill the prince and princess last night but hopes to be healthy more than enough to go to the Earthshot Gala tomorrow.

Kennedy, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy who is at present serving as the US Ambassador to Australia, claimed she skilled ‘disrupted journey plans’ owing to the harsh weather lashing the east coastline. 

She rushed straight to the Celtics sport upon arrival, the place she greeted the royal pair.

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Caroline Kennedy satisfied the Prince and Princess of Wales at the Boston Celtics game right after hurrying to Boston from New York. Her flight was delayed by poor climate

U.S. Distinctive Presidential Envoy for Local weather John Kerry, 78, (pictured on November 17, his very last community look) did not show up at final night’s function as envisioned. He examined constructive for COVID-19 following the summit 

Ambassador Caroline Kennedy was also due to show up at previous night’s celebration but did not make an physical appearance. She is demonstrated in Australia, where she lives, just before flying to Boston in a video clip launched yesterday 

‘Unfortunately Ambassador Kennedy skipped the opening ceremony for the Prince and Princess’ Boston stop by owing to climate delays in New York. 

‘She was able to say good day to them later that night all through a Celitcs video game, right after her vacation issues in New York were resolved. 

‘The Ambassador appears to be forward to welcoming the Prince and Princess to the Kennedy Library tomorrow as element of their pay a visit to to Boston for the Earthshot Prize,’ a agent explained to DailyMail.com. 

Kerry and Kennedy had been intended to be part of the royal few as they spoke at the opening of the Earthshot Prize awards, which were being named soon after JFK’s ‘moonshot’ speech. 

The awards commemorate folks who have manufactured considerable contributions to environmentalism.

As an alternative, they have been joined by Massachusetts Governor-elect Maura Healy and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu as they kicked off the times-prolonged celebration by lighting up the city in inexperienced.  

Their journey has been marred with a racism row brewing in the United kingdom. Prince William’s godmother Lady Susan Hussey has resigned immediately after staying accused of racism adhering to an party at Buckingham Palace. 

The Prince and Princess ended up joined final night time by Governor-elect Maura Healy and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu as they lit up Boston in eco-friendly to rejoice the beginning of the days-extensive Earthshot event 

They then attended a Celtics video game, sitting down next to owner Wyc Grousbeck and his wife Emilia Fazzalari

In a assertion, William’s spokesperson said: ‘This is a subject for Buckingham Palace but as the Prince of Wales’ spokesperson, I value you happen to be all listed here and recognize you can expect to want to check with about it. So enable me tackle it head-on.

‘I was definitely let down to listen to about the company working experience at Buckingham Palace previous evening. Of course, I wasn’t there, but racism has no position in our society. The reviews had been unacceptable, and it is ideal that the particular person has stepped apart with quick outcome.’

The incident has previously begun to overshadow the royal vacation to Boston. 

Just minutes in advance of William and Kate took to the phase at the Earthshot function, Reverend Mariama White-Hammond – the city’s Chief of Natural environment, Power, and Open up Area – gave a powerful speech in which she informed the crowd to ‘consider the legacy of colonialism and racism’, specifically when it will come to their impact on local weather alter.

As the Prince and Princess Wales watched on from the wings, Reverend Hammond, who founded a youth organization targeted on ‘teaching the heritage of the Civil Legal rights Movement’, mentioned: ‘On this working day, I invite us all to consider the legacy of colonialism and racism.’

She ongoing: ‘The methods it has impacted people today across the environment and its link, its deep connection to the degradation of land and our world that we are all looking for to reverse. 

‘The tales missing, the species manufactured extinct, but also the persistence of folks in the confront of oppression and the essential dignity of all of our relations.’ 

The vacation arrives amid a brewing racism row in the Uk, exactly where William’s godmother, Woman Susan Hussey (suitable) has resigned as one particular of The Queen’s Girls in Ready soon after staying shamed for allegedly ‘interrogating’ Ngozi Fulani (remaining) at an occasion at Buckingham Palace. Fulani has told how Hussey quizzed her on in which she was from, refusing to take she was British, and continuously asking her if she was from Africa 

Even though no point out was built of Lady Susan Hussey – who is William’s personal godmother – several could fail to link the controversy with Reverend White-Hammond’s remarks.

Getting began her speech by ‘acknowledging the ancestral lands we stand on today’, the Reverend went on to express gratitude to William and Kate for choosing to host this year’s Earthshot Prize. 

‘Now you all know, we are a city of quite a few firsts. We are honored to be the to start with American town and the initial metropolis exterior of the United Kingdom to host the Earthshot Prize,’ she ongoing.

Her opinions about colonialism appear months immediately after an additional of William and Kate’s worldwide engagements – a March tour to the Caribbean to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – was shrouded in controversy around accusations that things of it smacked of ‘colonialism’.

Essential royal observers led by Meghan’s cheerleader-in-main Omid Scobie and BBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond slammed a series of ‘tone deaf’ PR moments – primary to extra social media criticism regardless of the couple’s heat welcome on the ground.

Having said that, even as the Reverend’s remarks about racism and colonialism lingered in the air, William stepped out onto the stage with a smile on his facial area – next appearances by Maura Healey, the Governor-elect of Massachusetts and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu – to convey his ‘delight’ at hosting his 1st engagement in Boston.

‘Catherine and I are unquestionably delighted to be with you today, for our 1st engagement in the terrific city of Boston, as we start out the countdown to the Earthshot Prize Awards this Friday,’ he said.

‘Thank you to Mayor Wu and Reverend White-Hammond for all your guidance for the Earthshot Prize.’

He went on to reference assassinated JFK’s Moonshot speech,  describing it as ‘challenge to American innovation and ingenuity.’