Robert Irwin Makes Prince William Sound Like A Proper Conservation Mate
Robert Irwin came through This Morning with that classic Irwin mix of heart, humor and wildlife-warrior electricity, and by the end of the interview he had made Prince William sound less like distant royal wallpaper and more like a genuinely down-to-earth conservation mate.
The Australian conservationist and Earthshot Prize Global Ambassador was in London during London Climate Action Week, where he joined the Prince of Wales for Earthshot conversations centered on environmental solutions, urgent optimism and the kind of big-picture conservation work that does not feel completely impossible when Robert is explaining it.
Basically, Robert wants the people of the world to know the future King is all that and a bag of chippies.
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The appearance had a sweet emotional thread, too. Robert watched old footage of Steve Irwin on UK morning television, including a flashback about Agro the crocodile, the famously cranky Australia Zoo legend who apparently still has no interest in thanking the Irwin family for saving his life.
Robert joked that Agro is bigger, crankier and still very much ready for more Irwin blood, which is exactly the sort of sentence only an Irwin could deliver with a smile and make sound like family tradition instead of a workplace hazard.
But the clip also landed somewhere deeper. Robert said he still talks about his dad every day and called it the honor of his lifetime to keep Steve’s spirit of fun, passion, positivity and wildlife conservation alive — especially through kindness and the idea of treating every living being the way you would want to be treated.
That same thread carried into his praise for Prince William. Robert described William as passionate, approachable and surprisingly personal, even revealing that the Prince once FaceTimed him during Dancing with the Stars rehearsals just to wish him well while Robert was bringing the conservation mission to a totally different audience.
It is a very Robert Irwin story: one minute you are talking about a royal climate initiative, the next minute there is a surprise laptop call from Prince William, and somehow the whole thing still circles back to crocodiles, optimism and the importance of making conservation feel accessible.
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For Earthshot, that accessibility is the point. Robert talked about the prize through a lens of urgent optimism — not pretending the planet is fine, but spotlighting the people and projects already doing the work. He pointed to solutions like plastic alternatives, protected land and oceans, and major wildlife recovery wins as proof that the story does not have to be all doom-scroll gloom.
He also mentioned the Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative, the Earthshot-winning effort behind the comeback of Kazakhstan’s saiga antelope, as the sort of conservation success story that makes the mountain feel climbable instead of crushing.
And then, because Robert Irwin remains Robert Irwin, he closed with pure Aussie charm about loving the UK because the wildlife is different, there are no crocodiles or venomous snakes, and London squirrels apparently move like they are auditioning for Mission: Impossible.
Press play below for Robert’s full This Morning chat, featuring Prince William praise, Steve Irwin memories, Agro the crocodile chaos and a reminder that conservation can still have a heartbeat.
Watch Robert Irwin Talk Prince William, Earthshot And Steve Irwin Memories
Source note: Interview details come from Robert Irwin’s This Morning appearance, with additional Earthshot background from the official Earthshot Prize ambassador page.
