As a Canadian I can only say: Thank goodness we are no longer surfs and do not have to pay any attention to people born with titles.
I always thought, at least their educations should enhance any intelligence the royals might have, but apparently I was wrong.
Perhaps the "prince" doesn't realize that, at any moment we could be hit by an asteroid, a comet, a death beam from a far distant SMBH or any number of things, including wondering a black hole we would be fairly unlikely to detect, and couldn't do anything about even if we did detect one.
The ONLY way to ensure our survival under 99% of circumstances is to have part of our civilization on another planet.
This should be priority.
It's too bad this "prince" isn't smart enough to realize that.
What's the use of abandoning space travel and concentrating on the environment if the entire planet gets wiped out by some catastrophe?
I do agree we need serious work done to help the environment, but not at the expense of giving up the space programs that are out there.