Catherine, Princess of Wales, Will Join William at the Earthshot Prize in Mumbai
Catherine, Princess of Wales, will travel to India with Prince William for the Earthshot Prize, Kensington Palace announced. Town & Country reported the plans on November 15, 2026.
The couple will carry out engagements in Mumbai from Monday, November 16, to Wednesday, November 18. The main event is the Earthshot Prize awards night on Tuesday, November 17. It is the sixth annual awards night for the prize, which recognizes projects that work to repair the planet.
The Earthshot Prize is a global environmental award launched by William, who serves as its founder and president. Five winners will each receive £1 million, or about $1.3 million. The awards sit inside a wider Earthshot Prize Summit, a multi-day gathering where environmental and business leaders, investors and philanthropists meet to work on solutions.
For Catherine, this is a return to a stage she has not shared with her husband in some time. Her last appearance at the prize came in Boston in 2022. She did not attend in 2023, when she stayed home in England to support their eldest son, Prince George, while he sat his exams. In 2024 and 2025, she cut back on public appearances while she was being treated for cancer, a diagnosis she announced in 2024.
The trip also marks a second visit to India for the couple as a pair. They last toured the country together in 2016, when they traveled there as newlyweds on an official tour. Mumbai is the largest city in India's western state of Maharashtra, and the awards will be held there for the first time.
Kensington Palace is the London home and office of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Its announcements are the usual way the couple's official plans become public. The palace has not published a full list of the couple's events in Mumbai beyond the dates and the awards night.
For American readers, the Earthshot Prize has had a few homes. It was held in Boston in 2022, and this year's event moves to Asia. Each year it puts the prize's founder on stage with the people whose work it honors, and this year that stage is in Mumbai.
