‘Priorities change when you have kids’: Environmentalist Princess Eugenie reveals how becoming a mother to baby August made her want to do more for the environment
An environmentally conscious Princess Eugenie has revealed how becoming a mother led her to want to do more to protect the environment when she took part in an initiative to try and reverse environmental damage to the ocean.
She took to sea last week with the Solent Seascape Project, the UK’s first effort to actively restore the ocean.
Princess Eugenie, 33, described how being a mother made her want to “do more” for her children and future grandchildren, adding that she hopes her son August, two, will one day take up environmental activism too.
She has a track record of environmental awareness and has been an ambassador for the Royal Marine Foundation for the past two years.
The Seascape Project is organized and carried out by the Foundation, which aims to restore at least 30 percent of the Solent’s seascape.
Princess Eugenie (pictured with her son August in 2022) has shared how becoming a mother made her want to do more for the environment
She and husband Jack Brooksbank (pictured) had a plastic-free wedding in 2018
said Princess Eugenie HELLO! that Seascape “blew her away” and that she “couldn’t wait” to join.
She said: ‘It’s great to see these people dedicate their time to the biodiversity of our seas, and I also want to do as much as I can to help.’
The royal family, who is the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew, added that August’s birth in February 2021 “positively influenced” her decision to do more.
She told the magazine, “Priorities change when you have kids; you want to do everything you can for them – and for your grandchildren.
“It’s only August 2nd, but I hope what I’m doing seeps through to him and one day he takes it up too.”
Princess Eugenie is a staunch campaigner on environmental issues and even had a plastic-free wedding to her husband Jack Brooksbank in 2018.
During last week’s trip, she helped scientists clean hundreds of oysters before releasing them back to the sea.
In June 2021, the Royal Family shared a moving message on social media on the occasion of World Environment Day.
The Princess released a mini-series about ocean conservation last year (pictured as she visits a regenerative ocean farm in Wales)
The Princess wrote: ‘Environment Day 2021!! Thank you world for giving us such a beautiful place to live.
“To mark this day, I wanted to share some photos from the past few years (and more recent) that remind me how amazing our environment is and how we should always protect it.”
And in 2022, she appeared in a video with girlfriend and singer Ellie Goulding as she conducted a miniseries of interviews called Ocean Advocate.
Princess Eugenie also avoids using single-use plastics in the home and has already started educating August about climate change.
She previously said, “My son will be an activist from two years old, and that will be in a few days. Everything is for them, right? Every decision we make now has to be about how August will be able to live his life.’
The royal couple is expecting their second child this summer.