Princess Eugenie speaks to her ‘dear friend’ Ellie Goulding on mini-series about ocean conservation – with the pop singer insisting we ‘all have to play a part in keeping our seas healthy’
- Princess Eugenie took to Instagram today to share her Ocean Advocate series
- Last interview in the mini-series included a chat with ‘dear friend’ Ellie Goulding
- The pop singer insisted we ‘all have to play a part in keeping our oceans healthy’
Princess Eugenie has chatted with her ‘dear friend’ Ellie Goulding on her mini-series about ocean conservation.
The Queen’s granddaughter, 32, took to Instagram today to share her last interview in her Ocean Advocate series.
In the episode, the royal and the pop singer, 35, discussed how to help ‘keep our oceans healthy’, with Ellie insisting we ‘all have to play a part’.
Sharing the clip on her social media, Eugenie wrote: ‘In the last interview of this series, and during the UN Ocean Conference, I spoke to my dear friend, environmental activist, and @unep ambassador, @elliegoulding.
Princess Eugenie (pictured) took to Instagram today to share her Ocean Advocate mini-series. She spoke about ocean conservation with her ‘dear friend’ Ellie Goulding
In the episode Princess Eugenie and Ellie (pictured) discussed the ways in which we can help to keep the oceans healthy
‘We spoke about how we can all make changes to protect the ocean and why it’s so important. Thank you Ellie for leading the way.’
In the clip, Ellie said: ‘It’s way beyond being an eco-warrior now, it’s way beyond being someone who happens to like nature a bit, or happens to like being by the sea, I think it’s really important to stress that, we all have to play a part in this.
‘It’s part of our responsibility as custodians of this planet.
‘First of all you can make responsible choices with what you eat, and know where your seafood comes from.
‘Single-use plastics, if you can just be aware of it and conscious of it. Basically we want as little plastic going into the sea as possible.
During the clip Princess Eugenie (pictured) said how she had spoken to her good friend Ellie Goulding about all the ways in which we can change the oceans health
Ellie (pictured) spoke about the small changes we can make in our daily lives. She also highlighted the impact of single use plastics on the environment
‘Do some research, see what your local community is doing, or maybe you could start something. You could be the person that starts something, that’s pretty cool.
‘Every single thing in our biosphere, everything that we rely on, really does depend on the health of our oceans and to find out things like we dump a truckload of plastic into our ocean every minute… It’s horrifying.’
Princess Eugenie is known to be close with the popstar, with Ellie singing at both the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding party in 2011 and at Princess Eugenie’s wedding to Jack Brooksbank in October 2018.
Meanwhile Eugenie and Jack were also among the guests when Ellie and Caspar Jopling were married at York Minster in 2019.
Prince Andrew and Fergie’s daughter once worked with art dealer Caspar’s uncle, Jay Jopling, at New York auctioneers Paddle8.
It is not just ocean conservation that the two women have in common – they are in fact good friends. They are pictured here attending Leo’s Art The Arts Club launch part in 2017