Prince Harry Shows Off His Unexpected Photography Skills to Celebrate Earth Day on Instagram

Stephanie Petit
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry want every day to be Earth Day.

The royal couple, who are expecting their first child any day, celebrated the environment conservation holiday on Monday with a post on their newly launched Instagram page.

“Today is #earthday – an opportunity to learn about, celebrate and continue to safeguard our planet, our home,” they captioned a series of photos.

The first snap in the series showed Meghan, 37, and Harry, 34, during their visit to the Redwoods Treewalk Rotorua in New Zealand during their October royal tour. The couple stroll hand-in-hand through the majestic trees.

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Today is #earthday - an opportunity to learn about, celebrate and continue to safeguard our planet, our home. The above, Their Royal Highnesses in Rotorua, New Zealand. Of the 170 different species originally planted in the early 1900’s, only a handful of species, including these majestic Redwoods, remain today. Next, we invite you to scroll through a series of 8 photos taken by The Duke of Sussex©️DOS sharing his environmental POV including: Africa’s Unicorn, the rhino. These magnificent animals have survived ice ages and giant crocodiles, amongst other things! They have adapted to earth’s changing climate continually for over 30 million years. Yet here we are in 2019 where their biggest threat is us. A critical ecosystem, Botswana’s Okavango Delta sustains millions of people and an abundance of wildlife. Huge bush fires, predominantly started by humans, are altering the entire river system; the ash kills the fish as the flood comes in and the trees that don’t burn become next year’s kindling. Desert lions are critically endangered due partly to human wildlife conflict, habitat encroachment and climate change. 96% of mammals on our ]]>🌍🌍