Prince Harry visits the turtle sanctuary at St Vincent and the Grenadines
The prince visited the turtle conservation project at Colonarie beach on St Vincent and the Grenadines. Even since turtles have become endangered in the Caribbean, nations have allowed coastal communities to carry on hunting turtles for one month each year when they are most numerous. But from January that will no longer be the case in St Vincent and the Grenadines, a group of islands that includes Mustique, the favourite haunt of royals and the Middleton family. Click the link to find out what the prince was up to.
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