The Prince of Wales enjoyed the 'best day of my life' when he was encouraged to spray pond water at the press on a visit to a Surrey-based science firm.Prince William visited the Guildford-based company NatureMetrics, a finalist in his Earthshot Prize, to learn more about its work analysing environmental data to provide clients with a comprehensive map of life in a forest, lake or even the air.William aimed a syringe full of the cloudy water at photographers and journalists when he joined schoolchildren collecting DNA samples.Dr Kat Bruce, the founder of NatureMetrics, suggested the prince and the youngsters aim

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The group pushed the plungers on the syringes, topped with a filter to collect the environmental DNA, but the sprays of water fell short and the prince quipped 'Oh nearly, so nearly' adding: 'This is the best day of my life – great fun.'Two further attempts failed and the prince left to be given a tour of NatureMetrics' nearby labs, where he donned a white coat and gloves to help in the first steps of extracting DNA from a sample.He was shown the rest of the process including a DNA extraction machine that produces the DNA code sequence that allows

Prince William with the 2023 Earthshot Prize winners (from left) S4S Technologies co-founder Nidhi Pant; S4S Technologies chief executive Vaibhav Tidke; Accion Andina president Constantino Aucca Chutas; Mr Florent Kaiser, CEO of Global Forest Generation, which is a co-founding organisation of Accion Andina; Boomitra CEO and founder Aadith Moorthy; WildAid marine programme director Emily Owen; WildAid chief operating officer Meaghan Brosnan; GRST CEO and co-founder Justin Hung; and GRST chief financial officer Frank Harley Singapore, 7 November 2023 PRINCE WILLIAM WILL VISIT THE 2024 EARTHSHOT PRIZE FINALIST NATUREMETRICSGuildfordWednesday 29th January 2025Prince William will visit the 2024

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