Edward and Sophie joke together and hold hands on tour of Nepali botanic garden The Duke of Edinburgh joked with his wife as he planted a tree in a Nepali garden, next to two that were planted by his parents almost 40 years ago.
The duchess expressed concern about the amount of waste left by climbers on Nepal’s most famous landmark, Mount Everest, during the couple’s second engagement of the day at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development’s (ICIMOD) Living Mountain Lab.
After being told that the average traveller on Everest produces eight kilos of waste, and many would rather pay a government fine than take it with them, the duke said: “It’s difficult because you have to come down very quickly to make room for those coming up so you try to leave as much behind as possible.”.
Edward and Sophie toured the Godawari National Botanic Garden on the second day of their official royal tour of the Himalayan nation.
The duchess encouraged her husband as he picked up a spade and filled in the hole for the new tree, saying: “Keep going, darling.”.
