Speeches

8 July 2009— The Prince of Wales delivers The Richard Dimbleby Lecture, St James's Palace, London.
The Prince of Wales issued a stark warning about impending environmental catastrophe, telling an audience: "If we fail the Earth, we fail humanity." READ ON »

27 May 2009— A speech by HRH The Prince of Wales to open the Nobel Laureates Symposium on Climate Change, St James's Palace, London. READ ON »

20 May 2009 — A speech given by David Cadman, author of 'The Roots of Sustainability', at the launch of his book. The third in a series of ten books by the Foundation's Senior Fellows, his book explores the meaning of sustainability and the relationship between our economic, environmental and social lives.  READ ON »

12 May 2009 — The Prince of Wales gives the annual lecture at the headquarters of the Royal Institute of British Architects in London.
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11 February 2009 — A speech by HRH The Prince of Wales at PFBE's Building Crafts Apprentice Graduation Ceremony, London
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5 February 2009 — "Globalisation from the bottom up" - The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment's 6th Annual Conference

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November 2008 — Sustainability & Tradition: Architecture and Urbanism As If the Future Mattered - A presentation by Hank Dittmar at the touring Exhibition "A celebration of HRH The Prince of Wales’s influence on the Built Environment"
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25 November 2008 — A speech by HRH The Prince of Wales at the Foreign Press Association Media Awards, Sheraton Park Lane Hotel, London
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5 June 2008 — Speech by HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay for Sustainable Places: A Scottish Future Conference, The Palace of Holyroodhouse
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5 April 2008 — A speech by HRH The Prince of Wales, on acceptance of The Athena Award from The Congress of New Urbanism, in Austin, Texas.
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28-30 March 2008 — Hank Dittmar, Chief Executive of The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment, delivered a speech at the International Conference on Intelligent Green and Energy Efficient Building and Technologies and Product Expo in Beijing, China.
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31st January 2008 — A speech by HRH The Prince of Wales at the New Buildings in Old Places Conference READ ON » 

24th October 2007 — A speech from Hank Dittmar on Liveable Cities — Greener Towns and Cities READ ON »

9th August 2007 — Statement from Hank Dittmar on North Highland Initiative in Scotland READ ON »

31 July 2007 — A speech by HRH The Duke of Rothesay to launch the third stage of the North Highland Initiative, Castletown READ ON »

7 June 2007 — A speech by HRH The Prince of Wales at a dinner to mark the third National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff Castle READ ON »

19 May 2007 — Hank Dittmar, Chief Executive of The Prince’s Foundation speech on Greening New Urbanism, delivered at Congress for the New Urbanism XV, Philadelphia, PA Download the speech  [216 Kb]

1 May 2007 — A speech by HRH The Prince of Wales at the May Day Business Summit on Climate Change, St. James’s Palace, London READ ON »

1 February 2007 — A speech by HRH The Prince of Wales to mark a joint initiative between The Prince’s Foundation and the Home Builders Federation READ ON »

21 November 2006 — Hank Dittmar, Chief Executive of The Prince’s Foundation delivered a presentation to open the two-day conference Can Traditional Architecture and Urbanism Be Green? Download the speech  [2.9 Mb]

14 November 2006 — Hank Dittmar, Chief Executive of The Prince’s Foundation delivered a speech at the Waterloo Planning Dinner, Toronto, Canada on Tradition and Sustainability in the 21st Century Download the speech  [700 Kb]

11 July 2006 — HRH The Prince of Wales’s speech to launch The Prince’s Regeneration Trust READ ON »

30 May 2006 — HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay speech at the Organisation of World Heritage Cities Conference, Edinburgh READ ON »

2 March 2006 — HRH The Prince of Wales’s Speech at the Gala Dinner of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors READ ON »

6 February 2006 — HRH The Prince of Wales’s speech to launch of of Creating a Sense of Place: A Design Guide, Pooley Bridge, Cumbria READ ON »

9 January 2004 — HRH The Prince of Wales’s speech to mark the completion of an Enquiry By Design for Cherry Knowle Hospital, Ryhope, Sunderland READ ON »

20 November 2003 — HRH The Prince of Wales’s speech at the Traditional Urbanism in Contemporary Practice conference at The Prince‘s Foundation, London READ ON »

11 December 2001 — HRH The Prince of Wales’s speech titled Tall Buildings, at the Invensys Conference, QE2 Centre, London READ ON »