{"id":2407540,"date":"2026-05-08T12:20:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T12:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2407540"},"modified":"2026-05-08T12:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T12:20:19","slug":"king-charles-sends-sweet-6-word-message-to-david-attenborough-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/king-charles-sends-sweet-6-word-message-to-david-attenborough-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles sends sweet 6-word message to David Attenborough | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Taking to X, the King wrote: &#8220;Wishing Sir David Attenborough a very happy 100th birthday.&#8221; He then followed up with a six-word message that read: &#8220;Enjoy your special celebration this evening!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The King then encouraged fans to tune in to \u2018David Attenborough&#8217;s 100 Years on Planet Earth\u2019 on BBC1 tonight at 8.30pm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The post also featured three pictures &#8211; one of a smiling Sir David and the second showed him with a young then-Prince Charles and Princess Anne.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The last one showed him speaking to King Charles in later years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>As well as a message from the King, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/prince-harry\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\">Prince Harry<\/a> also heaped praise on Sir David in a sweet message.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Harry, who stepped down from royal life in 2020, described Sir David as a &#8220;institutional pillar as essential to the national fabric as a cup of tea&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>He wrote: &#8220;Attenborough&#8217;s measured demeanor and lack of any conceivable agenda mean that the alarm bells he sounds signify all the more urgency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;When a man who has quite literally seen it all begins to describe the loss of the planet&#8217;s stability, he isn&#8217;t being provocative. He is reporting from the front lines of a planet he has known longer, and more intimately, than almost anyone alive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking to X, the King wrote: &#8220;Wishing Sir David Attenborough a very happy 100th birthday.&#8221; He then followed up with a six-word message that read: &#8220;Enjoy your special celebration this evening!&#8221; The King then encouraged fans to tune in to \u2018David Attenborough&#8217;s 100 Years on Planet Earth\u2019 on BBC1 tonight at 8.30pm. 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