King Charles III warns in the documentary Finding Harmony: A King's Vision that global efforts to curb climate change and biodiversity loss are "rapidly going backwards." Narrated by Kate Winslet, the film traces his decades of environmental campaigning, using 75 years of archival footage and scenes filmed over seven months across four continents. It highlights the King's Foundation work at Dumfries House, candid Highgrove footage and a summit with indigenous leaders, and calls for urgent, accelerated action.
King Charles III: 'Rapidly Going Backwards' — Urgent Call To Accelerate Climate And Biodiversity Action
Britain's King Charles III warns the world is 'rapidly going backwards' in curbing climate change and biodiversity in a new Amazon Prime documentary (Toby Melville)(Toby Melville/POOL/AFP)
King Charles III has warned that global efforts to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss are "rapidly going backwards," in a feature‑length documentary that premiered at Windsor Castle ahead of its Amazon Prime release.
The film, Finding Harmony: A King's Vision, traces the monarch's decades-long environmental campaigning and calls for faster, stronger mitigation and restoration efforts. Narrated by Kate Winslet, the documentary was filmed over seven months last year across four continents and draws on 75 years of archival footage.
Charles's Message
The king—long active on environmental issues—urges immediate action. In the film he says:
"It's rapidly going backwards. I've said that for the last 40 years but anyway, there we are. I can only do what I can do, which is not very much."
He stresses that the crisis extends beyond climate to include dramatic biodiversity loss: "People don't seem to understand it's not just climate that's the problem it's also biodiversity loss. We're actually destroying our means of survival, all the time." He argues restoration is possible but insists it must be undertaken "as fast as we can now."
Inside The Film
The documentary highlights the work of the King's Foundation, including sustainability and conservation projects at Dumfries House in Scotland that have inspired similar initiatives worldwide. Filmmakers were granted candid access to the king's Highgrove residence in southwest England—capturing scenes of him feeding chickens, collecting eggs and walking the estate—as well as footage of a July summit with indigenous leaders.
Produced by the King's Foundation in collaboration with Amazon MGM Studios and Passion Planet, the film aims to present the king "as never before," combining personal moments with interviews of experts, campaigners and political figures to place his environmental vision in a global context.
The documentary received a Windsor Castle screening on Wednesday and is scheduled for a worldwide release on Amazon Prime on February 6.
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