Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision.

​“No matter how cost-effective intensive food production appears to be, our current approach will lead to a dead end. We must put nature back at the heart of the equation.” H.M. King Charles III, in a speech given almost half a century ago, when he was H.R.H. The Prince of Wales. 

Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision.
Narrated by Kate Winslet, Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision chronicles the lifelong commitment of H.M. King Charles III to bring humanity back to live in greater harmony with the natural world. Watch the documentary on Amazon Prime starting on February 6, 2026.

"We are nature ourselves. We are a part of it, not apart from it... Our children and grandchildren will ask not what our generation said, but what it did," H.M. King Charles III, from a speech given at COP15, when he was H.R.H. The Prince of Wales. 


My Visit to the U.K. and Highgrove in 2012
On August 8, 2012, after a month-long visit to the United Kingdom studying many of the sustainability and community projects of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales (who is now H.M. King Charles III), I published a blog outlining why H.M. King Charles III will be remembered as Nature’s King. Below is a reprint of the original blog.
 
 
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David Wilson, the Highgrove Home Farm Manager in 2012, teaching Natalie Wynne Pace about organic, regenerative farming. Photo by: Marie Commiskey.

 
Nature's Prince
On June 2, 2012, the world celebrated Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, and her 60 years of outstanding service as Head of State to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. Her firstborn son, Charles, The Prince of Wales, also celebrated a noteworthy occasion. The longest serving heir to the British Throne has taken on a larger realm -- Earth.
 
On June 2, 2012, the world celebrated Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, and her 60 years of outstanding service as Head of State to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. Her firstborn son, Charles, H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, also celebrated a noteworthy occasion, albeit in a much quieter way – 60 years of being the heir apparent – the longest time anyone has waited to become King. While that sounds like a career buzzkill, in fact, H.R.H. The Prince of Wales has used his unique position to become sovereign and chief spokesperson of a much larger realm – Earth. History will surely remember Charles as Nature's Prince, and if he has his way, each one of us will join in on the sustainable revolution that is needed to save humanity from what he calls "a collapse of catastrophic proportions."
 
In his book, Harmony, H.R.H. Prince Charles writes,
"The Earth's alarm bells are now ringing loudly and so we cannot go on endlessly prevaricating by finding one skeptical excuse after another for avoiding the need for the human race to act in a more environmentally benign way – which really means only one thing: putting Nature back at the heart of our considerations once more."
 
His devotion to sustainability and nature is not just lip service or some new public relations stunt designed to make the heir to the British throne more People friendly. Harmony and respect for nature is the soul and inspiration of Highgrove, Prince Charles' private home, and has been since The Duchy of Cornwall first purchased the estate in 1980.

Cow and calf in the clover field at Highgrove Home Farm in 2012. Photo by Marie Commiskey.

​The chairs in the Highgrove garden are engraved with the words of the poet William Blake. Prince Charles' own passion about nature is just as poetic. He makes it very clear that a "spiritually intact philosophy of life" is required to "tread more lightly upon this Earth, the miracle of creation that it is our privilege to call 'home.'" He firmly believes that a holistic view is the better approach for everything from poverty to global warming, and he has gathered a team around him to walk the walk in his own life, and spread the word so that everyone, regardless of income or resources, might easily employ more sustainable practices, too.
 
David Wilson, Highgrove's farm manager, had no idea what organic farming was all about when he was first asked by The Prince of Wales to create a biologically sustainable farm, but he became one of the greatest ambassadors of organic farming. The Home Farm spans 1,900 acres, where cows, sheep, pigs (rare breeds), chickens, grain (barley, oats, wheat) and vegetables are cultivated. The farm also supports several beehives.
 
Mr. Wilson speaks as candidly as The Prince of Wales about how critically important sustainable farming practices are. In an interview on May 23, 2012, Wilson told me, "We are in serious trouble if we don't have a sustainable food system." In college, Wilson was taught what fertilizers to use, without any mention of the benefits of crop rotations and clover. He worries that this basic information is still bereft from the curriculum of some of the world's agricultural education institutions.
 
The difference between an organic farm can be seen, tasted, smelled and heard on the Home Farm at Highgrove. An ostinato of birdsong underscores my conversation with David Wilson, as we walk among dairy cattle (and their calves) who are grazing on a wild field full of dandelions, sweet grass and clover. Hedges serve as field fencing, creating wildlife corridors and encouraging a robust biosystem, where a bird slips in to feed worms to her young. Salad greens are clean enough to be picked and eaten – no pesticides and delicious without a drop of dressing. John Williams, the executive chef at The Ritz London, calls Highgrove organic beef "simply superb."
 
The Prince of Wales’ breakfast table might include scones made from organic wheat grown on his farm, eggs laid from free-range chickens, honey harvested from his hives, butter churned from organic, raw milk, grass-fed organic lamb, beef and pork, and vegetables, fruit and potatoes grown in his walled garden. Nothing is wasted and all needs are sourced locally – including the willow "hoops" that line the pathways, where 34,000 people trample each year, touring the Highgrove gardens and purchasing seeds and commemorative gifts in the Highgrove shop on the estate. Even money is recycled – from the gift shop back into The Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation, where H.R.H. Prince Charles supports environmental sustainability, responsible business practices and social enterprise, among other passions.

Of course, organic is not all the scent of roses and fluffy scones. Being clean and sustainable includes waste and sewage. Gray water plumbing directs bath water into a water butt to water the gardens, and reed and willow beds filter the brown water back into a freshwater pond, which helps to support wildlife. The latter is part of the Sewage Garden filtering system, which is capable of handling thousands of people each year visiting the Highgrove Gardens. I'll spare you all the unappetizing details and skip to what is important: His Royal Highness' sewage doesn't stink, looks clear and clean, and passes regular health and safety tests.
 
I have toured a number of green homes and buildings around the world, and no property gets everything 100 percent right – yet. There are still gains to be made in energy generation and perhaps even energy efficiency in the Highgrove home itself. However, Home Farm is a place where The Prince of Wales and his team experiment with cutting-edge green strategies and lead by example. It is, beyond a doubt, one of the best examples of cradle-to-grave materials, water recycling and reclamation, organic farming and consumer outreach. If you have interests in any of these areas, consider coming to the estate for your own experience. They offer garden tours and champagne tea.
 
Before your visit, you can learn more about Prince Charles' commitment to worldwide sustainable practices in his book, Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our World. Readers give Harmony a five-star ranking (apparently the naysayers haven't discovered the web page yet). Harmony, the film inspired by H.R.H. Charles, The Prince of Wales, premiered at Sundance London on April 28, and should be released to a wider audience soon.
 
Is Queen Elizabeth as passionate about sustainability as her son, The Prince of Wales, is? Does the apple fall far from the tree? We'll never know. According to the royal website, "As Head of State The Queen has to remain strictly neutral with respect to political matters." So, the longest serving heir of the English monarchy is able to be Nature's Prince, but might be more constrained when he becomes King.
 
 
Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision.
Narrated by Kate Winslet, Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision chronicles the lifelong commitment of H.M. King Charles III to bring humanity back to nature, to live in greater harmony with our home planet. Watch the documentary on Amazon Prime starting on February 6, 2026.


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Highgrove Home Farm in 2012. Field of clover and wildflowers with a hedgerow and trees. Photo by Marie Commiskey.

3 little pigs at the Highgrove Home Farm in 2012. Photo by Marie Commiskey.

This blog on H.M. King Charles III first appeared on HuffingtonPost.com on August 6, 2012. 

Photo of Natalie Wynne Pace by Marie Commiskey. Powerscourt, Ireland.

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