Targeted attack, or random, insane move?
Prince William works hard to brand himself as an environmental activist.
At His Dartmoor estate, in Cornwall, willow trees were planted for ecological restoration.
Prince William visits Wistman’s Wood on Dartmoor following the Duchy of Cornwall revealing plans to regenerate and expand the woodland. #prince #princewilliam #dartmoor #wistmanswood #woodland #royal pic.twitter.com/qpsTgMfEfr
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But now they have been killed using herbicide.
The act of environmental vandalism has struck at the heart of the heir to the throne’s conservation efforts.
GB News reported:
“The deliberate poisoning has prompted Natural England to launch an investigation into the incident.
The trees formed part of an initiative to combat peat erosion, capture carbon and mitigate flood risks on the Duchy of Cornwall property.”
Just think, some weirdo was so outraged about the planting of a few willow trees as part of a nature restoration project Dartmoor, Britain’s most nature depleted and desolate national park, that he went up there and poisoned them with herbicide. Nuts. https://t.co/RaPkd0jslj
— Ben Goldsmith (@BenGoldsmith) November 27, 2025
“Protective fencing had been erected around the saplings to shield them from grazing livestock on the surrounding moorland.
Experts suspect the trees were destroyed using glyphosate, a powerful herbicide.”
Natural England confirmed an investigation is ongoing.
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