Royals join world leaders for dinner reception at Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum COP26BBC
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who hosted the event, arrived from the nearby summit venue with other guests on an electric bus after a day of opening speeches.About 25,000 delegates are attending the two-week summit, and thousands of activists have also travelled to Scotland's biggest city for fringe events and protests.
"So many of the activists that we are speaking to today and in the past few weeks leading up to this are speaking about COP26 being exclusionary," he said. "That is the constant message at all of these protests. They've got banners here saying 'we are watching you'.Image caption,The Queen, who had been scheduled to attend the summit but was advised to rest following medical checks, recorded a video message which was played to the visiting dignitaries.The 95-year-old monarch also said she took great pride in her late husband Prince Philip and other members of the Royal Family for encouraging action on climate change.
They met 12-year-old COP26 ambassador Lewis Howe, who is among 26 Scouts who have been selected to showcase how ordinary people are taking action to combat climate change. Lewis, from the 1st Laurencekirk Scouts in Aberdeenshire, has been challenging Scottish schools to cut food waste by using surplus stock to provide meals for vulnerable people.The Royal couple also attended a reception for the key members of the Sustainable Markets Initiative and the winners and finalists of the firstThe COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control.
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