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Put it like this — it must take a lot of gas to heat a palace. yes, yes. but i have tried for a very long time to make sure the heating is done in a way that is as sustainable as possible. so you use trees from the estate? yes. it's woodchip. but it is thinning. but that is one way and then the solar panels which i've managed to get on to clarence house and at highgrove on some of the farm buildings and every kind of thing like that, and sauce, pumps, here and there. trying to reduce as much possible. i've got electric cars, i can't do it single—handedly. you are a bit of a clarkson, jerem...

Certainly in the forecast through the afternoon across the south and the southwest. that could bump up temperatures to around 17 but for most of us, it is going to stay cloudy through the evening and through the night, little pieces of rain. and, in fact, we�*ve got more wet weather heading our way for tomorrow. it�*s just approaching ireland in the early hours monday morning and of it, very, very mild, double temperatures for most of us first thing. and certainly by mid morning, we�*ve got rain moving to the southwest and across many western areas of the uk, most of that rain will end u...

For your grandchildren. all of our grandchildren, if we've got them, if we are lucky enough to have them, will inherit the earth that we bequeath them, won't they? how worried are you about the state of that inheritance? deeply worried. it's the main reason i've spent a0 years or more... 50 years, i think. 50, if you look at my sort of rather hesitant steps at the beginning. but i have always felt that we are over exploiting and not understanding how much we depend on what nature provides. and also not understanding or having been somehow trained to believe that nature is a separate thing from...

You have said this is a very special place for you in the past, this is your happy place. what is so special about birkhall and balmoral? one of the most marvellous things is it is by this river called the muick. and it has this wonderful sound of rushing water when you are in the house. it is very calming and peaceful, ithink. but also, it was the first place that queen victoria herself bought in 1848. 0h, on the balmoral estate? before they brought balmoral. and that is how... well, it has a very special atmosphere and the house is rather wonderful because it is 1731, the original, just the ...

Of the cycles of nature. what was it back then, can you remember, that made you anxious about nature, made you anxious about what we are doing to the environment? when i was a teenager, i minded deeply about what was happening. i'd witnessed, you know, the white—hot heat of the 1960s and technology, and getting rid of anything traditional, it was all ridiculous and outdated and irrelevant. so i witnessed, you know, hedges being grabbed up, trees being cut down, wetlands drained. i mean, you cannot believe it. so, i really minded about that and i felt this was going too far, throwing the baby...