The Duke of Cambridge visits Hendon FC with #HeadsUp

Football, then as now, had the power to bring people together and break down barriers.

You’re the lights at the end of the tunnel.

I am determined not to let the world´s children grow up on a planet where our most iconic and endangered species have been wiped out.

As I've said before, time is running out.

The young there were just as moved as the old.

Many nations here today, the United Kingdom among them, owe you a great debt of gratitude for your fortitude and resistance.

The spaces were living memorials, spaces for reflection and enjoyment, stillness and activity.

In short, places where freedom may be expressed with such ease.

The reason why the earthquakes did not defeat Christchurch is because of you, and what has united all of you.

I cannot thank our seven collaborators enough for their hard work in getting us to this point.

Let's be part of the movement that can tell our children and grandchildren that we saved these extraordinary species for them.

With the stroke of a pen and 13 rules, Saturday afternoons were never the same again.

I cannot tell you how excited I am that later today we will be playing football on my grandmother’s lawn.

Like any new parents, our thoughts inevitably turn to the world that our child will inherit.

What unites us all as 53 different nations is our love of a game that crosses boundaries.

I sincerely hope that my generation is not the first on this planet to consider elephants, rhinos or tigers as historical creatures - in the same category as the Dodo.

We must not let the wounded men and women of our Armed Forces down.

Glasgow is a city with a great buzz and enormous optimism.

Our children should have the same opportunity that we have to experience wildlife in its many beautiful and varied forms.

St Giles Trust reduces re-offending amongst its clients by 40% off the national norm.

It will be far more than just a world class facility for training our future world-beating national team.

We will witness an exceptional moment in our Island History.

It will help many, many people around the world appreciate our planet's extraordinary planet’s natural heritage – and how steadfastly it must be safe-guarded.‬‪

Hardly a family in the country went unscathed.

It is remarkable what these ex-Servicemen and women are able to achieve for these young people by working together with them, for their own good and for the benefit of us all.

I thank you for doing this from the bottom of my heart.

This place is inspirational.

We have much to learn from you.

My father, The Prince of Wales, and my brother, Harry, were as green as that grass outside when I told them I'd be here today.

To exchange combat kit for ceremonial uniform in the space of two weeks is nothing short of remarkable.

Programmes from this partnership will raise aspirations, broaden horizons and encourage young people to achieve what may have seemed to them unachievable.