Prince William travelling without Kate in first US trip since Harry and Meghan's move

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Prince William is preparing for a trip the US without Kate Middleton by his side next month. He will be touching down in New York in what is his first trip to America since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle moved there.He will be attending the Earthshot Prize innovation summit in the Big Apple ahead of the award show later this year.

William is making the trek across the Atlantic where previous winners of his £50million global environmental competition will be joining him.Prince William and Kate will be travelling to the US together in December for the second Earthshot prize awards ceremony following the inaugural event in London last year.

William, who has a long-running rift with his brother Harry, is unlikely to make the journey from the east coast to the west coast to see his sibling next month, the Mirror reported.Neither are the pair expected to meet the Sussexes during their whirlwind trip to the UK at the start of September.It is the first time William has visited America since Harry and the Duchess of Sussex decamped across the Atlantic to California after quitting the working monarchy in early 2020.The Earthshot team will be co-hosting the summit, which takes place during NYC Climate Week and the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly, with Bloomberg Philanthropy.William will deliver a speech, and the conference will be attended by last year's winners and finalists, The Earthshot Prize Global Alliance network, heads of state, global business leaders and philanthropists.The summit aims to amplify The Earthshot Prize's call to speed up efforts to repair the planet.Billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg, who is the UN Secretary-General's special envoy on climate ambition and solutions, said: "Accelerating the