"The Prince of Wales gleefully goofed around with lake water as he visited a 2024 Earthshot Prize finalist this afternoon.

William, 42, appeared to be in high spirits as he and local school children in Guildford filtered DNA samples through a syringe after extracting water from a local pond.

And the royal playfully turned the tables on the media, joyfully dousing them with the water collected and declaring: 'This is, like, the best day of my life!'

He was encouraged to cheekily have a go at journalists by the founder of DNA research organisation Nature Metrics, Dr Kat Bruce, on a visit to their headquarters in Surrey today.

During a pond-dipping session, he was handed a syringe from which samples would be taken to test what local wildlife and bacteria were present in the lake.

Asked to expel the excess water, Dr Bruce suggested shooting it towards a small group of media covering the engagement, much to his delight.

In fact he was given three goes at it, coming perilously close to getting them wet.

Afterwards he said: 'It wasn't my idea! I could just claim I was giving in."




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