JOINED BY STARS AT THE TUSK AWARDS THE PRINCE OF WALES SHINES A LIGHT ON AFRICA'S CONSERVATION HEROES

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The Prince of Wales was joined the recipients of this year's Tusk Conservation Awards in London.

Prince William chatted to veteran Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, an ambassador for the Africa-based Tusk Trust, ahead of the glittering awards ceremony at The Savoy hotel.

Ronnie, who was attending with his wife Sally, said he had invited the Prince to watch the band on tour next year after discussing their new album, Hackney Diamonds. "I said: 'Come on, you've got to come out on tour," said Ronnie. "William said [he would] if we could get Taylor Swift there."

Joking about the band's combined age of over 200 years, the rocker added: "We had to talk about conservation with an old band like ours."