Prince William, Princess Kate to meet PM Modi in New Delhi this week

The Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Catherine (Kate), are due to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday. The couple will arrive in Mumbai for a three-day visit, with public engagements kicking off mid-morning on Monday (November 16, 2026). The visit is focused around the Prince’s annual Earthshot Prize, which will be given out on Tuesday evening at a ceremony in the city.

The couple, who were originally scheduled to spend their entire visit in Mumbai, will now conclude it with a meeting with Mr. Modi. Their schedule was changed on Sunday after Mr. Modi’s travel plans were confirmed, the Sunday Times reported. The Prime Minister is due to return from the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Summit in the Philippines on Tuesday (November 17, 2026).

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The visit will include an event focused on gully cricket and an engagement with the film industry. Prince William played a round of cricket with cricketers Sourav Ganguly, Brian Lara and England captain Joe Root outside Buckingham Palace last month to promote his environmental prize.

Prince William, 44, is the heir to the British throne and shares a passion for the environment like his father, King Charles III. The Earthshot Prize was instituted by the Prince in 2020 and offers each of five finalists £1 million (approximately ₹12.5 crore) for solutions to pressing environmental problems.

India has produced more finalists for the prize than any other country, Kensington Palace said.

Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, actors Alia Bhatt and Rami Malek (the American actor who played one-time Mumbai resident Freddie Mercury in the 2018 film, Bohemian Rhapsody), are among those expected to attend the awards ceremony, hosted by celebrity talk show host Karan Johar. British pop group Take That will perform at Tuesday’s event.

‘Personal connections’

When in Mumbai, the Prince and Princess will also attend the inaugural Children’s Earthshot Awards Ceremony — the culmination of a contest among 15,000 schools across 24 States.

“The future of the U.K.-India partnership will not be shaped by our governments alone, it will be shaped by our people and this visit is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate those deep personal connections between our countries,” said Ben Mellor, Acting British High Commissioner to India, according to PTI.

This is Prince William and Princess Kate’s second official visit to India and the Princess’s first major overseas trip since she was treated for cancer in 2024 and had to step back from official duties.