RICHARD EDEN: Prince William's Kenya guru quits wildlife role in fury By Richard Eden for The Daily Mail Published: 19:21 EDT, 10 July 2024 | Updated: 19:37 EDT, 10 July 2024 e-mail View comments Few, if any, families matter more to Prince William . Partly because he remains bewitched by 'the Balmoral of Africa' — as Lewa, their 62,000-acre patch of Kenya, is sometimes known. And undoubtedly because of his personal bonds with Jessica 'Jecca' Craig, often considered his first serious girlfriend, and her father, Ian Craig, on whom he personally conferred his eponymous Award For Conservation in 2022.
So the Prince will be distraught to hear of Craig's abrupt and anguished departure from the Northern Rangelands Trust he founded in Kenya 20 years ago. Since then it has created one of Africa's most successful rhino sanctuaries and persuaded governments to ban the sale of ivory, thereby sparing innumerable elephants from slaughter by poachers. In an excoriating letter announcing his resignation from the Trust — a network of 43 previously separate groups which he painstakingly stitched together — Craig makes a series of damning allegations.
Prince William meets armed rangers at the Lewa Wildlife Conservatory in 2016 William pours water to cool down an elephant at the wildlife service in Kenya Lewa Wildlife Conservatory is located in Kenya. William and Kate got engaged at the camp 'amongst the elephants and rhinos' in 2010 Prince William has personal bonds with Lewa Wildlife Res.
