Global tributes to ‘national treasure’ David Attenborough at 90

He has travelled to every corner of the globe and it was only fitting that tributes to David Attenborough ahead of his 90th birthday were led by a future king and from as far afield as space.

Prince William said it was apt that Mr Attenborough and his grandmother Queen Elizabeth were both turning 90 within weeks of each other as both were “national treasures.”

Astronaut Tim Peake, speaking in a message recorded on the International State Station, wished him a happy birthday and said: “Your adventures and your words have inspired us enormously and changed the way that we look at our earth.”