The UK government approved Jackdaw gas drilling in the North Sea, with Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh citing domestic energy security; the field's owner, Adura, estimates it could supply roughly 6% of UK North Sea gas production. A separate decision on the larger Rosebank oil field decision remains pending, with environmental campaigners opposing both projects. That approval arrived as UK inflation rose to 3.5% annually in September — above consensus forecasts — driven primarily by motor fuel prices that surged 29.8% year-on-year, the fastest pace since August 2022, raising market expectations of a Bank of England rate hike to near certainty.

In the United States, energy costs are similarly fueling broader inflation pressure, with the September Consumer Price Index showing gasoline up 34.2% and heating oil up 74.2% over twelve months, outpacing wage growth. On the diplomatic front, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Reliance's Jamnagar refinery — the world's largest single-site facility at 1.4 million barrels per day — to discuss refining Western Hemisphere crude, with a particular focus on greater Venezuelan crude offtake by Reliance, which has already become the largest buyer of Venezuelan crude outside the U.S. Separately, oil prices ended the session lower, with West Texas Intermediate futures slipping 1.8% and Brent crude losing 0.7%.

Mexico's state utility CFE published its 2026–2030 Sustainability Plan, targeting a 15% reduction in power-generation emissions intensity while planning a 72% increase in combined-cycle gas generation against only 9% growth in clean generation — a strategy that is expected to deepen Mexico's dependence on U.S. pipeline gas imports, which hit a record 7.9 Bcf/d in August 2026. Japan's September trade data showed petroleum imports climbed 51.1% by value, with U.S.-origin shipments surging nearly 820%, even as Middle East supply disruptions limited growth from that region to just 1.5%.

XCF Global announced an agreement to acquire a Paramount, California facility — the first commercial-scale SAF production site in the U.S. — adding approximately 50 million annual gallons of sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel, and renewable naphtha capacity, with management targeting $600 million in gross product sales and $40 million in EBITDA following a 9-to-12-month restart funded by roughly $30 million in investment. The European Union, meanwhile, reaffirmed in a new Arctic strategy its commitment to keeping Arctic hydrocarbons undeveloped, though the strategy dropped a prior commitment to pursue a binding legal obligation, with Norway urging the EU to reconsider its opposition to new Arctic drilling. The UN Environment Programme's annual Emissions Gap Report confirmed that fossil fuel emissions continued rising globally, with the U.S. recording the largest absolute emissions increase last year, and the report warning that the opportunity to avoid exceeding 1.5°C of warming is now lost.

X-energy, American Electric Power, and Amazon have formalized a Joint Development Agreement to advance a 960 MW Indiana SMR project based on a 12-unit Xe-100 high-temperature gas-cooled reactor design to be built on an AEP-owned brownfield site in Sullivan County; the effort marks the second commercial Xe-100 deployment under the Amazon–X-energy collaboration, which targets more than 5 GW of new U.S. nuclear capacity by 2039, with Amazon providing milestone-based development capital and Indiana's state government having enacted supporting investment and manufacturing tax credits.

Constellation Energy's shares have outperformed peers over three months, gaining 0.4% against a 14% sector decline, supported by a 93% nuclear fleet capacity factor in Q2 2026 and long-term power agreements with Google and Amazon; the company projects capital expenditures of $5.7 billion in 2026 and $4.7 billion in 2027 directed toward nuclear fuel, uprates, and license renewals, though its forced outage rate rose to 6.2% in Q2 from 4.5% in Q1, partly attributable to assets added via the Calpine acquisition. Separately, Vistra has entered 20-year contracts with Meta covering more than 2,600 MW of nuclear capacity, and NextEra plans a 615 MW Duane Arnold restart by early 2029 backed by up to $1.9 billion in federal financing.

In the United Kingdom, billions of pounds from Great British Energy's original budget have been diverted to nuclear and grid schemes outside its initial remit, reducing funds earmarked for large-scale wind and solar projects.

Abu Dhabi's integrated energy model, in which the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant provides large-scale clean baseload power, has enabled Emirates Water and Electricity Company to meet more than 80% of the emirate's total power demand from renewable and nuclear sources; the framework is presented as a response to IEA projections of 3.6% annual electricity demand growth through 2030, driven in part by data center consumption that rose 17% in 2025 with AI-focused facilities seeing demand surge approximately 50%.

At the local government level in Wake County, North Carolina, nuclear energy factored into commissioner candidate positions on clean energy policy, with one Republican candidate stating a preference to prioritize nuclear over EVs rather than accelerate existing clean-energy and electric vehicle infrastructure targets.

Solar equities staged a broad recovery session, with Sunrun surging 10% from a fresh 52-week low while SolarEdge and Enphase Energy each gained 5%, outpacing the Invesco Solar ETF's 1% rise; Sunrun's recovery follows a trimmed full-year 2026 outlook citing softer affiliate channel volumes, a 31% year-over-year decline in subscriber additions and higher capital costs, though management is positioning the business around distributed battery storage monetization and an emerging distributed data-center program placing computing nodes in customer homes.

In project finance, Infinity Power and HAU Energy closed a $566 million Nefer Minya financing for a 1.2 GWp solar-plus-600 MWh storage facility in Minya, Egypt — set to become the largest solar plant on the continent — with the EBRD arranging up to $265 million of the package, supplemented by DEG, FMO and Proparco, and electricity to be sold to the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company under a 25-year power purchase agreement. Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission moved toward approving up to 60 renewable projects worth as much as $12.5 billion and 8.2 GW of new capacity, predominantly solar, in support of President Sheinbaum's 32 GW by 2030 target, with private companies separately committed to $4.75 billion across 20 projects totaling 3.32 GW. In South Asia, ACME Solar signed a 300 MW SECI peak-power deal backed by 1,200 MWh of storage under the FDRE-IX programme at a tariff of Rs 6 per unit, with a 25-year tenure and a 90% minimum monthly availability requirement, bringing ACME's total contracted portfolio to 8,370 MW. Bangladesh announced a 70 MW Matarbari solar project on ash-pond land within an existing coal-fired complex, targeting commissioning by December 2028, with European Investment Bank co-financing expected alongside a separate 442 MW proposal at Rampal and a temporary reduction of solar equipment import taxes from 17% to 1%.

On cross-border infrastructure, Peru's government formally proposed reviving grid interconnection talks with Chile through a 1,000 MW, 500 kV transmission line between Montalvo and Kimal estimated at $550 million, which an IDB-commissioned study found could enable 3,600–5,700 GWh of annual bidirectional exchanges worth an average $170 million in combined economic benefits; Chile's solar curtailment reached 2,680 GWh in the first seven months of 2026, and a separate Chilean company submitted an environmental impact statement for a smaller 250 MVA border transmission link connecting Parinacota to Peru. India recorded 96.9 GW of solar curtailment in September alone, according to a JMK report. Ocean Sun and Tata Power announced a 300 kWp floating solar pilot at Tata Power's Mulshi reservoir in Maharashtra, evaluating Ocean Sun's membrane-based technology across performance, cost competitiveness and scalability metrics.

On policy, Germany's parliament will vote in November on a renewable energy reform that scraps feed-in tariffs for new installations and ends subsidies for rooftop solar under 25 kW, introducing contracts for difference while retaining the 80% renewables target for 2030; critics warn that removing priority grid access for renewables could slow the energy transition, with the reform timed to EU state-aid approval expiring at end-2026. France is separately considering measures that would allow solar projects up to 25 MW to install more capacity than they inject into the grid — capped at 17 MW of injection — encouraging co-location of photovoltaic generation, battery storage and intelligent control systems to improve grid flexibility without new transmission infrastructure. Blenheim Estate faces a pivotal decision on what is described as a Britain's largest solar farm proposal, with the landowner arguing revenues would increase tenfold per acre while local opposition remains strong.

In technology and markets, NTT DOCOMO and NTT launched what they describe as the world's first demonstration of AI-optimized base-station solar coordination, using workload-shifting technology alongside an energy management system to coordinate solar generation, battery storage and communications processing across base stations, with the demonstration running through December 2026. Trinasolar highlighted its dual Tier 1 recognition across both PV modules and battery energy storage systems, advancing a dual technology strategy combining TOPCon 3.0 and THBC architectures for distinct application scenarios. In the Middle East, a DNV outlook projects 860 GW of solar PV installed across MENA through 2040, with battery energy storage systems scaling to 166 GWh of total regional capacity by 2030 as Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Oman co-locate utility-scale storage with solar assets. Chinese-built solar projects across Southeast Asia and Africa — including a 100 MW Indonesia photovoltaic project and a 330 MW plant in Vietnam's Gia Lai province — are expanding electricity access, reducing emissions and building local workforces under Belt and Road energy cooperation. In Africa more broadly, rising diesel costs and emissions pressure are driving mines, telecoms and factories toward solar and renewable alternatives, illustrated by the 400-hectare solar installation displacing diesel generators at the Kamoa copper complex in the DRC. In the United States, a detailed assessment of utility-scale solar opposition in Wisconsin finds that most community concerns — including wildlife impacts and acoustic issues — are addressed by current industry standards and regulatory requirements, though local resistance continues to mirror debates over data-center development.

Liberty Renewables has notified the Town of Allegany that it will delay the Hemlock Hollow permit filing previously scheduled for December with New York State's Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission, citing a strategic reorientation toward two other in-state projects moving toward construction; the proposed 95 MW, 19-turbine facility spanning Allegany, Olean, and Portville had been targeting a 2029 operational start, and local opposition group SOEMRA characterized the pause as an opportunity for municipalities to strengthen or establish wind ordinances before the developer re-engages.

Acciona Energía commissioned two Croatian wind farms — the 27 MW Opor facility and the 45 MW Boraja II facility — bringing a combined 72 MW online and marking a new operational milestone in the company's Central European portfolio. Separately, BloombergNEF analysis indicates the United States is on course to add 106 GW of wind capacity notwithstanding current federal policy headwinds, with surging data-centre demand and tax credit deadlines cited as the primary drivers alongside a parallel rise in gas-fired generation.

Sany Renewable Energy announced plans to build an Egypt manufacturing plant, extending its localized production footprint beyond existing facilities in Kazakhstan and India after the Chinese turbine maker recorded a 300% year-on-year rise in overseas revenue for the first half of 2026, reflecting a broad push by Chinese wind equipment producers into emerging markets where pricing advantages offset regulatory barriers found in developed economies.

In the United Kingdom, the renewables industry responded to the government's approval of gas production at the North Sea Jackdaw field by calling for accelerated offshore wind deployment and consenting reform; Scottish Renewables and RenewableUK both welcomed the government's announcement of a new £2 billion Energy Wealth Fund that would channel North Sea revenues into renewable and low-carbon projects, while trade bodies simultaneously pressed for transmission charge reform and faster grid connection timelines to underpin Scotland's offshore wind competitiveness.

On project development practice, a review of energy infrastructure lifecycle processes underscores that wind farms and other clean energy assets must clear sequential feasibility, permitting, and title research stages — including right-of-way acquisition and grid interconnection — before construction can proceed, with land title defects such as unrecorded easements identified as a frequent source of schedule delays on transmission and generation projects.

Airbus has scaled back its ZEROe target to an 80-seat, fuel-cell-powered regional turboprop with roughly 1,000 nautical miles of range, slated for the 2040s, abandoning the prior 100-seat concept and the original 2035 debut goal; the company plans to flight-test a 20-seat demonstrator first and has formed a joint venture with MTU Aero Engines, targeting operational status next year, which would mark Airbus's first entry into engine OEM status. Toyota is advancing hydrogen on two fronts: its H2HQ division has installed mobile fueling devices at its largest U.S. parts distribution facility to support heavy-duty fuel cell trucks hauling freight from the Port of Los Angeles, completed milestone 70 MPa high-flow refueling tests with the U.S. Department of Energy enabling eight-minute fills for up to 450 miles of range, and expects commercial truck operations by 2027, while separately the company plans to begin Thai Hilux production of a hydrogen fuel cell pickup in December 2027, initially for export to Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Norway's hydrogen ferry programme faces further delays, with vessels intended to use PowerCell fuel cells now set to operate initially on biofuel in the Lofoten region. Finland's VTT Research Centre has launched a pilot in which the SISU Escalate hybrid truck — combining a 650 kWh battery with a 120 kW fuel cell — will operate on a 540-kilometre daily route in late 2026, representing the heaviest and most demanding of four zero-emission heavy trucks piloted across Europe under the EU-funded ESCALATE project.

On the production technology front, South Korea's KIER developed a platinum-free nickel-cobalt electrode for alkaline water electrolysis that achieves equivalent hydrogen output at roughly 40% of the overpotential required by conventional platinum systems, survived 600 consecutive start-stop stress cycles, and is being scaled to 40-centimetre-diameter formats targeting megawatt-class plants, cutting electrode material costs by 99%. Researchers at Tohoku University engineered a high-entropy perovskite iridium catalyst for PEM electrolysis that remained stable for over 3,800 hours under standard conditions and over 3,200 hours under demanding conditions, compared with significant degradation in conventional catalysts within 300 hours. A separate review highlights tri-functional electrocatalysts bridging zinc-air batteries and water splitting, addressing the gap between half-cell laboratory performance and device-level practicality for self-powered hydrogen production. NewHydrogen has completed its ThermoLoop engineering test unit, enabling continuous cycling between hydrogen-producing oxidation and reduction reactions to generate the data needed to specify the company's first commercial pilot plant, which is designed to ultimately scale to 200,000 metric tonnes per year — equivalent to a 1.5–2 GW electrolysis plant. Nantong University's Zhongqing Green Energy team has validated a Tesla valve membrane electrode technology at six hydrogen enterprises, with kW-level electrolysers running stably for nine months and preliminary commercial agreements already in place. Sparc Hydrogen has secured AUD 1.3 million from Sparc Technologies, Fortescue, and Adelaide University to advance its solar-to-hydrogen technology and pilot facility.

In infrastructure and distribution, Enapter has signed a non-exclusive agreement with U.S.-based Total Hydrogen Solutions to expand its AEM electrolyser distribution as part of a broader reorganisation of its American sales operations. HRS has completed a EUR 1.5 million capital increase, strengthening its cash position by EUR 1.0 million to support its hydrogen refueling station business. VIVIFY Technology has been selected as primary hydrogen energy infrastructure provider for ELISIUM, a planned cognitive city in Hendry County, Florida. In the UK, operators including GeoPura, HyKit, and ULEMco are deploying modular on-site hydrogen delivery systems — ranging from containerised electrolysis units to mobile bowsers and tankers — at construction sites and the Port of Tilbury's Hydrogen Hub, with GeoPura producing hydrogen at 300 bar for delivery via tube trailers. China's CIMC Raffles has held a launching ceremony for the world's first semi-submersible platform integrating offshore wind power with hydrogen production. The SoutH2 Corridor has received a five-nation political declaration backing a 3,300-kilometre pipeline from Algeria through Tunisia, Italy, and Austria to Germany, designed to carry more than four million tonnes of renewable hydrogen annually and cover over 40% of the EU's 2030 hydrogen import target, with more than 65% of the route repurposed from existing gas infrastructure and a UNIDO-hosted secretariat now operational in Rome.

On policy and market outlook, China's NDRC stated it is formulating a hydrogen investment layout plan to counter overheating in certain segments, directing regional authorities toward differentiated, conditions-appropriate development and away from redundant construction. Analyst firm SNE Research forecasts that China's fuel cell vehicle market will approach one million units annually by 2040, with domestic green hydrogen production exceeding 17 million tonnes per year by the same date. A new study finds that China can produce green hydrogen domestically at substantially lower cost than Germany, Japan, or the United States, while Germany and Japan could source imported renewable hydrogen more cheaply than domestic production, though at the cost of energy security. China Energy Engineering met with Turkey's OYAK Group to discuss joint green hydrogen and ammonia projects alongside new energy and industrial green transformation initiatives, framing Turkey as a strategic priority market. Plug Power's stock moved sharply during earnings week as hydrogen demand sentiment cycled back into focus amid a broader technology rotation, with the shares reacting to clean-energy headline flow rather than any specific new disclosure.

Endurance Energy, a Seattle-based startup founded in January 2025, conducted the first subsea geothermal power demonstration at Axial Seamount, an active underwater volcano approximately 300 miles off the Oregon coast. The company's Adélie test plant, placed on the seafloor at roughly 5,000 feet depth, drilled a 52-foot geothermal well and connected to a natural hydrothermal vent flowing at 281°C, spinning a turbine at 26,000 rpm to achieve net-positive electricity generation for 8.7 seconds, with median net output of 2 kW and a peak of 16.5 kW. The test also exposed hardware failures — battery overcurrent protection halted the initial run and a refrigerant pump cable failed on restart — and the company acknowledges that mineral deposition, heat transfer, and deep-sea installation costs remain unresolved barriers to commercialization. Endurance plans to deploy an upgraded system called Gentoo this winter, is developing a 2-MW commercial unit named Leopard, and has a first commercial project in Tonga targeting initial power in 2027.

The UK's National Geothermal Centre published a national geothermal roadmap titled Our Geothermal Nation, setting a target of 10 GW of geothermal heat and 1.5 GW of geothermal electricity by 2050, which could support up to 50,000 direct and 125,000 indirect jobs. The roadmap makes 16 recommendations across policy, finance, skills, technology, and infrastructure, and issues three immediate asks of government: formally resource the NGC to lead coordination, commission a costed exploration-risk pilot, and assess geothermal for heat networks and public-estate projects. Existing commercial-scale activity includes a 6 MW Gateshead mine-water scheme supplying heat at least 5 percent below equivalent gas tariffs, and the UK's first geothermal power plant, which began generating electricity at United Downs, Cornwall, in February. The roadmap estimates that 10 GW of heat could displace roughly 82 TWh of gas burned in boilers annually — equivalent to approximately half of the UK's 2025 LNG inflows in energy terms — while also absorbing skills from an oil and gas sector currently shedding around 20,000 jobs per year.

In Türkiye, the International Geothermal Association cited the country's 1,797 MW installed geothermal capacity at end-2025 — fourth globally and first in Europe — as a platform for leadership at COP31, with IGA chief executive Marit Brommer noting that no other country has matched Türkiye's 15-year capacity growth rate. Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar, speaking at the World Petroleum Council Energy Congress in Riyadh, placed geothermal within Türkiye's 2053 net-zero path, citing AI data centres, electric transport, and cooling as drivers of rising electricity demand. In Indonesia, Pertamina Geothermal Energy reported first-half 2026 revenue of USD 235 million, up 14.70 percent year over year, with net income rising 15.48 percent to USD 79.61 million; production reached 3,222 GWh through July 2026, up 12.70 percent, against a full-year target of 5,255 GWh, with the company's third-quarter 2026 report scheduled for October 23. Kenya's Olkaria geothermal field, situated within Hell's Gate National Park along the Great Rift Valley, continued to anchor 40 to 48 percent of Kenya's electricity generation in recent years, according to data from Kenya's Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority and the International Energy Agency.

A World Economic Forum report titled Powering AI at Scale identified zero-energy apartment complex incorporating geothermal heating and cooling alongside rooftop and facade solar generation for approximately 1,700 households, targeting Zero Energy Building certification that qualifies the project for relaxed building standards and a 15 percent acquisition-tax reduction. The corporation has partnered with geothermal specialist G&G Technology and plans to develop the approach as a replicable energy-mix model for high-rise urban complexes, following a prior May agreement at Seoul Mokdong combining district heating, geothermal, and solar to reach ZEB Grade 4. Separately, Syntholene Energy Corp. announced that an independent review by Imperial College London confirmed world-class efficiency at its geothermal-integrated SOEC demonstration facility in Húsavík, Iceland, recording average stack electrical consumption of 34.90 kWh per kilogram of hydrogen — equivalent to 95.5 percent electrical efficiency on a lower heating value basis — across 713 high-load hours, supporting the potential for cost-competitive synthetic aviation fuel under favourable commercial conditions.

India's coal supply crisis deepened across multiple dimensions this week. As of October 19, 96 plants critically low on fuel — nearly half of India's 191 coal-fired power stations — held stocks sufficient for fewer than three days of generation, up from 60 plants in mid-September, driven by El Niño-linked heat sustaining cooling demand and a 20% year-on-year drop in hydropower output. In response, the government abandoned mandatory import blending, citing benchmark thermal coal prices at three-year highs and rupee depreciation that has made overseas procurement prohibitively expensive; Coal India has been directed to accelerate domestic output while the Railways are tasked with improving coal evacuation to power stations. The rate of inventory depletion has moderated, with average daily stock declines running at roughly one-fifth of September's pace in the first 17 days of October. Separately, the Indian Newsprint Manufacturers' Association escalated its grievances, seeking the Prime Minister's intervention over irregular coal rake dispatches by Coal India subsidiaries under valid fuel supply agreements; the association warned that more than 95% of total coal supplies are being directed to power producers, forcing mills onto costly open-market purchases and grid electricity, and called for enforcement of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs-recommended 75:25 allocation ratio between power and non-power sectors. Compounding the industrial strain, NTPC — whose standalone fleet held only 36% of its normative coal requirement as of October 5 — announced plans to procure 10 million tonnes from captive and commercial mines over the second half of financial year 2026-27, more than three times its entire 2024 commercial-mine purchase volume.

In China, coal generation fell 1.5% year-on-year in September 2026, marking three consecutive months of decline as solar output rose 21.6% and wind rose 16.6%, together covering all incremental electricity demand despite a 17.2% drop in hydropower. Domestic coal output contracted 6.8% year-on-year in September, bringing the nine-month total 3.5% below the prior-year period, while coal imports fell 5.7% year-on-year for the second consecutive month. Against this consumption trend, thermal power capacity additions reached a record 58.7 GW in the first eight months of 2026, up 18% year-on-year. Looking further ahead, DNV's Energy Transition Outlook 2026 projects that Greater China halves coal power by 2040 as renewables displace fossil generation, with electricity rising from 29% to 58% of final energy demand by 2060 and net energy-related emissions falling 79% — though not reaching net zero — by that year.

Global coal expansion and trade dynamics also drew attention. A new study warns that new projects outpace shelved schemes at a rate of three to one, with COP31 co-hosts still expanding coal production and 95% of coal companies lacking phase-out plans. Seaborne coal trade has rebounded from 2025 contraction as Strait of Hormuz disruptions push Asian markets outside China and India away from LNG and toward coal. Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources approved revised 2026 coal quotas of approximately 700 million tonnes, allocating roughly 154 million tonnes to domestic market obligations for PLN power plants. Yancoal Australia reported that Q3 2026 cash jumped on stronger coal prices. Anglo American's steelmaking coal production rose 53% to 2.9 million tonnes in the third quarter, driven by longwall ramp-up at Moranbah North, as the company confirmed its sale of Australian steelmaking coal assets to Dhilmar for up to $3.875 billion remains on track for Q1 2027 completion. Singapore's top three banks — DBS, OCBC, and UOB — have been identified as exploiting a coal financing loophole that exposes the complicated dynamics of green-transition lending.

On U.S. policy and production, the Department of Energy's Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office executed its first-ever TRIG gasification license with Latitude Energy Services, making the Transport Integrated Gasification technology — designed for low-rank, high-moisture coals and backed by operational data from the Kemper County project — commercially available to energy producers and project developers. Clinch Resources is pay pre-war Russian coal purchased under a February 2022 contract before Russia's invasion of Ukraine — the first such license issued to a Korean corporation following the tightening of Russia sanctions — enabling the steelmaker to satisfy an international arbitral award while remaining in compliance with U.S. sanctions law. In Kyrgyzstan, the Energy Minister disclosed that the population is only 30% coal-supplied ahead of the heating season as of mid-October, while a separate parliamentary statement confirmed that over 2,300 schools rely on coal heating out of 3,373 school buildings requiring heat under the Ministry of Education. In New South Wales, the Minns Labor Government passed the Future Jobs and Investment Bill, establishing a coal transition authority backed by more than A$200 million to support the state's four coal-producing regions and approximately 25,000 coal industry workers. Environmental protesters in New South Wales displayed a giant swift parrot model outside state parliament to oppose Maules Creek expansion, citing 17 coal mine expansion projects currently in the NSW pipeline. A MSHA preliminary report detailed how shift foreman Travis Price died on October 8 after contact with a moving conveyor belt during maintenance at Speed Mine in Cabin Creek, West Virginia. Wales observed the 60th Aberfan disaster anniversary, marking the 1966 collapse of a coal tip that killed 144 people, including 116 children, with King Charles III, Queen Camilla, and Prince William attending memorial events.