Emma Watson mistook birdwatchers for paparazzi
Harry Potter star Emma Watson has confessed she once mistook a group of birdwatchers for paparazzi after the group gathered outside her home armed with cameras.
Emma Watson once mistook a group of birdwatchers for paparazzi.
The Harry Potter star, 36, was convinced her family home had become a target for photographers trying to snap her picture when she saw a group of people standing outside armed with cameras and long lenses - but Emma soon found out they were just trying to capture images of a rare bird and weren't interested in her at all.
During a speech at the United for Wildlife Business Forum in London hosted by Prince William's The Royal Foundation, Emma explained: "I was in my living room and I saw all these men outside with very long lenses. And I thought: 'Urgh today's the day it's happened. My goodness'.
"So she [my mother] went outside to address them and their long lenses and I snuck out to go the other way. And it turned out the men with the long lenses were actually not there for me at all.
"They were there for a very, very rare bird, which is called a red kite. And they were trying to basically break into my back garden because they thought that one of these red kites was in our backyard."
Emma went on to reveal she let the group of birdwatchers into the garden so they could attempt to photograph the rare bird.
She added: "Conservationists have managed to bring them [red kites] back."
The event was held on behalf of the Royal Foundation’s United for Wildlife program and the Prince of Wales also made a speech in which he urged global business leaders to do more to help the environment.
He said: "You have the power to influence, your voice matters in your business, your direction matters and here more than anything, your leadership matters.
"Many of you can be more ambitious and courageous in what you do for the planet and for the environment.
"Be the leader you wanted to be when you were growing up, not the one you are in the business right now. Touch into what you were when you were a child and what you wanted to see the world, and bring those values to light as a CEO.
"More specifically, technology and innovation, we are seeing such a change in that, please embrace that for good."
