Veteran broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has shared in a discussion with Prince Wiliam that he almost drowned when he was given faulty diving equipment at the beginning of his career. The Guardian newspaper reports that the 99-year-old veteran broadcaster was discussing his latest documentary Ocean when he recalled an incident on a 1957,

Prince William and Sir David Attenborough explore the urgent peril of the world’s oceans, ahead of World Oceans Day and William’s speech at a global conservation summit

Sir David Attenborough reveals to Prince William he nearly drowned while scuba diving in 1950s - The near-death experience took place on the Great Barrier Reef when the broadcaster was 31