Mr Douglas-Hamilton spent six decades studying and campaigning to protect African elephants.

The Prince of Wales has expressed his sadness at the death of conservationist Iain Douglas-Hamilton, who spent six decades studying and campaigning to protect African elephants.

Save the Elephants, the charity he founded in 1993 to try and safeguard the animals, announced on its website the death of the world-renowned elephant expert and the leading light of conservation in east Africa.

Mr Douglas-Hamilton was also an ambassador for Tusk, the African wildlife conservation charity William supports as royal patron and spent time with the prince in Africa.

Tusk paid tribute to the African elephant expert in a statement on its website: “He was also one of Tusk’s earliest ambassadors, helping guide

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