Clearly His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco is unaccustomed to being told to stop talking.

Filling in for his older brother, King Mohammed VI, the prince's opening remarks at the Paris climate conference went on and on, his hands shuffling a thick sheaf of papers.

With 152 leaders in attendance for the opening session, each leader was told to keep their speeches to a crisp three minutes. After that, an electronic bell would sound three times to signal that time was at an end.