Do as I say, not as I do. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are being branded “eco-hypocrites” after reportedly flying to Katy Perry’s Las Vega...
Do as I say, not as I do.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are being branded “eco-hypocrites” after reportedly flying to Katy Perry’s Las Vegas concert in a private jet.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who have both been ardent supporters of actioning on climate change, boarded a Gulfstream jet owned by oil heir Michael Herd for their trip to Sin City, according to the Sun.
The exiled royals took the 40-minute flight to see the “Roar” hitmaker’s final show of her Las Vegas residency at Resorts World Theatre.
The controversial move has sparked mass outrage on social media, as royal experts from far and wide have condemned the Sussexes for being “hypocrites” for flying via private jet while encouraging the public to work on lowering their carbon emissions.
Talk TV host Kevin O’Sullivan quipped, “Saving the planet one Katy Perry concert at a time!”
Elsewhere, royal expert and biographer Angela Levin suggested that Harry, who is still a patron of his charity Travalyst, that promotes sustainable and eco-friendly tourism, should “get the sack” for flying private.
“They think they have gotten so grand, they wouldn’t dream of taking a normal flight,” Levin told the outlet.
“They’ve got all these rich friends to pay for it. It’s worse than ‘do as I say, not as I do’ because he’s a patron of a charity.”
Just hours later, Harry’s brother and heir to the throne, Prince William, flew on a commercial British Airways flight to Singapore for the Earthshot Prize awards.
“William was welcomed hugely in Singapore, which must have annoyed Harry and Meghan. This sort of behavior is exactly why we call them eco-hypocrites,” Levin said.
The Gulfstream jet, the aircraft Harry and Meghan, 42, reportedly flew on, is co-owned by Herd, and reportedly emits an estimated 2 tons of CO2 an hour — nearly a quarter of the 7.4 tonnes the average Brit produces every year.
Under terms of the Paris Agreement, which seeks to keep global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius, a person’s annual carbon budget should be limited to 2.1 tons per year.
When asked about the backlash against the Sussexes for their use of the private jet, the oil heir said, “I don’t have any comment, I’m not them.”
Also aboard the flight from Santa Barbara was Cameron Diaz, her husband Benji Madden, Zoe Saldana, Hollywood producer David Katzenberg, and billionaire and Bumble dating app founder Whitney Wolfe Herd, as well as her husband, Michael Herd.
The Post has reached out to reps for the Sussexes for comment.
Harry and Meghan’s repeated usage of private jets have highlighted a stark contrast to their outspoken efforts to minimize travel to combat climate change.
It’s certainly not the first time the Sussexes have sparked outrage over their hypocritical ways.
Last year, Harry, 39, delivered a speech in which he warned the United Nations about the growing perils of climate change, saying that “our world is on fire again.”
“These historic weather events are no longer historic. More and more, they are part of our daily lives, and this crisis will only grow worse,” the double-talking dilettante said in a speech.
Then again, in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Harry characterized climate change as one of the “most pressing issues” facing mankind.
“We need to do better about stopping or allowing the things that are causing so much harm to so many of us at the source, rather than being distracted by the symptom,” he said in a bombshell sit-down interview.
In October, Harry and Meghan boarded a private jet to kickstart their romantic vacay on the island of Canouan in St. Vincent and the Grenadines — just days after speaking about climate change.
The pair were last year blasted by critics for returning from Queen Elizabeth II’s four-day Platinum Jubilee celebration in a pollution-spewing private jet.
Their 5,500-mile trip from Farnborough, England, to Santa Barbara was estimated to have emitted nearly 60 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
And in 2021, Harry took a private jet home from his charity polo event in Aspen, rather than fly with the hoi polloi on the two-hour flight home to his mansion in Montecito, Calif.
