Harry and Meghan’s Private Jet Flight Sparks Accusations of Hypocrisy

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Harry and Meghan, have been accused of hypocrisy after flying back to California from the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in a private jet.

The eco-preaching couple returned to their £11m Montecito mansion on a Bombardier Global 6000, an ultra-long-range 13-passenger private jet that emits 10 times more carbon than if they had taken a commercial flight.

It is not clear who paid for the £160,000 flight.

Climate experts believe the journey will have resulted in nearly 60 tonnes of carbon dioxide being emitted into the atmosphere.

Under the terms of the Paris Agreement, each person's carbon budget should be no more than 2.1 tonnes per year.

Harry and Meghan exceeded this by nearly 15 times in just one flight.

Earlier this year, Harry and Meghan launched a new eco-travel project that would see holidaymakers rated on their green credentials.

During last November's COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Harry and Meghan vowed that their Archewell Foundation would go net zero by 2030.

In a statement on their website, they said they have actively made choices to offset and balance their carbon footprint and added they would be looking at what they eat and how often they eat it.

Their intervention came hours after the Queen failed to mention the Sussexes but praised Prince Charles and Prince William in her COP26 address.

And in May last year, Harry said it was pretty depressing that children were growing up in a world where their home country was either on fire or underwater.

He went on to insist that climate change must be tackled at the source.

The Sussexes were seen for the last time in public on Friday at the Thanksgiving service in St Paul's Cathedral before they flew back home when the Jubilee pageant kicked off.

The couple spent a lot of time at Frogmore Cottage during their stay and hosted a relaxed party for Lilibet's first birthday at the Windsor residence.

They did not attend the platinum party and stayed in Windsor alongside the Queen to reportedly watch the concert with Her Majesty.

Harry and Meghan then drove, according to The Sun, to Farnborough Airport an hour before the pageant started and are now on their way back to California.

This was hours before the Queen, who sources say was determined to bravely overcame her painful mobility issues, returned to Buckingham Palace to personally thank the thousands of well-wishers in the crowd who had turned out to express their own gratitude.

She was flanked by her three heirs, son, Prince Charles, grandson, Prince William, and great-grandson, Prince George, offering a glimpse into the monarchy's future.

The Sussexes were left out of any official role during the Jubilee, and one aide told The Telegraph at the beginning of the Jubilee they would not be having a prominent role in the festivities.

In other news, Duke of Sussex Prince Harry was deeply shocked after learning that he and his wife Meghan Markle were effectively being airbrushed from the royal family by Queen Elizabeth.

The claim has been made by royal author Tom Bower in his new book titled Revenge, Meghan, Harry, and the War Between the Windsors.

In the book, Tom Bower claims Prince Harry was stunned after the couple's photograph was absent during Queen Elizabeth's 2019 Christmas speech.

The Queen focused on Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton during her 2019 Christmas Day broadcast, the author further claims.

He writes, “As Harry watched his grandmother from Vancouver, he was staggered.

Four silver-framed family photographs had been carefully placed behind her.

They showed the Queen's father George VI, Prince Philip, Charles, and Camilla, and finally William and his family.