MEGHAN & Harry are facing criticism for flying by private jet from New York to California – a journey that emits 17t of carbon emissions.
After flying across the country in their private jet, the Duke and Duchess touched down in Santa Barbara and were pictured embracing their team.
It comes just hours after they went on stage at a gig that called for climate change action – and demanded tough new eco laws to halve US emissions by 2030.
Harry and Meghan spoke at the star-studded Global Citizen Live concert in New York — dubbed “Wokestock.”
Royal author Penny Junor, 71, told The Sun: “I do think this is hypocrisy. I’m sure there were plenty of scheduled flights.”
She added: “I do not understand why they are behaving as if they are superstars. His father has been known to take scheduled flights. His brother takes scheduled flights. This totally muddies the waters of their climate message. They are shooting themselves in the foot by taking private flights.”
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- Milica Cosic
Kate Middleton ‘knew she had to up her game’
Kate Middleton “knew she had to up her game” after Meghan Markle joined the family and is now a “Royal Rockstar”, an insider said.
The jaw-dropping future Queen’s A-list look was “everything Meghan should have been” before she and Harry ditched the Firm for life across the pond, royal insiders have claimed.
Meghan “changed the game” with her bold and confident approach to royal life and Kate knew “it was necessary for her to compete”.
The Duchess of Cambridge’s stylish purple trouser suit was another clean-cut and highly praised win for Kate this week – who was previously blasted as the “Duchess of Drab“.
A source close to the Firm told MailOnline: “She knew she was going to have to up her game – and she did.
“Now she’s a royal Rockstar – everything Meghan should have been”.
- Milica Cosic
‘Royal version of Kardashians’
The Sun’s new columnist, Piers Morgan, says the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been a “relentless orgy of money-grabbing duplicity” since moving to the US.
But while the Kardashians, who have made their millions from life in the public eye, are “honest” about their mission to become billionaires, Meghan and Harry are not – according to Piers.
He said the former royals “have their noses permanently rammed in the regal trough” and “intend to keep them there until they’ve made themselves repulsively rich and famous”.
“In this regard, they’re the royal version of the Kardashians,” Piers writes in the Daily Mail.
He describes them as “people with no discernible talent other than for pimping themselves out to the highest bidders and a craven desire to air their dirty family linen in public for financial gain.”
But the journalist, who will soon make his comeback to The Sun, says at least the Kardashians’ mission to be billionaire TMI merchants is “founded on a basic honesty”.
“They don’t pretend to be talented or saving the planet,” he adds.
“The hypocrisy is breath-taking.”
- Milica Cosic
Meghan Markle’s secret tribute to Archie and Lilibet
Eagle-eyed fans spotted the mum-of-two was wearing a gold bracelet which featured their names.
Their monikers were engraved on the beautiful band as Meghan visited the United Nations on Saturday.
One royal fan said on Twitter: “Her personalised jewellery is so cute. I love how everything has sentimental value.”
While another added: “Cute. Meghan is really a sweetheart.”
Alongside the golden band, the Duchess wore Princess Diana’s $23,000 (£16,642) gold Cartier watch and a £5,800 Cartier Love bracelet, which we’ve seen in the past.
- Milica Cosic
Inside Kate Middleton’s inseparable bond with Charles
The Duchess of Cambridge, 39, and father-in-law Charles, 72, appear to have a very close bond, from her calling him “pa” to enjoying cheeky private jokes.
Kate and Charles hugged as they arrived at the James Bond No Time To Die at the Royal Albert Hall in London, with the Duchess kissing the future heir on the cheek.
In a rare joint engagement, Charles, Camilla, William and Kate stepped out onto the red carpet to meet 007 star Daniel Craig and other Bond cast members.
Judi said of their embrace: “Here we can see a very confident and fond-looking Kate instigating the greeting ritual that includes a cheek kiss where she holds his shoulders and he clasps his arm.
“The eye gaze and smile from Kate at close quarters offers some rather flattering attention here, too.
“This has been growing into a very close and rather tight relationship in terms of Charles’s habit of appearing to single Kate out for attention and shared laughter while Camilla and William will often retreat to watch.”
- Milica Cosic
Harry ‘hypocritical’ for lecturing on climate change
Former government minister Norman Baker, 64, told Newsweek: “It’s completely hypocritical for Prince Harry or other members of the royal family to lecture people about climate change when they’re emitting more carbon than almost everyone else on the planet.
“People using private jets are in the top one percent of carbon emitters in the world.
“Prince Harry needs to stop using private jets or if he wants to use private jets he needs to stop lecturing people on climate change. It is not particularly challenging to get a flight from New York to California – people do it all the time.”
The couple have faced repeated criticism for insisting on using private flights, despite preaching about the environment.
Baker said Harry and Meghan took 18 private jet trips in the 12 months from January 2019 to January 2020.
- Milica Cosic
‘Innocent, dominant and mean business’
Meghan Markle is back with a bang after going on parental leave following the birth of daughter Lilibet in June.
And her outfits during her three-day New York tour with Prince Harry have sent some very clear messages, according to a fashion expert.
The Duchess of Sussex, 40, pulled out all of the fashion steps for her engagements, which included a Covid concert, visiting a school and the UN.
Fashion expert Harriet Davey told Fabulous that Meghan’s outfits told the world that she is “dominant” and “means business” after stepping down as a senior royal…
- Black ‘business’ suit – One World Observatory
- Red ‘dominant’ coord – Harlem’s PS 123 Mahalia Jackson school
- White ‘innocent’ outfit – Covid Concert
- Brown ‘powerful’ ensemble – United Nations
Explained: Kate Middleton’s fashion journey
IT’S taken Kate No Time to get back into the swing of red carpet events, but it’s been a slow and steady build-up to the Duchess finding her stylish, gold-heeled feet.
Attending the premiere of the latest James Bond movie this week, Kate wore her best look to date — a custom Jenny Packham caped dress bedazzled with thousands of gold sequins, which usually costs £3,640.
It outshone every Hollywood A-lister and proved as big a talking point as the film itself.
Even though Kate has walked her fair share of red carpets, this is the first time she has worn such a showstopper of an outfit.
Her style has evolved from shy wallflower to perfect princess.
Read more here.
Sussexes took 21 private jets in 2 years
PRINCE Harry and Meghan Markle have been branded “completely hypocritical” after reportedly taking 21 private jets in two years while preaching about climate change.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex appeared at a gig at the weekend calling for action on climate change — and then climbed aboard a Dassault Falcon 2000 jet and flew back to their £11million mansion in Montecito, California.
The star-studded Global Citizen Live concert in New York — dubbed “Wokestock” — demanded tough new eco laws to halve US emissions by 2030.
Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, appeared on stage and pressed the “wealthiest nations” to deliver on a £70billion-a-year pledge to help developing countries go green.
But after the event, the couple flew home by private jet, with pictures showing them hugging their team after stepping off the aircraft.
Book claims William ‘bullied’ Harry into leaving
PRINCE William BULLIED Prince Harry and Meghan Markle until they left the Royal Family, a book claims.
Royal author Andrew Morton has added six chapters to his 2019 book, Meghan: A Hollywood Princess, some of which focuses of Megxit and the reasons the runaway royals eventually fled the UK.
“The Duchess of Cambridge’s coolness towards Meghan, and William’s alleged bullying contributed to a devastating Cain and Abel fallout between the brothers,” Morton says in extracts published in the Mail on Sunday.
- Milica Cosic
Fans notice Meghan’s change
A royal fan observed on Twitter: “There’s something about #MeghanMarkle’s photos lately…
“You can tell she is still a good-hearted person. But there’s now a steely determination in her eyes that wasn’t there before all the haters tried to destroy her.
“I like this Meghan, but wish she never went through all that.”
- Milica Cosic
How Meghan’s royal comeback shows she’s ‘resilient’ following Megxit
Since stepping back from the royal family, Meghan Markle appears to have adopted a “steely determination that wasn’t there before”, says a body language expert.
The Duchess of Sussex stepped down as a senior royal in 2020 and is now making a “resilient” comeback following the end of her parental leave, claims Judi James.
Judi told Fabulous: “New York Meghan and Time mag cover’s Meghan reveal a woman with a much more steely look in both her eye expression and her body posing and movement.
“She is also seen looking more independently powerful and much more like a leader.
“Now she has the profile but without the restrictions we can see the much steelier version of Meghan, who looks determined to change the world for the better and sooner rather than later.”
- Milica Cosic
Harry ‘oozed alcohol from every pore’
Prince Harry “oozed alcohol from every pore” and stank of cigarettes during his “wild-oats sowing phase”, a famous US TV host has claimed.
Katie Couric has detailed encounters with both the Duke of Sussex and his uncle, Prince Andrew, in her new memoir Going There.
She met Harry at a polo match in Brazil – but criticised his odour of booze and cigarettes, which seemed to “ooze from every pore”, the Daily Mail reports.
The prince has admitted turning to drugs to cope with his mum’s death.
And he said he would regularly drink “a week’s worth of alcohol in one day”.
The 37-year-old opened up about his struggles with his mental well-being and the trauma that haunts him in recent doc The Me You Can’t See.
“I was willing to drink, I was willing to take drugs, I was willing to try and do the things that made me feel less like I was feeling,” he said.
- Milica Cosic
Prince Andrew attended creepy Jeffrey Epstein party
Prince Andrew cosied up to Jeffrey Epstein at a creepy Eyes Wide Shut style party – where the female staff “looked very young”, a book claims.
US television host Katie Couric says she was also a guest at the 2010 dinner at Epstein’s £57million townhouse in Manhattan – dubbed “paedo mansion” after he raped underage girls there.
Couric’s memoir describes the setting as “Eyes Wide Shut with a twist – creepy chandeliers and body-part art”, reports DailyMail.com.
Guests ate lasagne out of shallow bowls and Epstein “held court” in front of the fireplace with Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn, George Stephanopoulos and Charlie Rose.
On the way home, Couric’s boyfriend Brooks Perlin remarked to her how young the women who took their coats were, she recalls.
She also writes: “I couldn’t imagine what Epstein and Andrew were up to, apart from trying to cultivate friends in the media.
“Which, in retrospect, they must have figured they’d need.”
Read more here.
- Milica Cosic
Sussexes told Oprah they ‘had no plan’
Earlier this year the Duke and Duchess of Sussex told Oprah Winfrey they had “no plan” after quitting the Royal Family – and they were soon told their security would be taken away.
The interview saw Meghan and Harry make a colossal list of allegations against the royal family which tore an even bigger rift between the couple and Harry’s family.
Meghan, 39, revealed during the high-profile interview, which aired in March, that her mental health suffered while she was living in the UK.
She also said she was not given the help she needed when she reportedly felt suicidal.
The Duchess of Sussex also said there had been conversations with Prince Harry and a “family” member about their unborn son and what colour his skin would be – and “what that would mean or look like”.
- Milica Cosic
William recalls joining mum Diana at homeless shelter
PRINCE William fondly recalled joining his mother Princess Diana to help the homeless as he celebrated with former rough sleepers who turned their lives around.
The Duke of Cambridge handed out gongs to celebrate the 40th birthday of a homeless charity after following in his mother’s footsteps.
He was reunited with two former rough sleepers who have found jobs
- Louis Allwood
‘Royal version of Kardashians’
The Sun’s new columnist, Piers Morgan, says the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been a “relentless orgy of money-grabbing duplicity” since moving to the US.
But while the Kardashians, who have made their millions from life in the public eye, are “honest” about their mission to become billionaires, Meghan and Harry are not – according to Piers.
He said the former royals “have their noses permanently rammed in the regal trough” and “intend to keep them there until they’ve made themselves repulsively rich and famous”.
“In this regard, they’re the royal version of the Kardashians,” Piers writes in the Daily Mail.
He describes them as “people with no discernible talent other than for pimping themselves out to the highest bidders and a craven desire to air their dirty family linen in public for financial gain.”
But the journalist, who will soon make his comeback to The Sun, says at least the Kardashians’ mission to be billionaire TMI merchants is “founded on a basic honesty”.
“They don’t pretend to be talented or saving the planet,” he adds.
“The hypocrisy is breath-taking.”
- Louis Allwood
Kate’s personal bond with Charles
The Duchess of Cambridge, 39, and father-in-law Charles, 72, appear to have a very close bond, from her calling him “pa” to enjoying cheeky private jokes.
Last night, Kate and Charles hugged as they arrived at the James Bond No Time To Die at the Royal Albert Hall in London, with the Duchess kissing the future heir on the cheek.
In a rare joint engagement, Charles, Camilla, William and Kate stepped out onto the red carpet to meet 007 star Daniel Craig and other Bond cast members.
Body language expert Judi James said of their embrace: “Here we can see a very confident and fond-looking Kate instigating the greeting ritual that includes a cheek kiss where she holds his shoulders and he clasps his arm.
“The eye gaze and smile from Kate at close quarters offers some rather flattering attention here, too.
“This has been growing into a very close and rather tight relationship in terms of Charles’s habit of appearing to single Kate out for attention and shared laughter while Camilla and William will often retreat to watch.”
- Louis Allwood
Prince Andrew has broken cover
The duke today left Balmoral at 10am to travel to Windsor, where he is expected to meet his new granddaughter for the first time.
His daughter Beatrice, 33, gave birth to her first child with husband Edo Mapelli Mozzi this month.
- Louis Allwood
Explained: Kate Middleton’s fashion journey
IT’S taken Kate No Time to get back into the swing of red carpet events, but it’s been a slow and steady build-up to the Duchess finding her stylish, gold-heeled feet.
Attending the premiere of the latest James Bond movie this week, Kate wore her best look to date — a custom Jenny Packham caped dress bedazzled with thousands of gold sequins, which usually costs £3,640.
It outshone every Hollywood A-lister and proved as big a talking point as the film itself.
Even though Kate has walked her fair share of red carpets, this is the first time she has worn such a showstopper of an outfit.
Her style has evolved from shy wallflower to perfect princess.
Read more here.
- Louis Allwood
Harry & Meg’s use of private jets
Harry & Meghan have faced repeated criticism for insisting on using private flights, despite preaching about the environment.
The Sun revealed in 2019 that the pair had taken six of ten round trips on private jets since getting married the previous year.
It included a flight to Italy for a Google climate change summit, as well as trips to Ibiza and Nice.
Harry also took a private plane home to California after a polo tournament for his Sentebale charity in Aspen, Colorado, in August.
- Louis Allwood
Innocent, dominant and mean business’
Meghan Markle is back with a bang after going on parental leave following the birth of daughter Lilibet in June.
And her outfits during her three-day New York tour with Prince Harry have sent some very clear messages, according to a fashion expert.
The Duchess of Sussex, 40, pulled out all of the fashion steps for her engagements, which included a Covid concert, visiting a school and the UN.
Fashion expert Harriet Davey told Fabulous that Meghan’s outfits told the world that she is “dominant” and “means business” after stepping down as a senior royal…
- Black ‘business’ suit – One World Observatory
- Red ‘dominant’ coord – Harlem’s PS 123 Mahalia Jackson school
- White ‘innocent’ outfit – Covid Concert
- Brown ‘powerful’ ensemble – United Nations
- Louis Allwood
‘New, corporate version of Meghan’
Judi added: “Since she returned to the US Meghan’s body language has changed and not just because she has now become a mother for the second time.
“There is the new, corporate version of Meghan, as seen on the Time magazine cover and clearly taking the ‘Most Influential’ tag seriously in terms of business status despite the fact that the list also includes other icons like Britney Spears and Dolly Parton.
“On the Time cover she looks like her character in Suits got a promotion to CEO.
“Her eyes form an eye-smile but there is also a look of challenge and determination there too, while her leg-splay signals confidence and resilience.
“Harry hangs on her shoulder or poses alongside looking more like a wingman or supporter.”
- Louis Allwood
Andrew smiles as he leaves Balmoral
BRAZEN Prince Andrew beamed and waved as he ended his three-week Balmoral hideaway.
The Duke of York had been hiding out in the Queen’s 50,000-acre Scottish estate to avoid US lawyers trying to serve sex abuse lawsuit papers on him.
But the bold prince smiled and waved at passersby as he ventured out for the first time since beginning his voluntary self-isolation earlier this month.
On Friday, lawyers officially conceded that the legal papers relating to Virginia Roberts’ sex assault claims have been served to the duke’s legal team.
Virginia – a victim of paedophile Jeffrey Epstein – is attempting to sue the Duke in a New York court after alleging she was forced to have sex with him three times when she was 17.
- Louis Allwood
‘US travel ban is no longer an excuse’
Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, have not ventured to the UK together since they ditched the country for a life across the pond last year.
But now, following the birth of their daughter Lilibet in June, royal author Adam Helliker said the brood returning to Harry’s home country is “imperative for family unity”.
Mr Helliker told the Sun: “I think it’s imperative for family unity that the whole family comes over because, to put it bluntly, the queen is getting older and these won’t arrive too often again.
“I think Harry will feel particularly guilty if she doesn’t see the great-grandchildren she’s not seen much of – or the great-granddaughter she’s not seen at all.
“I think if they’re going to try to patch things up – and we all hope they will work to increase what remains of the unity between them and the family – then I think it’s paramount that they start planning a trip for maybe early December.
“I doubt obviously they want to be restricted by spending any Christmases at Sandringham, but maybe a mid-December pre-Christmas trip to say hello to the family.
“For Harry, those family ties – until he was encouraged by her to break them – were really important.”
He said both sides will be “striving for reconciliation” following the fallout from their bombshell Oprah interview.
Read the article in full here.
- Louis Allwood
Harry ‘hypocritical’ for lecturing on climate change
Former government minister Norman Baker, 64, told Newsweek: “It’s completely hypocritical for Prince Harry or other members of the royal family to lecture people about climate change when they’re emitting more carbon than almost everyone else on the planet.
“People using private jets are in the top one percent of carbon emitters in the world.
“Prince Harry needs to stop using private jets or if he wants to use private jets he needs to stop lecturing people on climate change. It is not particularly challenging to get a flight from New York to California – people do it all the time.”
The couple have faced repeated criticism for insisting on using private flights, despite preaching about the environment.
Baker said Harry and Meghan took 18 private jet trips in the 12 months from January 2019 to January 2020.
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