Sky News Australia host Piers Morgan has called Prince Harry out for his “rankle hypocritical speech” after the Duke of Sussex described 2022 a “painful year in a painful decade”.
Prince Harry has been called out for his “hypocritical” rant about climate change during a keynote speech at the United Nations to mark Nelson Mandela International Day.
The Duke of Sussex told the UN General Assembly in New York on Monday that climate change was “wreaking havoc on our planet” as he blasted world leaders for the “assault on democracy and freedom”.
But the 37-year-old was quickly slammed for his commentary, with Sky News Australia host Piers Morgan claiming the Duke of Sussex was “hypocritical” because he uses “private jets like a taxi service”.
“Prince Harry has waded back into politics when nobody wanted him to,” he said on Piers Morgan Uncensored, which will air on Sky News Australia on Tuesday night.
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“Delivering, apparently, a keynote speech at the United Nations in New York to mark Nelson Mandela Day for reasons that completely baffle me.
“But anyway, he decided to do that and bang on about stuff like climate change.”
The Sky News host aired a snippet of Prince Harry’s speech where the Duke warned the world was witnessing a “global assault on democracy and freedom”, adding that COVID-19 and climate change has led to a “painful year in a painful decade”.
“We’re living through a pandemic that continues to ravage communities in every corner of the globe; climate change wreaking havoc on our planet, with the most vulnerable suffering most of all,” Prince Harry said.
“The few, weaponising lies and disinformation at the expense of the many; and from the horrific war in Ukraine to the rolling back of constitutional rights here in the United States.
“We are witnessing a global assault on democracy and freedom.”
Morgan later changed his voice to imitate Harry, comparing his use of private jets to “a taxi service”.
“You have all got to take climate change seriously even if I use private jets like a taxi service. Do you hear me, all of you, do you?” Morgan mocked.
“When did he become this miserable guy? He’s so miserable. Oh I know, it’s when he met Meghan.
“When you’re as rankly hypocritical as Harry is. You know, preaching about climate change, using private jets all the time when he doesn’t have to, is there not a point where the United Nations should avoid using people like him?”
But it’s not the first time the Prince has come under fire over his travel habits.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their two children arrived in the United Kingdom on a private jet for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations last month.
The outspoken environmentalists also opted to fly via private jet after attending Global Citizen Live in 2021 – an event that advocated for climate change action.
In just one hour, a single private jet can emit two tonnes of carbon dioxide – the primary greenhouse gas which contributes to global warming, according to Transport and Environment.
Morgan went on to add that Prince Harry’s brief speech attempted to draw parallels between him finding “freedom” and an influential figure who spent over 27 years in prison.
“He made reference to Mandela 20 times in this brief speech, clearly trying to draw some kind of parallel between his own struggle and long walk to freedom as this great inspiring historical figure who literally spent three decades nearly in a tiny cell,” Morgan said.
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