The eco-preaching Duke and
Duchess of Sussex returned to their £11million Montecito mansion with their
children Archie and Lilibet on the gas-guzzling Bombardier Global 6000 before
the grand final of the anniversary competition even got underway on Sunday.
Climate experts believe the
trip will have resulted in 10 times more CO2 emissions than if the Sussexes had
taken a commercial flight.
The royal couple’s flight from
Farnborough to Santa Barbara will have emitted almost 60 tons of carbon dioxide
into the atmosphere, according to charter operator Paramount Business Jets.
But as the Mail on Sunday can
reveal, it’s not just the Duke and Duchess of Sussex who has been guilty of
jet-set hypocrisy while lecturing the world on how to save the planet…
Accepting an award for
environmental campaigning in 2018, Orlando Bloom claimed, “The urgency of
climate change has never rung so loud… The world is changing and we must change
our habits with it.”
However, it was later revealed
that the 45-year-old Hollywood actor had flown to the Monaco event in a private
jet with his fiancée, pop singer Katy Perry.
In 2015, Perry, 37, told fans,
“Share your story of how you’re helping to reduce climate change using the
hashtag #FightUnfair.”
Three years later, she
reportedly flew fake nails for Kim Kardashian on a private jet 2,451 miles from
LA to New York after the reality star forgot to pack them.
Perry was spotted disembarking
a private jet in France in July 2021.
Katy Perry, right, and with
daughter Daisy, above, last July
Brooklyn: I reduced the water
for the tea
The entire Beckham family has
campaigned for action on climate change.
David and Victoria’s eldest
son, Brooklyn, told GQ Magazine in April last year: “I do the basics like not
letting the water run when I brush my teeth, measuring my water for tea and
I’ll let the water run don’t walk when I shower. Simple things like this make a
difference.”
But the 23-year-old and his
wife, heiress Nicola Peltz, 27, traveled by private jet on their first Christmas
together in 2019.
He also flew to Miami with his
family in December 2020 by private jet.
Victoria and David flew on a
private plane to Brooklyn and Nicola’s wedding in Palm Beach, Florida in April.
