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Charles criticised for taking helicopter to give short speech on aircraft emissions

FEBRUARY 3, 202011:05AM

The Prince told scientists there was no time to waste to save the planet. Evidently, he wasn’t ready to give up any of his time either.

Prince Charles has been blasted over claims he flew 200 kilometres in the Queen’s helicopter to give a climate change speech on aircraft emissions.

The royal was picked up in the chopper up at Highgrove, Gloucestershire, and flown to Cambridge, it is reported.

After landing in the helicopter, Prince Charles was chauffeur driven in a Bentley to Cambridge University’s Whittle Laboratory on Friday, according to theSunday Mirror.

It was there that Charles, 71, told scientists to “act quickly to rescue this poor old planet”.

He said during a speech: “We haven’t got time to waste.

“We have run out of time now to rescue this poor old planet from man-made emissions and all the complications we’re now facing, all the challenges we’re facing.”

But just moments after giving his eco-friendly speech, he was in the air and being ferried 85 kilometres back to Sandringham to see the Queen.

The full helicopter journey caused carbon emissions of around 2.5 tonnes, used hundreds of gallons of aviation fuel and cost at least $23,000, according to experts.

If the Prince had travelled by car he could have slashed his carbon footprint down to around 200 kilograms.

He has been blasted for the trips by eco groups who have accused him of not “walking the walk” on his pleas for people to watch their carbon footprint.

Graham Smith, CEO of campaign group Republic, told the Mirror: “He wants to play the role but not walk the walk. His view seems to be that it’s one rule for him and one rule for the rest of us. Driving or using the train would have been pretty easy.”

Dr Lucy Gilliam, aviation and shipping campaigner for environmental group Transport & Environment, said: “He could have used a private car with a chauffeur, ideally an electric one if he really wanted to walk the walk. He can definitely afford a Tesla...

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