‘We Can All Do Better,’ Except Prince Harry Doesn’t Count Himself In That Remark

By now, everyone and their neighbor have heard all about how Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were tooling around Los Angeles in a gas-guzzling SUV that only gets about 14 miles per gallon. The vehicle, which Prince Harry and Meghan were photographed riding around in was a Cadillac Escalade.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are now being criticized heavily since the SUV, which costs around $80,000 is considered to be one of the least environmentally-friendly vehicles one can own. Apparently, the couples’ actions put the lie to Harry’s past comments when he suggested that he always offsets, “my CO2.”

If it was only the fact that Prince Harry and Meghan drove around a bit in L.A. in luxury and style (while ignoring the gas hog nature of the SUV) then many might find it in their hearts to forgive the two. However, as critics are pointing out, while Prince Harry goes around lecturing everyone on the need for conservation and his belief that the human race only has 12 years before extinction if we continue on the path we’re currently walking … he and Meghan are jumping on private jets and flying their personal Range Rover to Africa.

Of course, Harry has his own excuses. “It’s all about balance,” explained Harry the Preaching Prince. “Occasionally there needs to be an opportunity based on unique circumstances to ensure my family is safe.” (What? Couldn’t Prince Harry keep “his family” safe while renting a perfectly good car in Africa? He had to fly his Range Rover there to keep Meghan safe? How does that even make sense?)

That also begs the question as to how allowing Sir Elton John to fly the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on a private jet to his home in France kept the couple “safe.” Prince Harry and Meghan couldn’t have taken their security detail and headed over with others on a 2-hour flight from London to Nice, which would have cost them each roughly $96? “We can all do better,” can we Harry?

Sadly, Prince Harry and Meghan’s hypocrisy doesn’t appear set to stop anytime soon. While Prince Harry and Meghan both went on ad nauseum prior to “Megxit” about their need for privacy and their desire to get away from it all in order to “protect” their little family, the truth is that they’re striving pretty hard to be noticed. As many commentators have noted, since arriving in Los Angeles, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been increasingly political in just about every public appearance they’ve made.

From Meghan’s speech to teens graduating her former high school to the pair jumping on the Black Lives Matter bandwagon to even broader issues of gender and economic equality, the former senior Royals are no strangers to stirring the pot. Many believe this is merely a cynical attempt by Prince Harry and Meghan to capitalize on trending issues so that they can find firms, such as the Harry Walker Agency in New York (with whom they did sign) that will book them for lucrative engagements.

There are, after all, many reports that Meghan Markle especially wants to get out from under the financial thumb of Buckingham Palace once and for all. Still, even having signed with a firm where Harry and Meghan will reportedly pull in $1 Million each for speaking engagements, they haven’t earned a penny yet. Until now, they continue to rely on funds from Prince Charles’s Duchy of Cornwall.

The bottom line is that while many don’t mind the fact that Prince Harry and Meghan live in the lap of luxury, it’s absolutely intolerable that those in ivory towers should live by the principle, “Do as I say, not as I do.”

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