Guest essay by Eric Worrall
h/t JoNova – In the age of flamboyant woke British Royals who demand climate sacrifices from the commoners, while they swan about in private jets, it is easy to overlook that not every royal is a pompous green hypocrite.
Prince Philip, climate sceptic, already spinning in his grave
Prince Philip was a climate change sceptic. In correspondence to Spectator Australia contributor and author Ian Plimer back in 2018, the Duke of Edinburgh not only compliments Professor Plimer on his most recent book, The Climate Change Delusion, but also praises his previous book ‘Heaven and Earth’, which similarly questioned the ‘missing science’ behind the global warming scam.
Furthermore, in the letter which Ian has kindly provided to The Spectator Australia, the late Prince — who was never one to mince his words — described the wind turbines now blotting the landscapes globally as ‘monstrosities’.
Here is the letter from Windsor castle, dated 29 April 2018:
What a great question. As we can see, Prince Philip, a Patron of the Royal Geographical Society admired the work and writing of geologist Ian Plimer. In fact, the Prince attempted to invite Professor Plimer to London to address the Royal Society of Artists (RSA) on the topic of climate change.
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Read more: https://www.spectator.com.au/2021/04/prince-philip-climate-sceptic-already-spinning-in-his-grave/
Prince Philip also said some things I strongly disliked; he once expressed a desire to be re-incarnated as a deadly disease, to help deal with overpopulation. So despite his sensible views on renewable energy, it must be remembered he was also a man of great imperfections.
Nevertheless, I think Britons shall miss Philip’s quiet criticism of the green blight. The royals still have a lot of influence over British affairs, through their ability to influence the thinking of Britain’s elites. Prince Philip leaves behind two generations of fanatical climate activist royals, whom I fear will retard Britain’s painful journey back to energy policy sanity.
Update (EW): Link to prominent British politician Nigel Farage praising the service Prince Philip gave to Britain.
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My first thoughts are lets hope the queen outlives Charles, but then the realisation sets in that charlies son’s are equally as woke, if not woker and worse.
Prince Philip is The Steady Man, well mated to HRH that has set HER course and steered straight. The Zoomers and their spawn will never know such steadiness or such leaders or such good people.
Nigel Farange was interviewed yesterday and he said he had just been elected as a Member of the European Parliament, and had never met Prince Philip before, and after his election, he and about 30 others were invited to meet the Queen and Prince Philip, and when it came time for Nigel to speak to Prince Philip and shake his hand, Nigel said that Prince Philip said to him, “Oh, you’re that MEP guy”. And Nigel said, Yes, sir, I am, but I do not favor the UK being in the EU”. and Prince Philip said, with a big smile on his face, “I completely understand.”
GLAND, Switzerland, 9 April 2021 – WWF International expresses its condolences on the passing away today of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, at the age of 99. His Royal Highness served for many years as president of the global conservation organization and was WWF International’s president emeritus at the time of his death.
As president of WWF-UK (1961-1982) and as president of WWF International (1981-1996), following which he became president emeritus, a position he held to the day of his passing, Prince Philip promoted conservation issues at the highest government and corporate levels, dedicating his voice, position and influence to raise awareness and funds for environmental causes across more than 50 years.
“I think the important thing to remember is that it’s climate change and not just warming,” the prince said. “There are a whole lot of things that are being sort of disturbed, and it’s now not so easy to predict what’s going to happen.” Prince Philip said exploitation of oceans and forests, combined with demands of a growing world population, were contributing to climatic changes that were removing “great chunks of the food chain.” “We have to be more careful about waste and pollution,” he said. “We have to be more careful about what we are putting into the atmosphere,” he said. “And I think really in many places, people need to be more careful about the number of children they have.”
I see nothing wrong with any of those statements, and none are inconsistent with saying there is no climate crisis where we have (select a number) until it’s too late.
Phillip could thing, unlike his doofus of a son
Philip was one of the greats.
He mixed the importance of the role with wit, calling a spade a spade and publicly saying what everyone deep down really thought.
He honestly did not give a toss about your politically correct feelings and your fair trade soy bollocks.
Prince Philip was the Apex Anti-Woke.
Deeply missed.
Bring forth the real existential threat in Prince Charles.
He was the support for QEII
Amen. He was an intellectual purist. He made some faux pas’ And he spoke his mind, not some woke stupidity.
His daughter Princess Anne is also a climate sceptic.
Easily the sharpest member of the whole group, her BS meter was as sensitive as her fathers.
I don’t doubt for a second she was his favorite
I’ve never thought anything he said was meant in a sinister way, it was his sense of humour and that’s who he was. I’m Irish so I’m probably desensitised and hardened to that sort of thing.
At the end of the day, it’s all about me! 😉
He liked the ladies allegedly.
Still chasing fillies around the royal paddock 30 years ago apparently.
Sure. Because he was a climate skeptic all the wrongs of the Royal family can be forgotten? Do not forget they dark past. In fact if there was a group of people to be considered worst human beings, that would be Royals from Europe. In fact, they never renouced the actions of their families. On the contrary, they defend them.
Britain’s Aryan Brotherhood: The Royal Family – Pitchfork Cosmonaut
Please quote where anyone said anything remotely like “Because he was a climate skeptic all the wrongs of the Royal family can be forgotten”. Because if you can’t (and lets be completely honest: you can’t) then you are simply attacking a strawman of your own making.
It’s a shame that the late Prince Philip didn’t pass his climate skepticism on to his son Charles, who seems ready to jump on any green bandwagon that comes along, although he can afford to live a “green” life more than most of his subjects. But even without Charles being king, BoJo seems to be doing a great job destroying the British economy with “net zero carbon” goals, which would more than offset the benefits of Brexit.
For the British people, we have to say, “Long Live the Queen”.