Leo Knight explores the contrast between Prince Charles and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when it comes to their public statements on climate change, and the reality behind the scenes of how they actually do it. In this episode, we take a look at what Prince Charles actually did in the past two weeks, including a trip to Vienna, a visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, and a photo op with Greta Thunberg.
00:00:00.000In Davos, Switzerland last week, Prince Charles addressed the World Economic Forum and outlined a 10-point plan to help the global economy become more sustainable, including the imposition of green taxes and investing in environmentally friendly technologies.
00:00:23.480He also took time out for a photo-op with Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old darling of the left who hectares the world regularly on her view of climate change.
00:00:35.160Prince Charles, who, to be fair, has not come to that game lately.
00:00:40.700He has been pontificating for much of the last three decades on the subject.
00:00:45.240He doesn't seem to care that there's no evidence to support his position.
00:00:48.700But he soldiers on with mind-numbing logic.
00:00:53.460But then he left Princess Diana in favor of Camilla, so it could be said his judgment is questionable.
00:01:00.340But the worst part is the reality behind the scenes of how he acts versus what he says.
00:01:08.080So, let's look at what he actually did in the past two weeks.
00:01:12.900He was in Vienna, so he had an empty plane dispatched from Scotland to collect him.
00:01:20.940The plane then took the prince to Muscat in Oman, where the prince paid his respects to the new sultan of Oman.
00:01:28.300The plane then returned empty to its base in Vienna.
00:01:33.060Another plane was then dispatched from Luton, just north of London, to Muscat to collect the prince.
00:01:38.640Apparently, this all occurred because the crew of the original plane had exceeded their allowable flight hours.
00:01:46.500The new plane then flew the prince from Muscat to Sandringham to meet with the queen
00:01:52.860to discuss his wayward son Prince Harry's abdication of his duties by decamping to Vancouver Island with Meghan Markle.
00:02:01.980Prince Charles then took a helicopter 131 miles from Lasham Airfield to actually meet the queen in Norfolk.
00:02:10.900After the meeting, he took another helicopter from Norfolk 192 miles to Scotland
00:02:16.980and then jumped on another helicopter to Lasham Airfield, a distance of approximately 262 miles.
00:02:24.580From Scotland, he then jumped on a private flight to Davos.
00:02:29.820And after a photo-op with Clement Dullian of the left, Greta Thunberg, he then flew to Israel later the same day.
00:02:39.080In that period, empty planes flew more than 16,000 miles on errands for the prince.