Charles is the latest casualty of the environmental lobby. According to Sky News, the Prince has sparked controversy by flying to America to pick up an environmental citizen of the year award. The aptly named environmental campaign group ‘Plane Stupid’ accused the Prince of ‘green hypocrisy’. David Miliband, sensing an opportunity however misplaced to prove he is more green than David Cameron, suggested instead that the Prince should use video link to collect his award. In what I think was meant to be a joke Mililband asked, “or was it a particularly heavy award?”. Well, as Sky rightly points out the award ceremony is only one of another nine engagements the Prince is due to carry out in America. No doubt, he should fulfil these engagements over video phone too. Tony Blair also come under attack by nutty environmentalists a few weeks ago for not promising to give up flying for his holidays. This is getting a bit ridiculous.
