{"id":279083,"date":"2019-09-03T06:09:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T12:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1069817"},"modified":"2019-09-03T06:09:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T12:09:20","slug":"prince-harry-defends-flying-private-for-the-sake-of-meghan-markle-and-archies-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/prince-harry-defends-flying-private-for-the-sake-of-meghan-markle-and-archies-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry Defends Flying Private For the Sake of Meghan Markle and Archie&#8217;s Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201983\/rs_600x600-190903041418-600-Prince-Harry-Amsterdam-LT-090319-PAWire.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"36.802481902792\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"19.747673216132\">\n<p>Grab a seat and listen up:&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/prince_harry\">Prince Harry<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;has some things to say.<\/p>\n<p>While delivering&nbsp;a speech on Tuesday morning, the Duke of Sussex addressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1066052\/elton-john-slams-malicious-rumors-about-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-s-nice-vacation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>all<\/em> that backlash<\/a> surrounding his recent vacations&nbsp;with&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/meghan_markle\">Meghan Markle<\/a><\/strong>and son&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/archie_harrison\">Archie Harrison<\/a><\/strong> to Ibiza and Nice, in which the royal family flew private.&nbsp;&#8220;We can all do better,&#8221; the environmentally conscious Brit said. &#8220;And while no is perfect, we are all responsible for our individual impact. The question is what we do to balance it out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Currently in Amsterdam to announce the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B18ZPIGF8rz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">launch of Travalyst<\/a>, the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1057620\/meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-s-new-foundation-name-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sussex Royal Foundation<\/a>&nbsp;initiative, Harry&nbsp;came ready to face&nbsp;the naysayers head on.&nbsp;&#8220;I came here by commercial,&#8221;&nbsp;the 34-year-old revealed. &#8220;I spend 99 percent of my life traveling the world by commercial. Occasionally, there needs to be an opportunity based on a unique circumstance to ensure my family are safe and it&#8217;s genuinely as simple as that. But as I said in my speech, for me, it&#8217;s about balance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"54.682926829268\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"7.4146341463415\">\n<p>Of course,&nbsp;the cheeky, red headed royal had some jokes prepared too. &#8220;Having spent last night here,&#8221; he told the audience, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know about you guys but it was definitely the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1041224\/prince-harry-gushes-over-baby-archie-during-children-s-hospital-visit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">best nights&#8217; sleep<\/a> I&#8217;ve had for the last 4 months!&#8221; (Sorry Archie!)<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"52.526184538653\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"7.9451371571072\">\n<p>Earlier this summer, the Duke and Duchess\u2014who plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1060719\/here-s-exactly-how-many-kids-prince-harry-wants-to-have-with-meghan-markle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">only have two children<\/a> for the sake of the planet\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1067087\/prince-william-and-kate-middleton-fly-commercial-amid-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-private-jet-drama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">came under fire<\/a> for taking a private jet to&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/elton_john\">Elton John<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s home in Nice.&nbsp;The duo were&nbsp;&nbsp;of spending public money&nbsp;and&nbsp;adding to the carbon footprint by not choosing a commercial airline.<\/p>\n<p>But as&nbsp;the criticism flooded in, the&nbsp;&#8220;Rocketman&#8221; singer took to social media to shut down&nbsp;the haters.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57.940384615385\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"10.534615384615\">\n<p>In a lengthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B1WdU9tDdsy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> post, he&nbsp;revealed he and husband <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/david_furnish\">David Furnish<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;not only paid for the trip but also made a donation to balance out the extra carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To maintain a high level of much-needed protection, we provided them with a private jet flight,&#8221; the superstar explained. &#8220;I highly respect and applaud both Harry and Meghan&#8217;s commitment to charity and I&#8217;m calling on the press to cease these relentless and untrue assassinations on their character that are spuriously crafted on an almost daily basis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"36.28432563791\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"17.453219927096\">\n<p>Soon, more stars&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1066175\/ellen-degeneres-and-more-celebs-speak-out-in-defense-of-meghan-markle-and-prince-harry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stepped up to the royals&#8217; defense<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/ellen_degeneres\">Ellen DeGeneres<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;hailed the couple as &#8220;compassionate&#8221; while recalling&nbsp;her and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/portia_de_rossi\">Portia De Rossi<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s conversation&nbsp;with the duo.&nbsp;&#8220;Portia and I met Prince Harry and Meghan in England to talk about their work on wildlife conservation,&#8221; the Emmy winner&nbsp;wrote.&nbsp;&#8220;They were the most down-to-earth, compassionate people. Imagine being attacked for everything you do, when all you&#8217;re trying to do is make the world better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And later,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/pink\">Pink<\/a><\/strong> took to twitter to stand with her&nbsp;fellow A-listers. &#8220;I&#8217;m happy to see people coming to the defense of The Duke and Duchess of Sussex,&#8221; she&nbsp;wrote. &#8220;The way people treat her is the most public form of bullying I have seen in a while. It&#8217;s out of control. Let&#8217;s all be a bit kinder, huh? Let&#8217;s show our children that it&#8217;s cool to be kind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1069817\/prince-harry-defends-flying-private-for-the-sake-of-meghan-markle-and-archie-s-safety?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! 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While delivering&nbsp;a speech on Tuesday morning, the Duke of Sussex addressed all that backlash surrounding his recent vacations&nbsp;with&nbsp;Meghan Markleand son&nbsp;Archie Harrison to Ibiza and Nice, in which the royal family flew private.&nbsp;&#8220;We can all do better,&#8221; the environmentally conscious Brit said. &#8220;And while no [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-24 18:21:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}