Our green royals - saving the planet one helicopter ride at a time | Marina Hyde

The Queen, Charles and William have hit out at those who are all talk on the climate crisis. One has to wonder who they meanI understand why they go out, "but it isn't helpful to do it in a way that alienates people," explained Prince Charles of Insulate Britain, in an interview this week in which he also revealed, somewhat alienatingly, that he'd had his Aston Martin converted to run on "surplus English white wine and whey from the cheese process".At long last, a line to eclipse Ed Begley Jr's from an old episode of The Simpsons, in which the actor explains that his preferred vehicle is "a go-kart, powered by my own sense of self-satisfaction". A deeply committed environmental activist, Begley has always been able to take the piss out of himself - a pastime you sense has never been top or even bottom of Prince Charles's to-do list. Or, in fact, of the to-do list of the many, many servants who do for him in his many, many residences.Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...