King Charles called out for preaching green while sitting on illegal royal \u2018rubbish dump\u2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nKing Charles received criticism for promoting green while the royal family is surrounded in various scandals.<\/p>\n
Writing for The i Paper, <\/i>Julia Raeside pointed out how the monarch\u2019s new documentary Finding Harmony: A King\u2019s Vision a<\/i>bout climate crisis got lost in royal scandal storm.<\/p>\n
She noted that Charles has a hard job convincing people about his environmental message because of his lifestyle and the fact that it raises questions about his own environmental footprint.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt begs the question: who will listen to him?\u201d the expert penned. \u201cThere\u2019s cognitive dissonance between the sensible things being said and the fact they\u2019re being said by possibly one of the people least likely to appeal to the next generation of campaigners.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added, \u201cIt\u2019s impossible to separate the programme from its context. The cameras are pointing at King Charles because he\u2019s royal, but that status comes with an environmentally unfriendly amount of baggage. <\/p>\n
\u201cAside from the multiple flights he takes, and homes he lives in, there is also the case of the illegal rubbish dump in Wigan,\u201d she noted. <\/p>\n
The expert noted how local residents are frustrated as 25,000 tonnes of waste rot on land partly owned by the Duchy of Lancaster.<\/p>\n
The report revealed that a centuries-old law exempts the Duchy from clearing it but Raeside penned that promoting environmental care while the dump remains is deeply hypocritical.<\/p>\n
\u201cNevertheless, the King comes across well, expressing his passion for nature and philanthropic projects like Dumfries House in Scotland, a property he saved and put to local use, employing and training the next generation of traditional craftspeople.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Beyond the ridicule for talking to plants lies a committed environmentalist. \u2018He\u2019s got his feet very firmly on the ground and he knows what the ground is made of,\u2019 chips in one friend. But subjects unaware of his good works will just not be watching 90 minutes of royal puff on Prime Video,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wants to help, it\u2019s clear. But this long-winded plod through his speech archive and environmental projects, intercut with library footage of crop-dusting and factory conveyor belts, isn\u2019t the way to light up the next generation of activists.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery programme needs an audience, but I\u2019m struggling to work out who this documentary is aimed at. Finding Harmony: A King\u2019s Vision is now available in territories all over the world, but it\u2019s not clear who the target audience is beyond older people who like very long programmes about the Royal Family.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n