An off-air caught the queen’s irritation Elizabeth II for the inaction of many world leaders on the environment and the climate crisis.
Yesterday the sovereign was in Cardiff for the reopening ceremony of Welsh parliament. During an interview between the Queen, the Duchess of Cornwall Camilla and Elin Jones, president of parliament, a livestream caught Elizabeth’s outburst on Cop26 which will start on October 31st in Glasgow, Scotland: “I have heard about Cop26 and I still don’t know who will arrive. No idea. We only know about people who don’t come. It’s really irritating when they talk, but they don’t, ”the queen said.
Regarding the participants in the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, at the moment neither the Chinese Xi Jinping nor Russian Vladimir Putin confirmed their presence. These are two of the most polluting countries in the world. The presence of the Brazilian president is also uncertain Jair Bolsonaro and the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The British royal family has repeatedly shown that they are very sensitive to the issue of climate change. Also yesterday, talking to the Bbc, the Prince William has spoken out harshly against billionaires like Elon Musk And Jeff Bezos who, according to the prince, spend money on space tourism instead of focusing on Earth’s environmental problems. “The great minds of our world should think about devoting their energies to saving this planet and not about looking for another one to live in,” said the Duke of Cambridge.