Even Liz Truss is trying to give King Charles III a hand, but if the new monarch isn’t careful, the climate apocalypse will be a localised cataclysm centred upon his reign.
While it is likely that the King and his family have a genuine desire to use their limited powers to ‘save the planet’ from what they believe to be an imminent man-made catastrophe, they will have to sate their passions in a way that does not involve globalist lobbying groups.
After a bit of sensible advice from the equally new Prime Minister Liz Truss, the King will not be attending UN love-fest Cop27. His son, the Prince of Wales, has similarly been told to keep his distance.
‘With mutual friendship and respect there was agreement that the King would not attend,’ read the message from the Palace. This, at least, should demonstrate to those diminishing republicans that the Crown is largely subservient to Parliament.
‘The Palace and the Government considered separately, and then agreed jointly, that … he is not going to be attending Cop,’ added a diplomatic government source.
Cop27 is a political event – and a contentious one at that.
Radical environmentalism with collectivist leanings has become a dividing ideology among the classes, particularly in the UK where energy poverty caused by renewables activism is an urgent matter for Parliament.
Truss is facing the serious prospect of binning Net Zero. It would be inappropriate for the Crown to have an opinion, let alone make speeches on an international stage, endorsing the policy against the decision of Parliament.
Any comments that the King and his family make regarding Net Zero or Climate Change are, by definition, political.
The King has also backed away from a speech he planned to give in Egypt next month as part of the Cop27 prelude. This is a departure from the dangerous path that the Queen took in addressing Cop26, a stunt she got away with because of her carefully established reputation. Just. Charles has no such public goodwill to burn on his lifelong pet project.
These near misses are likely teething issues for a man who has spent a lifetime in expectation of the Throne, but who was largely left to indulge his passions unimpeded. It may only be dawning on him now that his Net Zero life is gone.
Prince William is as green-eyed as his father, with the pair yet to fully comprehend the saturation of politics draped over the environment. If they want to carry on being eco-warriors they can, but only if they go it alone by planting trees, funding scholarships, or expanding the preservation of wilderness areas under the Crown’s protection.
Learning absolutely nothing from the fall of conservatism to the bulldozer of Net Zero, Tobias Ellwood, Chair of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee and the former Conservative MP for Bournemouth East (who now sits as an Independent after the Boris confidence motion), tweeted:
‘I hope common sense will prevail. King Charles is a globally respected voice on the environment and Climate Change. His attendance would add serious authority to the British delegation. Can we really go from hosting Cop26 to benching soft power at Cop27?’
Ellwood has about as much commonsense as a Teal. Fortunately, the King appears to be taking advice from the Prime Minister, not wet MPs.
After foolishly launching the World Economic Forum’s Great Reset on a Royal website, Charles III has many political sins to atone for. His former life particularly offended members of the conservative public, whose support he needs to safeguard the Crown. Courting the favour of Marxists and billionaires will get him nowhere.
He can never again suggest a ‘military-style campaign to marshal the strength of the global private sector’ or long for ‘fundamental economic transition’. Nor can he suggest taking a ‘war-like footing’ while talking up apocalyptic rhetoric that is pushed largely for the commercial profit of mining companies and manufacturers.
King Charles III works for the people. He does not exist to protect them from imagined existential threats, but to guard against the very real threat of dictatorial Parliaments.
