Harry to Russian YouTubers: Trump ‘has blood on his hands’
Prince Harry was allegedly duped by Russian pranksters during two recent phone calls in which the Duke of Sussex discussed climate change, his decision to step down from royal duties, climate change and Prince Andrew.
In the recordings, which were obtained by the U.K. tabloids The Daily Mail and The Sun, Russian YouTubers Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov reached out to Prince Harry while posing as teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg and her father.
Prince Harry reportedly said President Donald Trump has “blood on his hands” for pushing the interests of the coal industry, adding: “Trump will want to meet you to make him look better, but he won’t want to have a discussion about climate change with you because you will outsmart him.”
Kuznetsov and Stolyarov also prompted the prince to open up about his decision with wife Meghan to step down from their royal duties.
“Sometimes the right decision isn’t always the easy one,” the prince reportedly said. “And this decision certainly wasn’t the easy one, but it was the right decision for our family, the right decision to be able to protect my son. And I think there’s a hell of a lot of people around the world that can identify and respect us for putting our family first.”
On Prince Andrew, who has stepped back from public duties as a member of the royal family over his relationship with the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, Harry said: “I have very little to say on that. But whatever he has done or hasn’t done is completely separate from me and my wife.”
Previous targets of the pranksters include Elton John, Joaquin Phoenix and Bernie Sanders.