Queen Elizabeth didn’t mention Prince Harry in her big COP26 video

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Queen Elizabeth recorded a video message for COP26, the climate conference taking place in Glasgow this week. She’s skipping the conference because she is tired and unwell, and her doctors want her to rest. But they still made her put on a green dress and perform a speech to video, and the video was shown at last night’s reception for world leaders. Prince Charles, Camilla, William and Kate were all at the reception in person, and everyone had to stop what they were doing to watch the Queen’s video. The big headline at the Daily Mail is that the Queen didn’t mention Harry.

The Queen failed to mention Prince Harry as she used her powerful plea to world leaders over the climate crisis to praise Prince Philip and gush over Prince Charles and Prince William for carrying on her late husband’s work to protect ‘our fragile planet’. Royal watchers have said the decision not to namecheck her environmentalist grandson while addressing COP26 last night was a ‘glaring’ omission because the Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan are so vocal about green issues.

In a pre-recorded message for delegates in Glasgow last night, Her Majesty spoke with unusual candour of her pride in her family and their stance on the environment – from ‘my dear late husband’, the Duke of Edinburgh, to her son the Prince of Wales and grandson the Duke of Cambridge.

The Queen said: ‘It is a source of great pride to me that the leading role my husband played in encouraging people to protect our fragile planet lives on through the work of our eldest son Charles and his eldest son William. I could not be more proud of them.’

She included a poignant nod to her advancing years, saying many involved in the Glasgow summit – including herself – would not see the fruits of their actions, adding: ‘None of us will live for ever.’ But she stressed: ‘We are doing this not for ourselves but for our children and our children’s children, and those who will follow in their footsteps.’

As his relationship with his British family remains strained because of repeated potshots from the US, Prince Harry and Meghan have also been vocal about the need for action on climate change but are yet to give a statement as politicians and business leaders gather in Glasgow to thrash out a deal. The couple have also been branded hypocrites for their use of private jets as well as their recent decision to publicly and financially back an ‘ethical’ Wall Street fund that invests in oil and gas.

[From The Daily Mail]

Okay? I’m sure it probably stung Harry a little bit to hear his beloved grandmother blank him in an important speech, but generally speaking, were people expecting QEII to name-check Harry? Besides, Harry doesn’t *need* his grandmother to acknowledge his environmental bona fides. Travalyst has big corporate partners now, he still has years of conservation work under his belt, and he’s still focused on environmentalism as one of his signature issues.

Mostly, I just think the video was an opportunity for the Queen to reassert her capability – while she might be physically frail at the moment, she’s still able to perform these kinds of tasks.

Her Maj was also seen driving a car around Windsor yesterday:

Evening Reception to Mark the Opening Day of the Cop26 Summit

Photos courtesy of Buckingham Palace, Instar Images.

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  1. Genevieve says:

    I grew up in a British-Canadian family, raised to basically love her. Now I am just done. On a side note, I wonder why they pixelled out her license plate number. Are they concerned we might look up her address? lol

    • Betsy says:

      I thought that was kind of silly too. I wonder what else can be gleaned from a license number. Because we know her addresses pretty well. Those palaces aren’t hard to find.

      • Jaded says:

        They always do that, it’s a privacy thing — knowing her license plate number would be catnip for terrorists.

      • Agreatreckoning says:

        That’s true Jaded. It brings up the question why the license plate wasn’t pixelated out of the Cambridge’s airport pictures. The pictures might be pixelated now. The originals showed the number. There’s still a part of me that believes they wanted those pictures seen after the Earthshot ceremony since that Audi SUV was a hybrid. A Keenshot. And, for what it’s worth, people I know in the car business that are accustomed to me asking random questions, said the vehicles H & M have been accused of being “gas guzzlers” are actually hybrids too after showing them pictures.

  2. Eurydice says:

    If you’re not in the RF, you don’t exist. An easy rule, so there’s no hand-wringing about “should I, shouldn’t I.”

    And what are the “repeated potshots” coming from the US? Do they have the Oprah interview on a loop?

    • Chloe says:

      Since they can’t stop mentioning it they might.

      I have to hand it to them though. Its a good bit of rewriting history because the only people that keep taking shots are the royal family. Meghan hasn’t mentioned these people since march. MARCH and harry hasn’t mentioned them since may, when the MYCS dropped. Yet every week we hear how william/kate/charles/ the queen feels about harry and meghan.

    • Jasper says:

      The projection from the DM with that statement. Geez!
      We have a climate crisis on our hands, but yeah look at how the queen didn’t mention one of her grandsons.

      • Amy Too says:

        I’m pretty sure she just mentioned who was there at COP26 since those are the people that everyone at COP26 will be dealing with and talking to. She’s building them up so that the world leaders who are there feel less like “huh, why is William here? Do I really have to talk to him? Is anything going to come from talking to him?” The Queen is saying “yes, these 2 guys are my representatives at this conferences and I am proud of them and I support them, you should deal with them and take them seriously.” It also gives a little ego boost to Charles and William to hear the Queen name check them and it might even give William a little kick in the pants to pay attention while he’s there, not embarrass the Queen, and take it seriously. Harry wasn’t there. If he was, I bet he would’ve gotten a mention.

      • superashes says:

        Amy, that is what I think as well.

  3. Noki says:

    Well maybe because Harry is no longer a working royal. She doesnt name check any other grandkids in her speeches for various topics.

    • Amy T says:

      This. It was an official speech and she cited the successors who will be tasked with dealing with what she was addressing. Nothing to see here.

      • GraceB says:

        You’re right, but as usual, the press have taken the opportunity to twist it. Everything can be twisted and distorted to fit whatever narrative they someone is trying to sell.

    • MMadison says:

      If the Daily Fail doesn’t mention Harry nobody would know that the Queen spoke at the event.

      • Myra says:

        That’s a fair point. It’s pretty standard now to expect Harry and Meghan to be mentioned when the media reports on the royals. None of them exists otherwise. It’s the royal version of the tree falling in the forest.

      • Alexandria says:

        If the Daily Fail and the rest of the tabloids don’t mention Harry and Meghan, they can’t exist.

    • anotherlily says:

      Yes this is the reason and even if he were still part of The Firm she probably wouldn’t have mentioned him. That last family Christmas in 2019 was designed to promote the Cambridges. Harry and Meghan were not invited and neither were Princess Anne’s children and their families. There were no other young children to take attention away from George and Charlotte as they were paraded for the press and pushed into engaging with the public. It was obvious and embarrassing.

      There was also the string of announcements about ‘exciting ‘ new projects for the Cambridges which turned out to be the Earthshot prize and the 5 big questions thing. As the pandemic took hold William was being promoted as the new leader of the RF. He would be ‘stepping up ‘ and taking a place on the world stage as a ‘statesman’. None of this has happened. Charles and Camilla are clearly the leaders and the Cambridges are still apprentices.

      • Fawsia says:

        Girl, Harry and his family lew to Canada 2019! Everyone else in the family was there!

      • anotherlily says:

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      • anotherlily says:

        @ Fawsia – invitations for the Sandringham Christmas are finalised months in advance. Everyone was not there. Princess Anne’s children and grandchildren stayed at home.

        In November it was announced that the Sussexes would be celebrating Thanksgiving with Meghan’s mother. A further announcement was that they would be taking a six week break.

    • anotherlily says:

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    • BlondieR says:

      What?? That’s just logic Noki! Daily Mail don’t have time for that!!!

    • Myjobistoprincess says:

      I’m not offended either. Harry wants to be out and so he is out. She doesnt mention him, and he doesnt want her to mention him either. He does his own and so does she. And life goes on.

    • Prairiegirl says:

      100% this is much ado about nothing

    • pottymouth pup says:

      that’s what I was thinking. there could have been criticism for including H&M as being part of the royal efforts to combat climate change (HA!) as the firm has run them out of the family and they’re actually doing work whereas the rest of them don’t seem to be doing much

  4. NCDancer says:

    I don’t think Harry would care. He is not a working royal and is making his way on his own. Now I do think the palace staff who wrote that thought for sure they were doing something and ran to the media to say “look what we did.”

    • Noki says:

      Yes this is exactly it!!! Its the courtiers and communications team who seem to get giddy about making Harry the constant black sheep. I also wouldnt be surprised if they get their ques and encourangement from William.

    • BABSORIG says:

      @NCDancer, that and the fact that Harry is aware that his granny don’t write her own speeches. So, the person that wrote the speech blanked Harry out. The queen just read what someone else wrote.

  5. ModeratelyWealthy says:

    People act like TQ personally writes her speeches and that Harry is still a working royal…

    Come on! Some men in grey aligned with Charles wrote this speech and Elizabeth, who has been on automatic for quite some time now, just read what was given to her.

    I will not try to be fair with these people because they are the worst, but from their standpoint, once Harry has left the Firm, he is not to be given any “screentime” . I am starting to wonder if Chaz, ever the spiteful, plans on forever holding himself emotionally from Harry as some kind of punishment because there is no Dukedom of Edimburgh to take from him away.

    • Tris says:

      I like that there is an edit right at the moment she *doesn’t* mention Harry. Like she was reading out loud, and then said, “What the hell? Why don’t we mention my darling Harry here?” and then have to edit around that. hahaha

  6. Sofia says:

    I think she wanted to say “working royals” only so no Harry. Plus it was most likely written by her courtiers who knew this (or maybe they wanted to be petty so purposely didn’t mention Harry). So she’s just reading what she’s being given with no real thought about what she’s saying.

    • Ginger says:

      Exactly. All of her speeches and announcements are from her courtiers. Not her. She just reads what is given to her. And of course her staff went to the tabloids to say the Queen dissed Harry.

  7. Scal says:

    She only mentioned the eldest heirs. She didn’t mention Anne, Edward, or Andrew either. Edward has done climate stuff to. None of the other grandkids.

    I think this is a mountain out of a molehill.

  8. Feebee says:

    There wasn’t the need to mention Harry, besides She’s all about the heirs. That’s the message the firm wants out there and she’s obliging.

    • Merricat says:

      Exactly. This was about emphasizing the line of succession, stressing continuity for the monarchy.

      • Alexandria says:

        @merricat funny that they want to do that but somehow also can’t get over the fact that Harry chose out and they keep saying he’s disrespecting the continuity and stability of the monarchy. He’s not an heir and there are other backups for god’s sake. They keep saying Harry should come back and help Dumb and Dumber but the same narrative has never been raised for Charles and his siblings. Can’t they just concentrate on the senior royals and stop dragging the Sussexes in? Can’t they just show stability by moving on and doing their usual PR royal work WITHOUT having to mention the Sussexes? guess not!

  9. C-Shell says:

    “The couple have also been branded hypocrites for their use of private jets as well as their recent decision to publicly and financially back an ‘ethical’ Wall Street fund that invests in oil and gas.”

    This is astounding. When the global and social media have been all over PC flying to Rome and back to Glasgow via private jet, and there are billboards in Glasgow pointing to both PC and PWT as eco hypocrites for their immense carbon footprint. H&M are private citizens and, even though not called upon to issue a statement for COP26, they have been recognized everywhere in the past couple of weeks for their impactful actions and words to world leaders about vaccination equity and family leave. Obviously driving the Incandescent One and the BM insane that they aren’t getting comparable attention. Not even close.

    • FC says:

      Ugh, can we all just agree to drop the private jet argument? If we complain about one, we have to complain about them all, and it takes away from the actual work they are capable of accomplishing. I agree it’s hypocritical, but do you honestly expect world leaders to travel any other way? Politicians and rich people (H&M, Charles, Cambridges, etc) have a massive platform and can do a lot of good with their influence when they follow through on environmental initiatives (see Travelist, New Green Deal, etc.).

      Also just waiting for the BM to call the Queen woke…

      • C-Shell says:

        Maybe you meant the broader “you”?

        I support the use of private transportation for a number of reasons, especially for security reasons — particularly in light of the violence we’re seeing on commercial flights now. Private jet travel can be and is done with less impact when fractional shares/ownership and literally sharing a jet to and from common destinations, carbon offsets, etc. are employed. Harry has done so.

      • FC says:

        I’m sure there are nuances that can make these trips more eco-friendly, but how do we know Charles doesn’t use them too? Maybe he shared his jet on the way to the summit? And how do we know that Harry has employed these tactics, and if so how frequently?

        The point is there is just so much we don’t know and will never know. What we do know is the message, which is a worthy enough reason to not discredit the entire trip with basic hypocrite language.

      • Sunday says:

        Fair enough, but I think all the private planes and motorcades and the like just point out how idiotic this entire conference setup is (not to mention there’s still a raging pandemic out there, can’t wait for the COP variant). So far all I’ve seen from this conference is speech after speech after speech about how “we” really need to do something, won’t somebody think of the children, we’re keen to go green etc, with little to no actual action. If the organizers really cared about the planet rather than just hearing themselves speak, they would have coordinated a virtual conference (sort of like the Global Citizen concert) and cut out the need for private planes completely.

      • Becks1 says:

        No, its a valid argument. Both things can be true at once – Charles has been an environmental activist for decades, AND he has a huge carbon footprint, primarily due to his private jet usage. Those are facts and we should be able to discuss both aspects of that. We can absolutely look at his travel and say, well was that necessary? Did he need to fly from the UK to Rome and then to Glasgow in the span of a few days? Did he need to fly by private jet?

        And official travel aside, Charles uses private jets for the majority of his personal travel, and the rest of the royals use the private helicopters WAY too much.

        It is absolutely okay to talk about Charles’ work AND one huge glaring area where he can do so much better.

        And finally – again – this would not be half the issue it is for many of us except that the royals decided two years ago to make an “issue” about Harry’s private jet usage. The british tabloid press may do their bidding and not look at the other royals but the rest of the world does not.

      • C-Shell says:

        @Becks1 — exactly, and very well said.

        My original point, apparently ineptly put, is the *DM’s* blatant targeting of H&M when many eyes, globally, have been trained on the carbon footprint created, specifically, by Charles and William in recent days.

        Charles has credentials, and his use of private transportation for official business (and even unofficial, as the future head of state) isn’t going to do serious damage to his reputation. William’s (and Kate’s) regular use of their private helicopter for personal travel (because they serve very little official purpose) is glaring and might do some real damage to their credibility over time.

      • BC says:

        No I think the private jet argument is still legit to use. It’s hypocritical to tell the average citizen to save when they are not using half the resources the uber wealthy use. I say this to all, not just the Sussexes. This is why it is tough being an environmentally friendly celebrity. The size of the carbon footprint for the uber wealthy is just so much more than the average citizen. Things like carbon neutral private airplanes is bunk, and we all know that. I mean it’s not like your private plane trip did not use a ton of resources, no matter how you try to offset it. Actually, I personally think all the offsetting carbon is crap. It’s just to make people feel less guilty. We all kind of do it. I had my tiny Prius riding the DC beltway and thought I offset my styrofoam Dunkin coffee run with it.
        It’s hard for the political or in the royals case “pseudo” politicians too, as they use more than the average person too. Very few leaders truly walk this walk. One is our current President, Joe Biden. He spent decades training it up from DC to Delaware, and as a person who lived here all my adult life, I’ll tell you it’s a lot easier to drive, especially when he was doing it.
        I personally find Travalyst kind of odd too. Cause do we really need money spent on finding eco-friendly vacations or in their case having a standard system showing how much resource your trip expends? It should be kind of obvious. The more people sharing resources the better. I did read up on Travalyst by the way. When Visa and Booking.com are your sponsors, and you tell me it’s for the environment and it’s altruistic, I kind of laugh a little as it seems like just branding to me. The most effective ways to help the environment seems to work with countries, cities, states, universities and big corporations and make their centers of business use a smaller footprint, with electric buses, solar and wind energy, etc. I think the problem is we spend far too much focusing on the individual which is nice but it’s small potatoes in comparison. Just trying to do the other especially with countries is harder.
        That being said this article about no Harry mention is ridiculous. Why would she. He is out of the royal firm. It would be odd if he was mentioned in what is obviously a royal post, not a family post.

      • Agreatreckoning says:

        @ C-Shell & Becks1, agree. To me, it’s the blatant pointing of H & M’s & even Charles use of private jets by certain media that is mind boggling. Will & Kate’s seems to be minimized. Let’s say-with their new tans-they went to Mustique. If they flew on a private jet they could fly directly to Mustique, I believe. If they flew commercial, they would need to fly to St. Lucia or another island and then fly to Mustique on a private jet. It’s hypocritical to complain about some people’s use of private jets/flying in general and not others. It was the post on Harry’s private jet to the Colorado charity polo match I shared the following link.
        https://www.forbes.com/sites/douggollan/2019/08/22/private-jet-travel-is-greener-than-you-think/?sh=549b658d6745

        It’s just really fascinating in an investigative/curious way how the Future Future Nothing Burger King & Future Future Nothing Burger Queen Consort’s actions are over looked in comparison. If that makes sense.

        The Queen not mentioning Harry isn’t a big deal. She didn’t write the speech. Mentioning Harry could bring up conversations about the Botsentinel investigation that made some major, reputable headlines. That would bring up some questions. Wonder if Will congratulated any of the Italian attendees on their UEFA Euro championship.

  10. Maria says:

    Harry isn’t involved in this at all so I’m not surprised she wouldn’t mention him.
    This is just the Fail trying to stir up more negative attention for the Sussexes by creating drama that doesn’t exist and get people to scream at them for being hypocrites.
    I see this as her endorsing the Heirs as her representatives working for climate change, Harry is not working on her behalf now so he’s not really part of this.
    Make no mistake, I think she can be very petty but I don’t think that’s part of this,

  11. Merricat says:

    Lol, how tiny they are, this former empire and its government press.

  12. MellyMel says:

    Eh…he’s not an heir and I think that’s who she was wanting to praise. Honestly don’t think Harry cares about it.

  13. Becks1 says:

    Harry is not a working royal, AND he was not in attendance at the conference. It made sense that she name-checked the ones who were actually at the conference.

    He doesn’t need his grandmother to validate his environmental work.

  14. Nyro says:

    I love how literally everything they do now ends up being about Harry and Meghan.😂

  15. Amy Bee says:

    Harry’s not a working member of the Royal Family so why is the Daily Mail surprised that the Queen didn’t mention him? The Royal Family’s objective is to reassert their place in the world and to promote those who are working royals. I’m not sure Harry was expecting to play any part in COP26 so why would he be upset that he wasn’t mentioned? And why is the Daily Mail, expecting him to put out a statement? It’s either the press doesn’t want to hear from him or they do, the press can’t have it both ways.

  16. mariahlee says:

    Nearly 2 years since they stepped back, and H&M are still the main characters. It’s been nearly 2 months since they’ve even been seen in public lol

  17. MsIam says:

    The Daily Mail is such a bitch. Jeez!

  18. Huh? says:

    I love the way they always try to include Meghan on this eco warrior stance when she’s never come out and spoken on these issues. I think at this stage Harry knows who and what he’s dealing with when it comes to his “family” I’m happy the Queen didn’t acknowledge him, Harry is doing what he’s doing in his own right and doesn’t need the help of this degenerate PR motivated family in order to continue the work he’s already done I the past and currently ie; brining awareness to what’s going on in the Okavango Delta. This whole Summit for the royals is nothing more than PR and to see who’s deep pockets they can get into.

  19. Cessily says:

    I really fail to see what good this family does for anyone but themselves.

  20. LightPurple says:

    The Daily Mail needs to sit itself down. This summit is about world leaders fixing the world and family matters are irrelevant. She named her two immediate successors as she talked about the purpose of the summit being preserving the world for the future. The two she named are the immediate future of her country, what she leaves behind. Harry is way down the line at this point, after Louis, and she didn’t name Louis or George or Charlotte either. Nor did she name three of her kids or her other grandchildren. Whatever her many faults may be, she was doing her job and focusing on the important issue at hand.

    And lovely butterfly brooch.

  21. lanne says:

    So the real message here is that if the Daily “Seeg Heil” doesn’t mention Harry or Meghan, the story gets no traction. Got it.

  22. Harla says:

    The BRF never misses an opportunity to be petty.

  23. Mads says:

    So says the woman who used her privilege to evade Scottish green laws. Windsor family constant air travel, helicopter rides, and plane stunts. The unmitigated gall of her!

    I am so sick of this Windsor hypocritical proselytizing. Actually lead by example for once. Start by complying with existing climate laws on all your properties. Perhaps even hold a higher standard rather than none at all. Don’t just attend another self aggrandizing soirée.

    Poor United Kingdom. It’s not fair you have to be taxed for these ridiculous people. You really don’t need them.

  24. Mslove says:

    Of course the press is going to mention Harry, they need to drum up some drama to make the boring royals more interesting.

  25. Maria says:

    Given how obsessively people and RR’s pick apart things like photos/namechecks/whatever whenever the Queen does anything, at this point I just wish she would troll everyone and have a photo of Spongebob on her desk for the Christmas speech or something.

  26. L4frimaire says:

    Biased and bitter much Daily Fail? Tell us how you really feel about Harry. What are these continual potshots from Harry that they are talking about? They wish but get nothing instead. Also, this narrative that Harry and Meghan are these vocal environmentalists is honestly not true. They care about the environment and conservation, but that has never been their main focus or platform, even with Harry’s Travalyst initiative, whose main focus is the travel industry. This whole eco-warrior thing is a false flag to rile up people anytime Harry, especially Meghan, get on a plane, especially a private jet. 400 private jets at this farce of a conference in Glasgow but sure, go after Harry who isn’t even there. Every article about the royals does not need to mention Harry and Meghan, but for some reason it does. The Fail is a sick joke and hateful propaganda machine.

    • Agreatreckoning says:

      + higher than I can count

      There is no continual potshoting from H & M. Unless, the DM and the rest of the sickos see that not being able to evoke a response from the Duke & Duchess of Sussex as a potshot? Is this where the paid trolls claims of Will being bullied because the Sussex Squad (and a lot of media) ignored his Earthshot ceremony came from? That’s some Fatal Attraction shite.

  27. Merricat says:

    It has been nearly two years since Harry left the royal family and took his wife and child with him, but there is no “news” that doesn’t include the Sussexes in some way. That’s kind of pathetic, considering they were declared “irrelevant” by the press and royal family.

  28. diana says:

    Yeah this isn’t really that big of a deal. He’s not involved in this.

  29. AmelieOriginal says:

    She name dropped Charles and William because they were both at the conference. She didn’t mention any of her other family members who have been advocates for climate change, not sure who else that may have been but I feel like Anne who basically shows up to everything probably has done some of that work too. Not mentioning Harry or Meghan isn’t really the snub the media thinks it is.

    I was more interested in the picture of Philip with a million butterflies and her butterfly pin. I researched the story behind the butterflies in the photo and the brooch itself so I know the story behind them. But I wonder what made her want to go with the butterfly theme, apart from butterflies being environment related. It’s a nice photo.

  30. Emerald Crystal says:

    I have never liked that woman, especially after the way Princess Diana was treated and then Meghan and even her own grandson Harry. She should remember that she wouldn’t be Queen if it weren’t for another divorced American woman who stole her Uncle’s heart and gave her father the castle keys. Also, who owns the Daily Mail? Is it that troll who pushes the right wing conspiracy theories and started Fox (not real) News? Rupert Murdoch, I think that’s his name.

  31. Dierski says:

    Why tf is she driving a car right now?

  32. Lizzie says:

    She ain’t called petty Betty for nothing.

  33. Mrs.Krabapple says:

    The royal family involves everything that is causing harm to the environment: multiple large houses; multiple vehicles; constant travel by car, plane, and helicopter; bringing a retinue of people every where they go, etc.

    Sure, “save the environment” sounds great, as long as it doesn’t actually disrupt the lavish lifestyle of the royals, who contribute more than their fair share of emissions. I am sick of hearing a member of the royal family talk about (or worse, TAKE CREDIT FOR) environmental activism.

  34. blunt talker says:

    Prince Harry no longer works for the FIRM-he is not an heir to the throne-he does not live in the UK-the queen not mentioning his name doesn’t bother anyone but the SATAN SHITSTAINS-on daily mail-peace out