Elton John blasts ‘relentless character assassination’ of Prince Harry and Meghan

He was responding to criticism over the royals’ holidays with three-month-old baby Archie to Spain and France, where they stayed at his villa

British media accused the couple of being hypocritical ‘eco warriors’ for flying on private jets while voicing environment and conservation concerns

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Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, greets Canadian producer David Furnish as British singer-songwriter Elton John speaks with Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Photo: Reuters

Published: 9:03am, 20 Aug 2019Updated: 9:03am, 20 Aug 2019

Elton John and Ellen DeGeneres spoke out on Monday in support of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, calling them a down-to-earth and hardworking couple who were being unfairly attacked by the media.

John recalled his friendship with Harry’s mother, the late Princess Diana, in a series of tweets in which he appealed to the press to stop the almost daily “relentless and untrue assassinations on their character”.

The Rocketman singer was responding to criticism in Britain over two recent holidays taken by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their three-month-old baby Archie to Spain, and to the south of France, where the couple stayed at John’s villa in Nice.

Britain’s Sun newspaper at the weekend blasted the royal couple – Queen Elizabeth’s grandson and his American wife, a former actress – as hypocritical “eco warriors” for flying on private jets despite voicing concerns over the environment and conservation.

John tweeted that he provided Harry and Meghan with a private jet to his home for security reasons but said a contribution was made to Carbon Footprint Ltd, which offsets carbon emissions by funding environmentally friendly projects.