Prince Harry said Donald Trump has ‘blood on his hands’ during hoax phone call, reports say
- Russian pranksters claim they tricked Harry into believing he was talking to environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg
- ‘The mere fact that Donald Trump is pushing the coal industry is so big in America, he has blood on his hands,’ Harry reportedly said
Russian pranksters on Wednesday said they duped Prince Harry into believing he was speaking to environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg, after The Sun newspaper gave details of hoax calls.
“It was us,” Vladimir “Voyan” Kuznetsov said in response to the British tabloid’s front-page report, which said the prince was duped into two chats with him and Alexei “Lexus” Solyarov.
The pair, known as “Vovan and Lexus”, have made a habit of fooling politicians and pop stars in prank calls.
Their previous victims include Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, pop icon Elton John and Prime Minister Boris Johnson himself when he was foreign secretary in 2018.
In the conversations, which took place in December and January, the prince was tricked into believing he was speaking to Thunberg and her father, Svante. The daily reported he gave his support to Thunberg and attacked US President Donald Trump for his stance on climate change.