Prince Andrew: Expert discusses impact on Royal Family

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Prince Andrew, 61, is believed to have spent 10 days at Balmoral in Scotland in the company of his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson. And he is said to have taken three Land Rovers with him to use during his stay. 

The Daily Mail’s diary editor Richard Eden claimed the convoy of cars travelled 1,020-mile on a round trip from the Royal Lodge in Windsor, where the Duke of York lives, to Deeside in Scotland.

All three vehicles, the commentator added, belonged to Andrew and carried his personalized number plates.

One of the cars reportedly taken to Scotland by the Duke of York was a new petrol-powered Land Rover Defender, costing more than £53,000.

The second car was a Land Rover Discovery, with a price tag higher than £51,000. 

The third vehicle was a petrol-electric hybrid Range Rover, which costs approximately £115,000.

A friend of the Duke appeared to be baffled by the move.

They told the Daily Mail: “It doesn’t seem very eco-friendly. It’s not clear why he needed three cars.”

During his private visit to Scotland, Andrew was photographed behind the wheel of a Range Rover, while the Duchess of York was sitting in the rear seat. 

Buckingham Palace did not respond to Express.co.uk’s request for comment.

Prince Andrew’s convoy appears to clash with Prince Charles’s, 72, work aiming to stave off the climate change crisis and appeals to business leaders to go green.

On Saturday, the Prince of Wales challenged British business bosses to join world leaders in a battle against climate change.

He wrote in the Mail: “We now have no alternative – we have to do all we possibly can in the short time left to us to avoid the enormous climate catastrophe that has already begun to show its face in the most terrifying ways.” 

With a sense of urgency, the future king added there is still time to address the climate crisis, “but only just”.

In January, Prince Charles launched Terra Carta, an initiative aiming to provide “a practical roadmap for acceleration towards an ambitious and sustainable future”.

The Queen’s heir wants leading business leaders to sign up to his charter and commit to putting sustainability at the heart of their work.

In his latest heartfelt appeal, the Prince of Wales also mentioned the natural disasters which have recently devastated various corners of the earth, including the wildfires in Greece. 

Recalling his late father Prince Philip was born in the Mediterranean country and he still feels a fascination and affection for Greece, Prince Charles wrote: “It has been heartbreaking to see the devastating fires affecting Greece, Turkey, and now Italy which has just recorded Europe’s highest ever temperature.

“It has been truly the stuff of nightmares to see the once blue skies above the Peloponnese, Attica and the island of Evia turn a bright orange as mile after mile of the country’s famed landscape and over 100,000 hectares of forest and farmland have been swallowed up by ferocious flames, causing the tragic loss of life, injury and the widespread destruction of so many peoples’ homes and livelihoods.

“I have heard reports recently from British firefighters who rushed there to help who say they have never seen such fires.

“I can only imagine that their colleagues battling to bring the fires under control in California and from the west coast to the prairies in Canada would say the same. 

“I have lost count of the number of weather-related disasters that have hit so many countries across the Commonwealth and beyond.”

Issuing a stark warning after mentioning recent hurricanes, earthquakes and floods, Prince Charles added: “Our planet is in crisis and, no matter where you are, no country is immune.”

Prince Charles first publicly spoke about the environment and his concerns for air pollution and plastic waste more than five decades ago.

Marking the 50th anniversary of his first landmark speech on the environment, the Prince of Wales recalled in February last year he was considered “rather dotty” for suggesting changes to ease the pressure on the environment.    

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