Prince Harry Makes An Unexpected Request At The Hotels He Stays At

When you’re a handsome prince with endless sums of money and 1,500 years of royal lineage behind you, you can live your life however you please — or, you know, you could care about people and the environment. According to Nacho Figueras, a professional polo player and friend of Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, Harry is the latter. He’s big into environmental ethics, and Figueras told CBS This Morning that the duke and duchess, Meghan Markle, are both very invested in taking care of the earth, playing their part by severely limiting their use of plastics.

This was proven true during the prince’s recent stay at a hotel in Rome.

According to Figueras, ‘We were at the hotel where we spent the night before the game… He talked to a person and said, ‘This morning I got my coffee and I saw that you have a plastic thing on the coffee. And then I also sent my shirt and I got my shirt in a big plastic bag… Can we please not use the plastic?’”

If you’ve been following the Royal family, you’ll know that Harry’s father, Prince Charles, has always been environmentally friendly, believing in growing one’s own food, foraging, and eating seasonally.

“I used to get taken the mickey out of at school for picking up rubbish,” Prince Harry told Marie Claire UK. “I didn’t go out consciously looking for it, but when you go for walks anywhere and you see something and it stands out, you pick it up.” He also said that his father “took us litter picking when we were younger. We thought this is perfectly normal, everyone must do it. We were there with our spikes stabbing the rubbish into black plastic bags.”

And here we were thinking the royals wouldn’t dare touch a spot of rubbish!

Prince Harry noted, “I’ve literally done this because I’m programmed to do it because my father did it… We should all be doing it.”

In the same Marie Claire UK piece, Harry admits that his dad was pretty keen on telling them to turn the darn lights off, too: “He’s a stickler for turning lights off… And that’s now something that I’m obsessed with as well.” We can’t help but wonder what the electricity bill for Buckingham Palace’s SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE rooms looks like.

Yes, that’s 775 rooms — you read that correctly.

The duchess is also eco-friendly, with a fondness for sustainable fashion (she wears Reformation like the rest of us!) and her green home, complete with an eco-boiler, vegan paint, and cruelty-free furnishings, particularly in the nursery.

Just look at the couple’s Earth Day post. It’s an amazing tribute to the earth and shows how much they both truly care:

They write: “Today is #earthday – an opportunity to learn about, celebrate and continue to safeguard our planet, our home. The above, Their Royal Highnesses in Rotorua, New Zealand. Of the 170 different species originally planted in the early 1900s, only a handful of species, including these majestic Redwoods, remain today.”

The photos were all taken by Prince Harry himself.

It goes on to show the rhino, threatened by humans. It also shows Botswana’s Okavango Delta, which are being poisoned by humans, and desert lions, orcas, humpbacks, Guyana’s rain forests, and more.

Yet, here we are in 2019 where their biggest threat is us.

Africa’s Unicorn, the rhino, and all these magnificent animals have survived ice ages and giant crocodiles, among other things! They have adapted to earth’s changing climate continually for over 30 million years.

Beyond that, the Duke and Duchess are invested in caring for people, too.

Look at this post about The Lunchbox Fund, which provides nutritious meals to kids in South Africa.

They also spread the good word on the importance of mental health.

This is so important, especially as a modern royal.

Here’s the Duke posting about ‘Youth Zones,’ a project for disadvantaged communities to provide kids, some with disabilities, with mentorship, support, and guidance.

The Duchess was also invested in community efforts.

She helped create a cookbook to support the community after the Grenfell fires.

She’s also long supported women’s rights and has spoken out as a feminist and activist.

We love that she’s bringing this to the Royal family.

In the end, it’s good to see a Royal family become more ethical, environmentally friendly, diverse, and inclusive toward others. Their advocacy and compassion will go a long way.