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| Morrissey blogpost accuses 'royal boils' of hypocrisy over endangered species | Morrissey blogpost accuses 'royal boils' of hypocrisy over endangered species |
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| Morrissey has accused the royal family of hypocrisy after Prince Charles and Prince William went on a hunting trip in Spain a day before issuing a plea for wildlife protection. | Morrissey has accused the royal family of hypocrisy after Prince Charles and Prince William went on a hunting trip in Spain a day before issuing a plea for wildlife protection. |
| Calling the Prince a “thickwit” and labelling the monarchy “a colossal embarrassment” to the UK, the blogpost is entitled “This story is old, I know, but it goes on” and was posted on his fansite True to You. | Calling the Prince a “thickwit” and labelling the monarchy “a colossal embarrassment” to the UK, the blogpost is entitled “This story is old, I know, but it goes on” and was posted on his fansite True to You. |
| Although William’s speech (no doubt written by his publicity aides at | Although William’s speech (no doubt written by his publicity aides at |
| Clarence House) will concentrate on endangered species, William is too | Clarence House) will concentrate on endangered species, William is too |
| thickwit to realise that animals such as tigers and rhino are only | thickwit to realise that animals such as tigers and rhino are only |
| driven to near-extinction because people who are precisely like himself | driven to near-extinction because people who are precisely like himself |
| and his brother have shot them off the map – all in the name of sport | and his brother have shot them off the map – all in the name of sport |
| and slaughter. | and slaughter. |
| Whenever you shoot an animal in the head the outcome is | Whenever you shoot an animal in the head the outcome is |
| usually the same: death. Just why William kills innocent and defenceless | usually the same: death. Just why William kills innocent and defenceless |
| deer does not matter – the fact is, he does it, and we must go on and | deer does not matter – the fact is, he does it, and we must go on and |
| on asking why any form of violence is acceptable to the British | on asking why any form of violence is acceptable to the British |
| establishment. | establishment. |
| Morrissey suggested that endangered species are dying out purely because of “people | Morrissey suggested that endangered species are dying out purely because of “people |
| like William and Harry”. | like William and Harry”. |
| The blogpost was written after the Duke of Cambridge and his | The blogpost was written after the Duke of Cambridge and his |
| father, Prince Charles, recorded a video message calling on the public to save | father, Prince Charles, recorded a video message calling on the public to save |
| endangered animals like rhinos, elephants and tigers. The Sun reports that the Princes flew to Spain the day before giving the plea, where they hunted wild boar on a private estate. Morrissey finished his blogpost by saying: “We can only pray to God that their hunting guns backfire in their faces.” | |
| In a piece written last November titled “The world won’t listen”, Morrissey – a longstanding critic of the monarchy – criticised its elevated role in society. “We are continually told (warned?) that we love the ‘royals’ whatever their conduct, and we see very clearly how this most dysfunctional family must – at all costs – leave a virtuous emblem on the age, as we also see how no British citizens (for we are not subjects) can be considered qualified enough to question the ‘royals’ – or to even be allowed to ask why it is thought necessary to have a monarchy in the first place – especially as most countries throughout the world exist quite well without royal boils …” | In a piece written last November titled “The world won’t listen”, Morrissey – a longstanding critic of the monarchy – criticised its elevated role in society. “We are continually told (warned?) that we love the ‘royals’ whatever their conduct, and we see very clearly how this most dysfunctional family must – at all costs – leave a virtuous emblem on the age, as we also see how no British citizens (for we are not subjects) can be considered qualified enough to question the ‘royals’ – or to even be allowed to ask why it is thought necessary to have a monarchy in the first place – especially as most countries throughout the world exist quite well without royal boils …” |