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<p>Have you ever played the party game Celebrity, where you write down a bunch of famous peoples&#39; names and put them in a bowl, and challenge your guests to make you guess the name? Well, this story is basically the bowl of celebrities&#39; names.</p><p>The gist: Ellen DeGeneres defended Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, after they were criticized for flying on Elton John&#39;s private jet.</p><p>The Royal couple value environmental conservation and confronting the existential threat of climate change as one of their Causes. Harry recently said that he and Meghan plan on having <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/30/uk/prince-harry-babies-scli-intl/index.html">&#39;maximum&#39; two children</a>, because that&#39;s the most the planet can handle.</p><p>Everyone&#39;s disdain for hypocrisy and the British media&#39;s bloodlust for Meghan made it the perfect tabloid story when the Harry and Meghan took four private jets in eleven days. One of those journeys was to Nice, France, sponsored by Elton John, the guy from Harry&#39;s mum&#39;s funeral.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="Not gonna lie: The Sun can pun." data-attribution="The Sun" data-attribution-url="" height="905" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/nice-ec7fjW.jpeg" width="714" /></div> <figcaption>Not gonna lie: The Sun can pun.</figcaption> <div class="image-attribution">The Sun</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>(Side note: cool that the plane story gets the full page when the one on the side is literally about how <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/news/5-people-having-a-worse-monday-than-you-august-19/">Prince Andrew brought pedophile Jeffrey Epstein</a> to one of the Queen&#39;s houses).</p><p>Elton John also defended H-H-H-Harry and the jets, and condemned the &quot;distorted and malicious press.&quot;</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I am deeply distressed by today’s distorted and malicious account in the press surrounding the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s private stay at my home in Nice last week. <a href="https://t.co/WjVRDSMX0z">pic.twitter.com/WjVRDSMX0z</a></p>&mdash; Elton John (@eltonofficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/eltonofficial/status/1163479330632142848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 19, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The singer evoked Princess Diana and said that he felt compelled to protect Harry from the press, and chartered a private flight. Elton insisted that because of their commitment to the environment, he and his husband &quot;ensured their flight was carbon neutral, by making the appropriate contribution to <a href="https://www.carbonfootprint.com/">Carbon Footprint</a>&trade;,&quot; a charity which does carbon-offsetting projects like planting trees.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">After a hectic year continuing their hard work and dedication to charity, David and I wanted the young family to have a private holiday inside the safety and tranquility of our home. To maintain a high level of much-needed protection, we provided them with a private jet flight.</p>&mdash; Elton John (@eltonofficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/eltonofficial/status/1163479335585701889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 19, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I highly respect and applaud both Harry and Meghan’s commitment to charity and I’m calling on the press to cease these relentless and untrue assassinations on their character that are spuriously crafted on an almost daily basis.<br><br>Elton</p>&mdash; Elton John (@eltonofficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/eltonofficial/status/1163479339163365377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 19, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Ellen DeGeneres also tweeted in the couple&#39;s defense, flexing the fact that she and Portia de Rossi hung out with them, and they only want to make the world a better place.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Portia and I met Prince Harry and Meghan in England to talk about their work on wildlife conservation. They were the most down-to-earth, compassionate people. Imagine being attacked for everything you do, when all you’re trying to do is make the world better. <a href="https://t.co/226pRO1fj1">pic.twitter.com/226pRO1fj1</a></p>&mdash; Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/1163551594526343168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 19, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Jetgate has become such a huge story that even a Member of Parliament has gotten involved, condemning press coverage of Harry and Meghan as &quot;a witch-hunt replete with nasty racial and xenophobic overtones.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Applaud Sir Elton John intervention. The hounding of Harry and Meghan is becoming a witch-hunt replete with nasty racial and xenophobic overtones that have become typical not unusual in a post EU referendum environment that has emboldened the worst elements of British society <a href="https://t.co/CyLCcd9Ldu">https://t.co/CyLCcd9Ldu</a></p>&mdash; David Lammy (@DavidLammy) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidLammy/status/1163488551905968130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 19, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Harry and Meghan can offset their carbon footprint, but Andrew can&#39;t offset having been implicated in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Ellen DeGeneres defends Prince Harry and Meghan after people call them hypocrites for flying on private jets.

Have you ever played the party game Celebrity, where you write down a bunch of famous peoples&#39; names and put them in a bowl, and challenge your guests to make you guess the name? Well, this story is basically the bowl of celebrities&#39; names.The gist: Ellen DeGeneres defended Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, after they were criticized for flying on Elton John&#39;s private jet.The Royal couple value environmental conservation and confronting the existential threat of climate change as one of their Causes. Harry recently said that he and Meghan plan on having &#39;maximum&#39; two children, because that&#39;s the most the planet can handle.Everyone&#39;s disdain for hypocrisy and the British media&#39;s bloodlust for Meghan made it the perfect tabloid story when the Harry and Meghan took four private jets in eleven days. One of those journeys was to Nice, France, sponsored by Elton John, the guy from Harry&#39;s mum&#39;s funeral. Not gonna lie: The Sun can pun. The Sun(Side note: cool that the plane story gets the full page when the one on the side is literally about how Prince Andrew brought pedophile Jeffrey Epstein to one of the Queen&#39;s houses).Elton John also defended H-H-H-Harry and the jets, and condemned the &quot;distorted and malicious press.&quot;I am deeply distressed by today’s distorted and malicious account in the press surrounding the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s private stay at my home in Nice last week. pic.twitter.com/WjVRDSMX0z&mdash; Elton John (@eltonofficial) August 19, 2019 The singer evoked Princess Diana and said that he felt compelled to protect Harry from the press, and chartered a private flight. Elton insisted that because of their commitment to the environment, he and his husband &quot;ensured their flight was carbon neutral, by making the appropriate contribution to Carbon Footprint&trade;,&quot; a charity which does carbon-offsetting projects like planting trees.After a hectic year continuing their hard work and dedication to charity, David and I wanted the young family to have a private holiday inside the safety and tranquility of our home. To maintain a high level of much-needed protection, we provided them with a private jet flight.&mdash; Elton John (@eltonofficial) August 19, 2019 I highly respect and applaud both Harry and Meghan’s commitment to charity and I’m calling on the press to cease these relentless and untrue assassinations on their character that are spuriously crafted on an almost daily basis.Elton&mdash; Elton John (@eltonofficial) August 19, 2019 Ellen DeGeneres also tweeted in the couple&#39;s defense, flexing the fact that she and Portia de Rossi hung out with them, and they only want to make the world a better place.Portia and I met Prince Harry and Meghan in England to talk about their work on wildlife conservation. They were the most down-to-earth, compassionate people. Imagine being attacked for everything you do, when all you’re trying to do is make the world better. pic.twitter.com/226pRO1fj1&mdash; Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) August 19, 2019 Jetgate has become such a huge story that even a Member of Parliament has gotten involved, condemning press coverage of Harry and Meghan as &quot;a witch-hunt replete with nasty racial and xenophobic overtones.Applaud Sir Elton John intervention. The hounding of Harry and Meghan is becoming a witch-hunt replete with nasty racial and xenophobic overtones that have become typical not unusual in a post EU referendum environment that has emboldened the worst elements of British society https://t.co/CyLCcd9Ldu&mdash; David Lammy (@DavidLammy) August 19, 2019 Harry and Meghan can offset their carbon footprint, but Andrew can&#39;t offset having been implicated in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

Have you ever played the party game Celebrity, where you write down a bunch of famous peoples&#39; names and put them in a bowl, and challenge your guests to make you guess the name? Well, this story is basically the bowl of...