Prince Harry Breaks His Silence On Meghan Markle and Baby Archie Flying On Private Jets: ‘No One Is Perfect’

Prince Harry is defending his decision to fly on private jets with his family despite their impact on the environment, a cause which is close to his heart.

“I came here by commercial…I spend 99% of my life traveling the world by commercial, occasionally there needs to be an opportunity based on a unique circumstance to ensure that my family are safe, it’s generally as simple as that,” Harry explained during a Q&A session at an event in Amsterdam to launch a global partnership of sustainable travel initiatives.

The Duke of Sussex admitted that “no one is perfect” while addressing the controversy he faced during trips to Ibiza and France on private jets.

He spoke candidly admitting, “We can all do better and while no one is perfect, we all have a responsibility for our own individual impact.” He added, “The question is what we do to balance it out.”

Prince Harry is launching Travalyst, a new initiative that will help people make more sustainable choices when booking travel. The companies which are getting behind this new program include Booking.com, Skyscanner, TripAdvisor, Visa, and China’s Ctrip. They will work together with Harry’s foundation.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Instagram page announced the new program on Instagram writing, “Our aim is to spark a movement to transform the future of travel, putting communities at the heart of the solution. We believe in the power and importance of travel. We also have a shared responsibility to our planet and to each other.”

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We are excited to announce the launch of ‘Travalyst’, a global initiative striving to change the impact of travel, for good. Partnering alongside key travel industry giants @Bookingcom, #Ctrip, @Skyscanner, @TripAdvisor and @Visa_US, our aim is to spark a movement to transform the future of travel, putting communities at the heart of the solution. We believe in the power and importance of travel. We also have a shared responsibility to our planet and to each other. • “I want to start with a little bit of background as to specifically why I’m here today, because as you may know, I am not a tourism or business expert, but through my travels I have observed the unique relationship between community and environment, and have noticed something alarming. There wasn’t the symbiosis or connection there needed to be and I wanted to understand why. I am one of those people fortunate enough to have a platform and I want to use it to tackle hard problems, in the hope of finding solutions…and that’s how Travalyst was born” – The Duke of Sussex The name #Travalyst comes from The Duke and partners viewing our role in sustainable travel as catalysts to accelerate positive changes in travel. Travel + catalyst = Travalyst #Travalyst aims to make travel more sustainable, to help protect destinations and benefit communities long into the future, and to enable consumers to make more environmental friendly choices whilst traveling. The Duke of Sussex, having invited the founding partners to start the conversation, believes that the organisations – with operations in nearly every country, hundreds of millions of customers that use their products every day, and business relationships around the world – have sufficient influence and the critical mass necessary to catalyse real system change in the travel industry, for the benefit of destinations, communities and ecosystems. To discover more about the new initiative, visit www.Travalyst.org

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