Eco-Preaching Duchess Returned From Invictus Games On Gas-Guzzling Jet That Created 6 Tonnes of CO2

‘Eco warrior’ Meghan Markle flew trip back from the Invictus Games in Canada in a private plane that cost up to $30,000 but created six tonnes of CO2.

The three-hour flight included a mystery stopover in Seattle, according to a report by the MailOnline.

The eco preaching Duchess of Sussex has been accused of ‘using Invictus Games as a runway’ after she jetted back home to California from Vancouver, without her husband Harry.

She and her eco warrior husband Harry are believed to have used the same $9million plane to fly up last week.

The Mail Online reports: The average cost of hiring a jet of that size is between $7,000 to $10,000 per hour meaning that the former Suits star’s flight home could have cost between $21,000 and $30,000.

Meghan and Harry have previously won green awards and were even named environmental ‘role models’ in 2021.

But Meghan’s flight will have burned around 800 gallons of fuel and created around 6.6 tonnes of CO2, which weighs the same as a large elephant.

Meghan landed at Santa Barbara Airport at 5.01pm on Tuesday after supporting her husband in Canada at Invictus’ first winter games.

But MailOnline can reveal that the flight logs for the Bombardier CL-600 luxury jet show that it stopped in Seattle for around 30 minutes before taking off again for its final destination.

She took off from Vancouver at 2.06pm local time on February 11 and landed over the border in Seattle at 2.40pm.

The private jet took off again at 3.14pm and landed in Santa Barbara almost two hours later.

The Bombardier CL-600, which can carry up to ten passengers and has a range of over 5,000 miles, includes its own a private crew serving hot meals and drinks.

It also has a large hold for bags and other items, exemplified by the amount of luggage taken out when the Duchess of Sussex landed in California on Tuesday.

MailOnline has asked a spokesman for the Duchess why she used a private plane rather than a commercial flight and the reason for the pitstop in Seattle.