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including a ‘VIP meet-and-greet’.

A spokesman appeared to suggest

yesterday that his comments were

taken out of context.

But Mr Farage seemingly refused

to back down about Prince Charles,

telling Sky News Australia: ‘All I

can say about the Queen and his

succession is this – the Queen

Mother was a chain-smoking gin

drinker who did not look after her-

self at all and lived to 101. The

Queen is 93 and looks fit, may she

reign for a very long time.’

In 2008, Mr Farage was the sole

MEP who refused to applaud a

speech given by Charles on cli-

mate change at the EU, saying the

prince’s advisers were ‘naive and

foolish at best’.

Dickie Arbiter, the Queen’s former

press secretary, last night angrily

accused the ‘braggart’ politician of

trying to boost his profile. He said:

‘Why does he need to bring up the

Queen Mother who died 15 years

ago after a lifetime of service? As

for her drinking? People in glass

houses shouldn’t throw stones.’

He added: ‘Harry and Meghan

will no doubt do what everyone

else should do: ignore him.’

The Duke and Duchess of Sus-

sex have faced public criticism for

their frequent comments on social

activism and climate change.

He labels Harry ‘Prince of

wokeness’, attacks ‘Charlie

Boy’ over climate change

... and mocks the late

Queen Mother’s weight

the real problem the Earth faces,

and that is the fact the population

of the globe is exploding but no

one dares talk about it, no one

dares deal with it.

‘Whether Prince Harry has two

kids is irrelevant given there are

now 2.6billion Chinese and

Indians on this Earth.’ Mr Farage

NIGEL Farage has launched an

astonishing attack on the Royal

Family, pouring scorn on Prince

Harry’s ‘wokeness’ and branding

the Queen Mother a ‘slightly

overweight, chain-smoking

gin drinker’.

In an incendiary speech at a dinner

in Australia, the Brexit Party leader

lambasted Prince Charles, who he

dubbed ‘Charlie Boy’, for his views

on climate change.

Much of his ire was reserved for the

Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Mr Farage

claimed Harry had become ‘the Prince of

wokeness’ since meeting Meghan Markle

• and his popularity had ‘fallen off a cliff ’.
  The term ‘woke’ describes people who
  support equality issues, but is also used
  as a sarcastic insult for those who are
  overly politically correct.
  Mr Farage said the once party-loving
  prince, who served on the frontline in
  Afghanistan, used to be one of the most
  popular members of the Royal Family.
  He seemed to speak approvingly of his
  antics as a younger man, saying: ‘Here
  was Harry – young, brave, boisterous,
  all-male, getting into trouble, turning up
  at stag parties inappropriately dressed,
  drinking too much and causing all sorts
  of mayhem.
  ‘And then, a brave British officer who
  did his bit in Afghanistan. He was the
  most popular royal of a younger genera-
  tion that we’ve seen for a hundred years.
  And then he met Meghan Markle and
  it’s fallen off a cliff.’
  Mr Farage mocked Harry’s admission
  that he and his wife have decided to
  have only two children due to the envi-
  ronmental effects of a large family.
  He said: ‘We’re all completely ignoring
  Knives out: Nigel Farage, pictured at the dinner in Sydney, let rip at Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and Prince Charles

By Rebecca English

Royal Correspondent

‘May she reign for

a very long time’

By Jaya Narain

Gas clue to seaside alert Face of hero PC run down by own car

A TOXIC cloud that left up to a

dozen people vomiting on a beach

on Sunday may have been gas

leaking from a sunken First World

War munitions ship.

The Maritime and Coastguard

Agency is investigating after a haze

swept into Worthing, West Sussex.

Dozens of ships containing weap-

ons and poisonous gas were sunk in

the English Channel during the war.

Chemicals were also sealed in con-

tainers and dumped in the sea by

both sides at the end of the conflict.

Now it is feared the ‘rusting time

bombs’ are rupturing in stormy seas,

causing deadly gases to bubble up to

the surface and on to the coast.

In May deadly mustard gas leaked

from a First World War underwater

‘weapons cemetery’ in the North Sea

close to the Belgian coast.

Sussex Police said ‘a small number’

of people reported stinging eyes and

skin, and vomiting. Part of the sea-

front near Worthing Pier was cor-

doned off. The MCA said it was exam-

ining weather patterns and vessel

movements to establish the source.

THIS is the hero policeman seri- By Andy Dolan

ously injured when he was run over

by a carjacker who took the wheel

of his own patrol car.

PC Gareth Phillips, 4, was said to

be in a stable condition in intensive

care yesterday as Mubashar Hus-

sain, 9, appeared at Birmingham

Magistrates’ Court accused of

attempted murder.

The married officer, who has

served with West Midlands Police

for 17 years, suffered a broken pel-

vis as well as head, abdominal and

internal injuries – and underwent

surgery twice over the weekend.

Hussain, of no fixed abode, faced 13

charges related to the incident on

Saturday in Moseley, Birmingham,

and the theft of two Range Rovers.

He appeared with Ahsan Ghafoor,

4, also of no fixed abode, who is

accused of dangerous driving and

other offences. They were remanded

in custody to appear at Birmingham

Crown Court on September 9.

ON HARRY AND MEGHAN... AND THE QUEEN MUM

[She was] a slightly

overweight, chain-

smoking gin drinker

[Harry] was the most popular royal

of a younger generation... then he

met Meghan, and it’s fallen off a cliff

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Fa r a g e

barrage

at royals

Surgery: PC Phillips

was speaking at a meeting of the

Right-wing Conservative Politi-

cal Action Conference in Sydney

on Saturday.

Although media were barred,

leaked recordings have emerged.

It is unusual for a politician, par-

ticularly one who holds office – Mr

Farage has been an MEP since

1999 – to publicly criticise mem-

bers of the Royal Family.

One of the few royals to escape

his wrath was the Queen, who he

lauded as ‘an amazing, awe-inspir-

ing woman’, adding: ‘We’re bloody

lucky to have her.’

But Mr Farage turned his guns

on her son, saying: ‘When it comes

to Charlie Boy and climate change

• oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.’
  He went on: ‘If I want the Queen
  to live a long time to stop Charlie
  Boy becoming king, I want Charlie
  Boy to live even longer and Wil-
  liam to live forever to stop Harry
  becoming king. Terrifying!’
  Mr Farage is currently on a
  speaking tour of Australia and
  New Zealand, with tickets for
  some events priced at £50 to £170,