Although a lengthy list of stars including Lady Gaga met Queen Elizabeth II recently at the Royal Variety Performance in Blackpool, don’t expect singer Pink to be next on the list.
The singer, who is not afraid to speak her mind, has come out swinging at the royal family and has labelled Prince William a “redneck” because he enjoys hunting.
The ‘Funhouse’ singer, who is an animal activist and works with PETA, has told Q magazine she wrote a letter of complaint to Prince William about his interest in hunting and the mistreatment of animals.
“I wrote to him to protest about foxhunting and I figured he would be this stuffy, privileged asshole,” Pink told the magazine.
“But he’s like a redneck from the south. If you’re brought up shooting and hunting animals, if you really think it’s second-nature and you’re blasting away, then it’s hard to see the other point of view. You need educating.”
This is not Pink’s first attempt to contact the royal family to share her views. She has also written to the queen to complain about guards at Buckingham Palace wearing bearskin hats.
She is yet to receive a response to her letters from the royal family and adds that she has planned for replacement hats to be made.
“To be truthful I was really surprised I didn’t get a reply to that one,” Pink said.
“I wasn’t just writing in and complaining, and it certainly was not a publicity stunt. I actually proposed a plan. Stella McCartney had designed these replacement hats for the guards, using fake fur. I felt we were solving the problem for her and offering a viable solution,” she said.
“But she never wrote back. Maybe she doesn’t have any of my stuff on her iPod.”
