'Prince Philip was a climate change sceptic': Outsiders11/04/2021|5min Prince Philip who died on Friday aged 99 “was a climate change sceptic” says Sky News host Rowan Dean. Mr Dean revealed a letter which the Duke of Edinburgh sent in 2018 to climate expert Ian Plimer which complimented Mr Plimer on his recent book ‘The Climate Change Delusion’. In the letter Prince Philip goes on to describe wind turbines as “monstrosities” and questions whether they serve any practical purpose. Mr Dean said, “the prince attempted to invite Professor Plimer to London to address the Royal Society of British Artists on climate change back in 2010 but the invitation was disgracefully rescinded by the ‘mandarins’ at Buckingham Palace for political reasons”.