Douglas Murray slams ‘hideous windmills' wrecking the UK countryside
King Charles' new role has been redefined to include leading on environmental sustainability.
'You drive past them now or go past them on a train, and great bits of countryside like the southwest of Scotland are just covered in these hideous, hideous windmills,' Mr Murray told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
'Why wreck the environment in order to save it?'
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