PRINCE Harry was fooled into believing he was talking to climate activist Greta Thunberg and her dad in a hoax phone call.
The Duke of Sussex spoke openly about his agony over Megxit and claimed President Donald Trump had ‘blood on his hands’ in the chat with the Russian pranksters.
Pranksters Vladimir and Alexey, AKA Vovan and Lexus, have been tricking famous faces with bogus calls for years
Elton John was tricked into thinking he was chatting to Putin about laws on gay rights in Russia
The Russians posed as Greta Thunberg on the phone to Bernie Sanders and promised to arrange a ‘cool rap’ for his Democrat campaign
But the hoaxers have been hoodwinking the great and good with bogus calls for years and count Elton John and Joker actor Joaquin Phoenix among their many victims.
Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov — aka Vovan and Lexus — have also duped US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The Russians post their phone chats online and their YouTube channel VCE Pranky has more than 10,500 followers.
Last month, they convinced Sanders he was chatting to Swedish eco-activist Greta Thunberg.
They promised him she could arrange for Kanye West and Billie Eilish to perform a “cool rap” for his Democrat campaign.
Delighted Sanders replied: “They would be willing to do something on the internet?”
In 2015, they had Elton believing he was chatting to Vladimir Putin about laws on gay rights in Russia.
The singer, believing he was talking through an interpreter, said it was “a great privilege to . . . speak to one of the most influential people in the whole world”.
President Putin did call Elton to clear up the gaffe.
In another audio, the pair tricked US congresswoman Maxine Waters into believing she was helping to support people in need on the fictional island of Chunga-Changa.
The pranksters deny claims they are “Putin Puppets” who target Western celebrities and politicians to make them look stupid.
Joker actor Joaquin Phoenix has been duped by the Russian pranksters
Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan was also tricked by the jokers
