Pink: 'Prince William is a redneck'

Pink has described Prince William as a "redneck" because he likes hunting.

The singer, who works with PETA, told Q magazine that she wrote a letter to the prince to complain about his treatment of animals.

"I wrote to him to protest about foxhunting and I figured he would be this stuffy, privileged asshole," she explained. "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."

Pink has previously written to the Queen to protest about her guards' bearskin hats.

"To be truthful I was really surprised I didn't get a reply to that one," she 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.

"But she never wrote back. Maybe she doesn't have any of my stuff on her iPod."