Royals
President Trump Gushes About ‘Remarkable’ Prince William, Makes Possible Subtle Dig at Prince Harry
During the first day of his state visit to the U.K., President Donald Trump expressed his admiration for the royal family — with one exception, apparently.
“This is truly one of the highest honors of my life,” Trump, 79, said in his speech in front of 150 dignitaries at a state dinner at Windsor Castle on Wednesday, September 17.
“I just want to say that His Majesty has also raised a remarkable son in His Royal Highness, Prince of Wales,” Trump continued.
“Really amazing. We’ve gotten to know you and I think you’re going to have an unbelievable success in future,” Trump said of William, 43, before calling Princess Kate, 43, “so radiant and so healthy, so beautiful.”
The Commander in Chief also praised King Charles, 76, saying that he “uplifted the poor, cared for rural farmers, and tended to wounded veterans like nobody else.”
His words were interpreted by some as a thinly veiled dig at Prince Harry, who has lived in Montecito, California with his American wife Meghan Markle, 44, since 2020.
“Humiliation for the king…being told you only raised one good son,” wrote one commenter, while others noted that Harry shouldn’t have been mentioned because he wasn’t there. As another royal watcher pointed out, “Harry made himself irrelevant.”
In a February interview with the New York Post, Trump discussed the Duke of Sussex, 41, ruling out calls for deporting him from the U.S. amid complaints that he lied about past drug use on his immigration status. “He’s got enough problems with his wife,” Trump said. “She’s terrible.”
Before she began dating Harry, Meghan called Trump “divisive and misogynistic” in a 2016 appearance on The Nightly Show.
