Queen Elizabeth and Donald Trump had a “genuine rapport”.
Queen Elizabeth and Donald Trump are said to have bonded well
Craig Brown’s book A Voyage Around The Queen suggested last year that the late British monarch found the US President “very rude” when she hosted him during her reign, but a new biography of King Charles denies the claims that Trump kept her waiting at Windsor Castle in 2018 by arriving late and that he had walked in front of her while inspecting the Guard of Honour.
Royal author Robert Hardman writes in Charles III: The Inside Story: “Trump did nothing wrong at all. He arrived exactly on time. It was the Queen who had come out early because she wanted to check the dais and the steps, which were always a concern at that stage of her life.
“You have to remember that this was her first big event since the Duke of Edinburgh’s retirement from public duties the year before.
“She wanted to get it right. It was the same inspecting the troops. All through her reign, it would be the duke who escorted the visitor to do the inspection and she hadn’t done it before.
“And Trump did the right thing. The visitor is always invited to walk first and she had to gesture to him to go in front. The anti-Trump crowd were determined to find a faux pas. There wasn’t one.”
A member of the Queen’s staff recalled how the monarch – who died aged 96 in 2022 – and Trump, 79, bonded over their Scottish roots.
The royal staffer is quoted in the book, which is being serialised in the Mail on Sunday newspaper: “It wasn’t just small talk. They discussed policy matters. He was super charming, on his best behaviour throughout.”
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