Part of the job as Monarch of Great Britain is to meet up with world leaders. When the late Queen Elizabeth was reigning, she met with many world leaders, including some controversial ones, including Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
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According to a new book, Queen Elizabeth had a strong opinion about Donald Trump, who is currently running for President of the US once again, against Kamala Harris. It has been suggested that Queen Elizabeth did not have a good opinion of Trump.
As per Daily Mail, Queen Elizabeth met Donald Trump twice during her reign, and on one occasion, the late Queen had allegedly questioned the former President’s relationship with his wife, Melania.
Queen Elizabeth allegedly found Donald Trump ‘very rude’
Craig Brown has released a new book on the late Queen Elizabeth, entitled A Voyage Around The Queen. In his book, Brown talks about Queen Elizabeth's encounters with former President Donald Trump.
It has been suggested that ‘weeks after’ meeting with Trump, the late Monarch had confided in a friend during lunch that she had found the former President ‘very rude’. Brown wrote that the Queen had ‘disliked’ the way Trump was consistently ‘looking over her shoulder’.
A few weeks after President Trump's visit, for instance, she confided in one lunch guest that she found him ‘very rude’: she particularly disliked the way he couldn't stop looking over her shoulder, as though in search of others more interesting.
On the other hand, as per Daily Mail, Donald Trump had believed he was Queen Elizabeth’s ‘favourite guest ever’. Trump had told Fox News:
There are those that say they have never seen the Queen have a better time, a more animated time.
Queen Elizabeth allegedly questioned Donald Trump’s relationship
As reported by Daily Mai, Craig Brown also revealed that the late Queen had questioned Donald Trump’s relationship with his wife, Melania, who broke tradition at a rally with her husband. He claims that Queen Elizabeth believed Trump and Melania must have had an ‘arrangement’ or why else would they be married.
He wrote:
She also believed President Trump ‘must have some sort of arrangement’ with his wife Melania, or else why would she have remained married to him?
Craig Brown is a renowned author, he has other best-sellers including One Two Three Four: The Beatles and Ma’am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret. As per Harper Collins, Brown’s new book combines biography, essays, cultural history, dream diaries, travelogue and satire.
The book is set to be published on August 29, 2024, and on September 5, 2024, Craig Brown will be hosting a book launch at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Tickets cost from £15 and can be bought via the V&A website.
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Sources used:
GB News: ‘Late Queen 'found Donald Trump very rude' and questioned 'arrangement' with his wife Melania’
Daily Mail: ‘Queen Elizabeth II said Donald Trump was 'very rude': Astonishing claim revealed in new book which also reports that late monarch believed former US President must have an 'arrangement' with wife Melania’
The Guardian: ‘Very rude’: the late Queen’s salty verdict on Donald Trump’
