Insiders have revealed the real reason why Donald Trump no longer plans to kick Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle out of the US.
The President declared last week that he would not seek to deport the Duke amid an ongoing legal battle over his immigration status, despite having previously suggested he might do so.
‘I don’t want to do that,’ Mr Trump told the New York Post. ‘I’ll leave him alone. He’s got enough problems with his wife. She’s terrible.’
But, while the President’s swipe at Meghan was in keeping with his previous remarks about the Duchess, it is supposedly not the driving force behind his decision.
Instead the President’s ‘warm relationship’ with King Charles is, according to The Sun, the real reason he dismissed calls for Harry’s deportation.
Trump is reportedly aware of the distress it would cause the Royal Family and therefore out of ‘respect’ does not want to take any action.
‘Having him back in the UK is actually harder than having him kept away in the USA,’ a source told the newspaper.
The pair share much in common and struck up a unlikely bond during Trump’s first term, during which he travelled to the UK on a state visit in 2019.
President Donald Trump’s ‘warm relationship’ with King Charles is, according to The Sun, the real reason he dismissed calls for Harry’s deportation. King Charles and Queen Camilla are pictured with Donald Trump and his wife Melania at Winfield House on June 4, 2019
Melania Trump, Donald Trump and King Charles attend Tea at Clarence House on December 3, 2019
President Trump declared last week that he would not seek to deport the Duke (pictured with Meghan) amid an ongoing legal battle over his immigration status
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King Charles is reportedly in regular communication with the US President and the monarch is known to write many letters to America.
He sent Trump a message of support after survived an assassination attempt in September last year followed by a congratulatory a day before his inauguration on January 20 this year.
And when King Charles revealed his shock cancer diagnosis at the start of last year, Trump said he was sending prayers for a speedy recovery to someone he ‘got to know well.’
‘KING CHARLES HAS CANCER. HE IS A WONDERFUL MAN, WHO I GOT TO KNOW WELL DURING MY PRESIDENCY, AND WE ALL PRAY THAT HE HAS A FAST AND FULL RECOVERY!’ Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
The two men have previously met twice and got on surprisingly well given their differing views on a number of world issues, including climate change.
In 2019, Charles and Camilla even had tea with President and his wife, Melania, at Clarence House and struck up what has been described as a ‘warm’ bond.
‘In fact the President left saying what a pleasure it had been to meet the king and they stayed in touch for quite a while afterwards actually,’ said a source with knowledge of the meeting told the Mail.
The First Lady later revealed that she and the King also regularly wrote to one another too.
Donald Trump and King Charles are pictured together at Clarence House in December 2019
Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump host a dinner at Winfield House for Charles and Camilla during their state visit on June 4, 2019
The-then Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, Donald Trump and Melania Trump attend an event to mark the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings at Southsea Common on June 5, 2019
Mr Trump’s remarks are not the first time he has criticised Meghan, who openly supported Mr Biden and branded the Republican ‘divisive and misogynistic’ in a 2016 interview.
He has said he is ‘not a fan’ of Meghan, claiming that ‘Harry is whipped’ and ‘is being led around by his nose’.
Meanwhile, Trump has claimed that he was Queen Elizabeth II’s ‘favourite president’, adding: ‘I had a great relationship with the queen. She liked me and I liked her.’
But last year, Mail columnist Richard Eden revealed that the late monarch actually found the US president disrespectful – and revealed what caused the offence.
A source involved in arranging Trump’s 2018 visit to this country with his wife, Melania, admitted the tycoon made a comment about the Queen’s sister, Princess Margaret, who died in 2002 aged 71.
‘Trump put his foot in it by saying Margaret must have been a difficult sister,’ the source said.
‘The Queen was very annoyed with this remark, which she viewed as ignorant and hurtful. She always defended Margaret to the hilt.’
It’s not clear why Trump made the alleged comment but he may have prepared for his visit by watching Netflix hit The Crown, which portrayed Margaret as rebellious, volatile and resentful of her elder sister.
Queen Elizabeth II sits with Donald Trump at an event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, in Portsmouth, on June 5, during the then president’s state visit
Queen Elizabeth and Donald Trump are pictured inspecting the Guard of Honour at Windsor Castle in July 2018
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Mail columnist Craig Brown’s book, titled A Voyage Around The Queen, also claims that the late sovereign had confided in a guest that she had ‘particularly disliked’ the way Trump looked over her shoulder as if ‘in search of others more interesting’.
She is also said to have mused that he ‘must have some sort of arrangement’ with his wife after hosting him during one of his two visits.
Buckingham Palace has stayed out of the controversy and generally avoids any comment on books or biographies. Trump, however, insisted his trips had been a resounding success.
Prince William was the first member of the Royal Family to meet with President Trump following his election victory last year.
The Prince of Wales and the US President were all smiles when they met at the residence of the British ambassador, following the historic re-opening of the Notre-Dame in December.
Trump praised William, calling him a ‘good man’, before adding: ‘He’s doing a fantastic job’.
