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New York Post
7 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Royal fans cheer Trump seemingly ‘throwing shade' at Prince Harry, Meghan Markle
Royal fans applauded a thinly veiled swipe that President Trump appeared to take at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after gushing over other members of their family, including King Charles and Queen Camilla. The commander in chief spoke fondly about the royals during a Monday press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Scotland — but appeared to raise several eyebrows after making a tongue-in-cheek remark about some 'not great people' outside the UK. 'Being with Charles, Camilla and everybody, I've got to know because of four years [as President] and now six months,' he said. 'I've got to know a lot of the family members. They are great people. They are really great people,' Trump continued. 6 President Trump appeared to take a thinly-veiled swipe at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle while gushing over other members of the British royal family. POOL/AFP via Getty Images 'And in that sense, I think the UK is very lucky, you could have people that weren't great people. I don't know if I can say that, but you could have people that weren't.' While Trump didn't mention the Duke and Duchess of Sussex by name, his recent frosty remarks about the couple prompted royal fans to rush to social media and fuel speculation that his words were pointed at the 'Spare' author, 40, and 'Suits' alum, 43. 'I love the shade President Trump throws at Prince Harry & Meghan Markle,' one person wrote on X. 6 The commander in chief spoke fondly about the royals during a press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Scotland Monday. AP 6 The Sussexes quit royal life in 2020 and hightailed it across the pond to California. GC Images 6 Trump has made his admiration for the royal family known on many occasions, saying in March that he 'loves King Charles.' Getty Images Another added, 'He is the best at throwing shade!!' 'Trump has no problems calling them out,' a third wrote, while another added, 'Lol. Gotta love the shade.' Trump has made his admiration for the royal family known on many occasions, saying in March that he 'loves King Charles.' 6 Trump previously suggested that Prince Harry is 'whipped' by former 'Suits' actress Meghan Markle. Archewell Foundation via Getty Images As for his thoughts on the Sussexes, Trump exclusively revealed to The Post in February that he ruled out deporting Harry from the US over his drug admission, simply because he's already 'got enough problems' with the As Ever founder. 'I don't want to do that,' POTUS said. 'I'll leave him alone. He's got enough problems with his wife. She's terrible.' Follow The Post's royal family live blog for the latest pics, news, exclusive details and more Trump, who is gearing up to return to the UK in September for his second state visit, also described the Invictus Games founder as 'whipped' by the former actress, who previously called the president 'divisive' and 'misogynistic.' 'I think poor Harry is being led around by the nose,' Trump told us in February. 6 Trump is set to return to the UK in September for his second official state visit. Getty Images Aside from Harry and Markle's decision to publicly back Democrats in previous elections, the self-exiled duo, who wed in 2018, went a step further by injecting more than $630,000 into a slew of left-leaning groups. The couple, who currently reside in Montecito, Calif., after quitting royal life in 2020, made their largest payment in 2023 when they emptied their pockets by donating $250,000 to Joe Biden's daughter, Ashley Biden, to help fund her women's wellness center.
Daily Mirror
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Donald Trump accused of 'throwing shade' at Prince Harry and Meghan with cryptic quip
Donald Trump talked about his admiration for the Royal Family during a press conference in Scotland - but some were left convinced his words were a swipe at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Donald Trump has been accused of taking another swipe at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle - this time on his trip to Scotland. The US president has been visiting his golf courses in both Ayrshire and Aberdeenshire over the last few days - and also holding talks with the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer. The pair took part in a joint press conference, where Trump fielded questions on a range of topics as the PM watched on. At one point in the proceedings, Trump began to talk about his love of the Royal Family, with King Charles set to host him on a state visit in the coming weeks. He said: "Being with Charles, Camilla and everybody, I've got to know a lot of the family members. They are great people. They are really great people." However, he followed up with: "And in that sense, I think the UK is very lucky, you could have people that weren't great people. I don't know if I can say that, but you could have people that weren't." And to some on social media, they took his words as "calling out" Harry and Meghan, with Trump known to not be a fan of the Sussexes. Harry has long been berated by Trump since he and Meghan took the dramatic decision to quit as working royals and move to the United States more than four years ago. Back in 2020, at the time of the last US election campaign between Mr Trump and Joe Biden, the Sussexes appeared in a video urging Americans to 'vote against hate speech'. While they did not specifically mention anyone by name, the remarks were interpreted as referring to Mr Trump and therefore an endorsement of Mr Biden, with some claiming it was a breach of the Sandringham Summit agreement, which was written up when the couple quit their royal duties in 2020. Later, Mr Trump spoke out, saying he was "no fan" of Meghan. Fast forward to earlier this year, Harry has found himself in the centre of a row over his visa, which allows him to live in California. After admitting to using marijuana, cocaine and psychedelic mushrooms in his controversial memoir Spare, a lawsuit from the conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation argued that the US Government should release records about the Duke's US visa application to show whether his drug use was disclosed. Back in February, Trump ruled out deporting Harry, he took a brutal dig at Harry's wife, Meghan, saying: "I'll leave him alone. He's got enough problems with his wife. She's terrible." And Harry appeared to hit back during a speech at the Invictus Games by criticising the "weak moral character in the world". After the royals' summer break, Trump will be hosted by the King and Queen at Windsor Castle during his unprecedented second state visit to the UK. The US president will be accompanied by his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, on his state visit to the UK from September 17 to 19, Buckingham Palace said. This will be Mr Trump's second state visit to the UK – an unprecedented gesture towards an American leader, having previously been feted by a state visit in 2019. In February this year, Keir Starmer presented the US president with a letter from the King as he invited him for the visit during a meeting at the White House. As the pair were sat next to each other in the Oval Office, Sir Keir handed the president the personal invitation, later saying, 'This is truly historic and unprecedented'. After reading it, Mr Trump said it was a 'great, great honour', adding 'and that says at Windsor – that's really something'.
Daily Mirror
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Prince Harry 'went off-grid' during secret solo trip without Meghan Markle
Prince Harry reportedly extended his stay in Africa after visiting Angola earlier this month, embarking on another trip without wife, Meghan Markle to a country that is close to his heart Prince Harry reportedly went off-grid during a secret trip without Meghan Markle immediately after his visit to Angola. It is claimed that the Duke of Sussex extended his stay in Africa after visiting an Angolan minefield by travelling to nearby Botswana for a three-day stay. There, it is reported he spent time with Tania 'TJ' Jenkins and her husband Mike, who Harry revealed played a pivotal role in his early years - so much so that he calls TJ his second 'mom'. So remote is the couple's home in Botswana that during his stay, it is reported Harry was uncontactable. A source told the Mail on Sunday: "This time he took some more time and space, and made the trip into a week-long visit to reconnect with old friends and get some headspace away from his phone and emails. He went off comms for two days or so. "It was a good moment for Harry to take some time away from everything, enjoying total peace of mind and being somewhere so remote that he couldn't even get emails or texts or calls." In his and Meghan's controversial Netflix show, Harry declares his love for Botswana, explaining he considers the country his 'second home'. He said: "I've got a second family out there. A group of friends that literally brought me up." Among them is believed to be TJ and Mike, whom Harry is said to have met when he was first dating his former girlfriend, Chelsy Davy. Writing in Spare, Harry explained: "She and Mike were the first people ever to cherish whatever wildness was still inside me, whatever hadn't been lost to grief— and paps. They were outraged that others wanted to eliminate this last bit, that others were keen to put me into a cage." He also revealed how he began to refer to TJ as 'mom', writing: "One afternoon, as we were all getting ready to go for a walk, Teej started nagging me [and I said] ' Okaaay, Mom,' "It just flew out of my mouth. I heard it and stopped. Teej heard it and stopped. But I didn't correct myself. Teej looked shocked, but also moved. I was moved as well. "Thereafter, I called her Mom all the time. It felt good. For both of us. Though I made a point, always, to call her Mom, rather than Mum. There was only one Mum." Before his reported visit to Botswana, Harry visited an Angolan minefield 28 years after his mother's famous visit in the same country. Harry, as a patron of landmine clearance charity the Halo Trust, spoke to families in a remote village near Africa's largest minefield. He gave children in Cuito Cuanavale advice on avoiding detonating mines, telling them in Portuguese: 'Stop, go back and tell your elders.' The duke was highlighting the threat of the munitions in Angola, the same nation Diana, Princess of Wales, visited in 1997 to urge the world to ban the weapons. Months before she died in a car crash, Diana, wearing a protective visor and vest, walked through a minefield being cleared by the Halo Trust. She strode through a cleared path in a Huambo minefield, and the images of her in body armour and a mask gave the anti-landmine campaign global recognition. Harry, who also echoed Diana in a 2019 visit to an Angolan minefield, said: "Children should never have to live in fear of playing outside or walking to school. Here in Angola, over three decades later, the remnants of war still threaten lives every day."
Sky News AU
16 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Sky News AU
‘He can finally tell his story': Prince Harry's sworn enemy Paul Burrell set to pen another memoir about the royal family
Former royal butler Paul Burrell is gearing up to release a bombshell new book two and a half years after he was slammed in Prince Harry's best-selling memoir Spare. Mr Burrell served as Princess Diana's butler and confidante for a decade from 1987 until her death in August 1997, before becoming one of the UK's best known royal commentators. On Monday, it was confirmed his book The Royal Insider – with a picture of himself and Diana on the cover – is due out for release in September. According to the Daily Mail, the monarchy is bracing for more bad press as Mr Burrell vows to 'speak candidly about the tensions that simmered' during his time at the Palace. 'It is only in the wake of the Queen's passing Burrell feels he can finally tell his story in full,' Mr Burrell's publisher Sphere told the outlet. Reportedly, the book will include candid new details about the demise of Diana's marriage to King Charles, as well as the King's relationships with both of his sons. The new memoir will mark the third book by Mr Burrell detailing his life in the palace with Diana, Charles and Princes William and Harry. William and Harry were reportedly infuriated by the previous two books, and Mr Burrell emerged as something of a villain in Harry's own tell-all book. In his memoir, the Duke of Sussex makes specific references to Mr Burrell but refuses to name the former staffer and calls him only 'mummy's butler'. In one passage, Hary fumed that Mr Burrell 'made his blood boil'. 'Mummy's former butler had penned a tell-all which actually told nothing,' he wrote. 'It was merely one man's self-justifying, self-centring version of events. 'My mother once called this butler a dear friend, trusted him implicitly. We did too. Now this. 'He was milking her disappearance for money. It made my blood boil.' In January, Mr Burrell himself told that he had experienced Harry's 'petulant behaviour' firsthand after Vanity Fair wrote an expose about the Sussexes. 'I know from firsthand experience how difficult Harry can be,' he said. 'I know how petulant he can be and how spoiled he is, because I've experienced that myself. 'He's always lived in a bubble.'
Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Prince Harry will 'never be forgiven' by two major royals despite reconciliation hope
As rumours of peace talks between Harry and King Charles continue to swirl, a royal expert has claimed that there are two senior royals who will find it difficult to forgive Prince Harry's disloyalty A royal author has claimed that two senior royals will find it difficult to forgive Prince Harry as rumours of peace talks between the Sussex camp and the royal family continue to swirl. Speculation of a royal reconciliation between Prince Harry and King Charles first emerged when senior aides for both parties were spotted having a meeting in London. While it is not known who initiated the talks, many believe the Duke of Sussex has reached out to his father to mend their rift ahead of Prince Harry's trip to the UK in September. Many royal commentators are hoping that the relationship between the father and son can be patched up, however, others are not convinced that the royal family at large will be so quick to forgive. An one has claimed that two senior royals will 'never forgive' Prince Harry after his years of damning exposés against the Firm, including his tell-all interview with Oprah alongside Meghan Markle, and his explosive autobiography Spare. Royal author Robert Jobson believes that both Prince William and Queen Camilla will have a hard time letting go of the accusations made against them in Harry's 2023 memoir. Jobson told The Sun: "He's asking for forgiveness. Well, you know, I think that his father probably will in the long term. I think he probably will. I just don't see William and Camilla doing it." Jobson added that while Harry's mother, the late Princess Diana, also authorised a tell-all autobiography about her time in the royal family, she did not make any profit from the memoir. He said: "She didn't monetise it for herself. He made a fortune out of it." In Spare, Harry mentioned Queen Camilla on more than 60 occasions, often branding her as "the Other Woman". He also accused the Queen of being "dangerous" and leaking negative stories to the press, allegedly "sacrificing him on her personal PR altar". He also pondered whether she would become his and William's "wicked stepmother" before her marriage to Charles, as they continued to grieve the loss of their mother. Prince Harry also referenced his brother Prince William on several occasions, detailing instances throughout their childhood and their ongoing rift. He even made claims that the brothers had a physical altercation. In his bombshell interview with the BBC back in May, Harry said that "some members of my family will never forgive me" for writing his memoir. But he added: "It would be nice to have that reconciliation part now. If they don't want that, that's entirely up to them." Royal expert Jennie Bond also believes that it will be difficult for Princess Anne to forgive Prince Harry if the peace talks come to fruition, given his 'extreme disloyalty' to the Firm since he quit royal life and relocated to California. Bond told the Mirror: 'To Anne, loyalty is paramount, and I suspect she feels that Harry has been extremely disloyal to his father, his brother and the monarchy. She might well find that hard to forgive.'
