Donald Trump isn’t one to mince things, and he didn’t hold back after meeting with Prince William.
The Prince of Wales and the then-president-elect met in Paris at the end of last year, with Trump declaring that negotiations between the UK and the United States went well.
The two met following the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral, which was damaged by a massive fire in 2019 and has since been rebuilt.
Trump said that they discussed their families and King Charles III’s health during his cancer treatment.
At the time, the King had pulled back on his work commitments, with William stepping up to take over.
The short meeting appears to have left a lasting impression as Trump spoke positively of the Prince of Wales.
Speaking to the New York Post, Trump shared: “He looked really, very handsome last night. Some people look better in person. He looked great. He looked really nice, and I told him that.
“And I asked him about his wife and he said she’s doing well. I asked him about his father and his father is fighting very hard, and he loves his father and he loves his wife, so it was sad.”
He added: “We had a great talk for half an hour, a little more than half an hour. We had a great, great talk.”
Trump has previously opened up about meeting other royals, and was insistent the late Queen Elizabeth II was a big fan of him.
He previously said: “Many people have said I was her favourite president.”
According to Metro, the 78-year-old Republican recently conveyed his best wishes to King Charles on his health while speaking with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
“The Prime Minister spoke to president Trump this evening,” a Downing Street spokesperson told the publication. “The president opened by wishing His Majesty the King best wishes and good health.”
Earlier this year, Trump spoke openly about another British royal, Prince Harry, who lives in California with his wife Meghan Markle and their two children, Archie and Lilibet.
The president replied to a plea for Harry’s deportation after a US think tank claimed his US visa should not have been awarded due to his admission in his autobiography that he used narcotics.
However, Trump denied any plans to send Harry out of the US, telling the New York Post, “I don’t want to do that. I will leave him alone. He has enough troubles with his wife. “She is terrible.”
