King Charles III thought Donald Trump was “detached from reality” and asked American friends if he would be impeached, according to a new royal biography.
The former U.S. president sparked “torrents of profanity” from Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry after he said that Kate Middleton had “only herself to blame” for topless photographs taken without her consent and published in French Magazine Closer.
Trump also left Charles “disappointed” after referring to him as the “Prince of Whales,” spelled like the sea mammals, rather than the “Prince of Wales,” author Christopher Andersen wrote in The King: The Life of Charles III. Trump suggesting that he “could have nailed” Princess Diana, if he had wanted to, also “didn’t help.”
An advance copy of The King, seen by Newsweek, reads: “It didn’t help that Trump had aggressively pursued Princess Diana after her divorce—overtures that were rebuffed—and claimed later on a radio program that he could have ‘nailed her if I wanted to,’ but only if she passed an HIV test.”
“Kate Middleton is great – but she shouldn’t be sunbathing in the nude – only herself to blame,” Trump tweeted at the time. “Who wouldn’t take Kate’s picture and make lots of money if she does the nude sunbathing thing. Come on Kate!”
Andersen wrote: “Trump’s criticism of Kate resulted in what one Clarence House butler referred to as ‘torrents of profanity’ from both Prince Charles and his sons.”
Tensions rose to the point that, Andersen wrote, the royals tried to “discourage” a planned visit by Trump to Britain in 2017. The visit ultimately did not go ahead.
In 2017, Trump said there were “very fine people on both sides” at what Andersen described as “a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.”
