Trump and the royals: What’s next for the King and the new US president-elect?

The royal household plays a cardinal portion successful the UK-US peculiar relationship, and Donald Trump is good known for his emotion of the monarchy.

He boasted helium had “automatic chemistry” with precocious Queen, and has hailed the King arsenic a “really fantastic guy”.

With the arguable Republican person making the astir melodramatic comeback successful American governmental past aft winning a 2nd term, Charles and Mr Trump volition beryllium expected to brushwood 1 different yet again.

President-elect Mr Trump was already feted with a expansive authorities sojourn to the UK, hosted by the Queen successful 2019, making it improbable helium volition beryllium invited to marque a 2nd one.

Precedent for second-term US presidents who person already made a authorities sojourn appears to beryllium beverage oregon luncheon with the monarch astatine Windsor Castle, arsenic was the lawsuit for George W Bush and Barack Obama.

But thing should beryllium ruled retired erstwhile it comes to Mr Trump.

Foreign monarchs, presidents oregon premier ministers are invited to sojourn the King connected the proposal of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, truthful immoderate determination yet lies with the Government.

The past outward authorities sojourn to the US by a British monarch was 17 years agone erstwhile Elizabeth II was hosted by George W Bush successful 2007.

The King and Queen could beryllium invited to America by Mr Trump.

Palace officials indicated that aft Charles and Camilla’s caller Australia circuit that the King volition instrumentality to regular overseas trips adjacent twelvemonth arsenic helium adapts to surviving with cancer.

According to protocol, a British monarch waits until the inauguration of a president to nonstop a backstage connection of congratulations, alternatively than issuing 1 pursuing the predetermination result.

Mr Trump’s triumph marks an bonzer comeback successful a governmental vocation which has been marred successful controversy, transgression charges, accusations of racism and sexism, and the US Capitol riots successful January 2021.

But British sovereigns are good skilled successful diplomacy.

The precocious Queen entertained each mode of arguable leaders implicit the decades, from Romania’s Nicolae Ceausescu to Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

Mr Trump has often spoken of his enslaved with Elizabeth II.

“I truly got to cognize her due to the fact that I sat with her galore times and we had automatic chemistry, you volition recognize that feeling,” helium said.

But writer Craig Brown, successful his caller biography A Voyage Around The Queen, has since claimed that the monarch recovered Mr Trump “very rude”.

She is said to person “particularly disliked” the mode helium “couldn’t halt looking implicit her shoulder, arsenic though successful hunt of others much interesting”.

In 2018, Mr Trump joined the Queen for beverage astatine Windsor Castle.

As they inspected a Guard of Honour, the president walked on earlier lasting inactive successful beforehand of the Queen, meaning she had to navigate her mode astir him truthful they could locomotion broadside by side.

He aboriginal said of the sovereign successful an interview: “That is simply a beauteous woman.”

At the authorities sojourn a twelvemonth later, helium was treated to a afloat programme of pomp and pageantry, with a ceremonial invited and a glittering ballroom banquet astatine Buckingham Palace.

Charles inspected a Guard of Honour with Mr Trump connected the lawns of the royal residence, dined with him astatine the banquet and had beverage with him, Mrs Trump and the then-Duchess of Cornwall astatine Clarence House.

Mr Trump, who is known for his utmost hand-holding, appeared to present a fist bump to Elizabeth II successful the Palace gardens, but it was much apt an antithetic clench of her hand.

He tweeted the London travel had been a success, adding: “The Queen and the full Royal household person been fantastic.”

Mr Trump and the King, arsenic the Prince of Wales, person met respective times, though not since Charles acceded to the throne successful 2022, with Mr Trump’s archetypal word arsenic American person ending successful 2021.

But they look to beryllium connected affable terms.

Incoming-First Lady Melania Trump wrote successful her caller memoir that she and her hubby person an ongoing correspondence with the monarch.

“Our relationship with the royal household continues and we speech letters with King Charles to this day,” she said.

Mr Trump has admitted, however, that the King is “a small spot much into biology regularisation than I am”.

In fact, portion Charles has warned clime alteration is “the wolf astatine the door”, Mr Trump brands it a “Chinese hoax” and “bullshit”.

But Mr Trump maintained helium “totally listened” to the then-prince erstwhile helium was pressed connected clime alteration by Charles during his 2019 visit.

The King wrote privately to Mr Trump aft helium survived an assassination attempt, condemning the unit and wishing him a speedy recovery.

And Mr Trump spoke of however helium hoped the King was “going to beryllium OK” pursuing his crab diagnosis this year.

He has, however, been publically captious of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who unrecorded successful the US with their children.

Mr Trump warned Harry helium could look consequences if helium lied astir taking drugs connected his US visa application.

This came aft Harry’s references to taking cocaine, marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms successful his memoir Spare, which prompted a blimpish Washington DC deliberation vessel to question wherefore helium was allowed into America successful 2020.

Mr Trump told Nigel Farage connected GB News successful March: “We’ll person to spot if they cognize thing astir the drugs, and if helium lied they’ll person to instrumentality due action.’

Mr Farage asked: “Appropriate action? Which mightiness mean … not staying successful America?”

Mr Trump replied: “Oh I don’t know. You’ll person to archer me. You conscionable person to archer me. You would person thought they would person known this a agelong clip ago.”

The Heritage Foundation brought a suit against the Department for Homeland Security (DHS) implicit entree to Harry’s migration records aft a Freedom of Information Act petition was rejected.

But successful September a US justice ruled Harry’s visa exertion should stay backstage contempt him admitting taking drugs successful his autobiography.

Mr Trump besides lambasted Harry and Meghan, accusing them of treating the precocious Queen “very disrespectfully”.

“She was unbelievable. And I thought she was treated precise disrespectfully by them,” helium said.

“She, I would say, though she wouldn’t amusement it due to the fact that she was beardown and smart, but I would ideate they broke her heart.”

According to Meghan’s father, Thomas Markle, Harry erstwhile urged Mr Markle to springiness Mr Trump a chance.

Mr Markle shared details of their backstage speech successful an interrogation with ITV’s Good Morning Britain.

He said: “Our speech was, I was complaining astir not liking Donald Trump, helium said: ‘Give Donald Trump a chance’.

“I benignant of disagreed with that.”

Meghan was a vocal professional of erstwhile world prima Mr Trump, backing his rival, Hillary Clinton successful 2016, and suggesting past that she would permission the US if helium won.

She antecedently labelled him “divisive” and a “misogynist”.

Mr Trump meantime erstwhile said helium would person slept with Diana, Princess of Wales, without hesitation.

In a Howard Stern vigor interrogation recorded conscionable months aft the princess died, helium besides branded her “beautiful” but “crazy”.

Mr Trump utilized to bombard Diana – the parent of Harry and the now-Prince of Wales William – astatine Kensington Palace with monolithic bouquets, according to broadcaster Selina Scott, who said helium saw the princess arsenic “the eventual trophy wife”.

She added that Mr Trump gave Diana the creeps: “It had begun to consciousness arsenic if Trump was stalking her.”

Mr Trump besides made remarks astir the now-Princess of Wales aft Kate was photographed sunbathing topless by the paparazzi successful France.

“Kate Middleton is large – but she shouldn’t beryllium sunbathing successful the nude – lone herself to blame,” helium wrote connected societal media.