Queen Elizabeth Found Donald Trump to Be 'Very Rude,' New Book Claims

Mar. 15, 2025

Queen Elizabeth and Donald Trump at Windsor Castle on July 13, 2018.Photo:Richard Pohle - WPA Pool/Getty

Richard Pohle - WPA Pool/Getty

Queen Elizabethfound former PresidentDonald Trumpto be “very rude,” a new book claims.

“A few weeks after President Trump’s visit, for instance, she confided in one lunch guest that she found him ‘very rude’: she particularly disliked the way he couldn’t stop looking over her shoulder, as though in search of others more interesting,” Brown wrote inA Voyage Around the Queen, according to an excerpt serialized in theDaily Mailon Aug. 19.

“She also believed President Trump ‘must have some sort of arrangement’ with his wifeMelania, or else why would she have remained married to him?” Brown wrote.

Queen Elizabeth and Donald Trump inspect a Guard of Honour at Windsor Castle on July 13, 2018.Richard Pohle - WPA Pool/Getty

Richard Pohle - WPA Pool/Getty

Trump, for his part, thought the visit went well, Brown wrote, and was confident that he was the monarch’s favorite guest ever. “There are those that say they have never seen the Queen have a better time, a more animated time,” Trump told Fox News, as recounted in the book.

Queen Elizabeth met with 13 of the 14 American presidents who served during her historic 70-year reign before her death in September 2022, and Trump’s first visit to see her was shrouded in controversy. He was first invited for a state visit after being sworn into office, but the official state trip was repeatedly delayed amid speculation that the delay was due to worries over the protests he might face,The New York Timesreported at the time. In addition toother controversiessurrounding his relationship with Britain, Trump sparked backlash in June 2017 after he criticized London’s mayor in the wake of a terror attack there.

A year later, Trump had a similar gaffe during the official state visit in June 2019 when he put his hand on Queen Elizabeth’s back during thestate banquetat Buckingham Palace. While the royal family’swebsiteguides that there are “no obligatory codes of behavior when meeting the Queen or a member of the royal family,” the traditional forms of etiquette suggested are a neck bow for men and a curtsy for women.

(From left) Donald Trump, Queen Elizabeth, Melania Trump, then-Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall at Buckingham Palace on June 3, 2019.DOUG MILLS/POOL/AFP via Getty

DOUG MILLS/POOL/AFP via Getty

“Going to Buckingham Palace was supposed to be a highlight of his presidency,” Hillwrotein her bookThere Is Nothing For You Here: Finding Opportunity in the 21st Century, published in 2021, perInsider.

“Meeting Queen Elizabeth II was particularly important to President Trump. He often referred in conversation to his mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, who was originally from Scotland, and her admiration for Queen Elizabeth,” she wrote.

Queen Elizabeth, Melania Trump and Donald Trump at Buckingham Palace on June 3, 2019.TOLGA AKMEN/POOL/AFP via Getty

TOLGA AKMEN/POOL/AFP via Getty

Upon the Queen’s death in 2022, Trump shared condolences on his social media site, Truth Social. In the statement, he wrote that he and Melania would “always cherish our time together with the Queen, and never forget Her Majesty’s generous friendship, great wisdom and wonderful sense of humor.”

“What a grand and beautiful lady she was — there was nobody like her!” Trump wrote in part.

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PresidentJoe Bidenand First LadyJill Bidenrepresented the United States at Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey on Sept. 19, 2022.

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and President Joe Biden at Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey on Sept. 19, 2022 in London.Geoff Pugh - WPA Pool/Getty

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source: people.com