Buckingham Palace later distanced itself from Harry's comment, saying Harry was no longer a member of the royal family and therefore his statements were made “in his personal capacity.” But too late, because the damage was done, at least from Trump's point of view. “I'm not a big fan of her,” the new president told reporters at a White House press conference in 2020, making it clear that Meghan Markle's dislike of him was more than reciprocal. “I'm going to say, and maybe she's heard this already, that I wish Harry luck, because he's going to need it.” »
His opinion of the Sussex couple does not appear to have changed, as he demonstrated at the Conservative Political Action Conference held near Washington this year, where Trump warned Harry that he would to “fend for himself” if he was elected again. “I will not protect him,” he added. He betrayed the queen. If it were up to me, he'd manage on his own. »
Donald Trump says Prince Harry will have to 'fend for himself, if it were up to him' [lui] ».
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Trump was referring to criticisms of the royal family that Prince Harry outlined in his autobiography, The Substituteand which Trump, a fervent defender of the late Queen, described as “unacceptable”. He notably said that Elizabeth II was “an incredible woman” after her visit to the United Kingdom in 2019, adding: “I feel like I know her so well, and she certainly knows me very well now, but we also have a very good relationship with the United Kingdom.” During an interview conducted by Piers Morgan following his visit, he even said: “I don't want to speak for her, but as far as I'm concerned, I really liked her. »
But how could the new President Trump make life difficult for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex? He had already attacked the prince by quoting extracts from Harry's autobiography, in which he confesses to having already tried cocaine, marijuana and hallucinogenic mushrooms. “I've experimented with it over the years, more for fun, but I now use it therapeutically,” he said of psychedelics, before expanding to cocaine: “It wasn't very fun, and it didn't make me particularly happy unlike everyone else who had taken it around me, but it made me feel different at the time, which was the goal. »
