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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 11:12 AM Mar 2017

What the Queen Really Thinks of Donald Trump (revelations about Trump and Princess Diana)

What the Queen Really Thinks of Donald Trump

President Trump, sources agree, will be met with charm and grace by the queen when he makes his state visit to the U.K. But Princes Charles, William, and Harry may well be biting their tongues.

TOM SYKES

03.04.17 12:01 AM ET

While sources unilaterally agree that the queen and Prince Philip—who will host Donald Trump when he makes a state visit to Britain later this year—will be nothing less than entirely charming and hospitable to their American visitor, the same cannot be automatically said of the younger generation of royals.

Understandably, many fear that Harry and William may not feel particularly enthusiastic about extending the hand of friendship to a man who, not long after their mother’s death in 1997, told radio host Howard Stern he could have “nailed” Diana if he really wanted to and would have slept with her, “without hesitation.”

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Christopher Andersen, author of the best selling biography of the Windsor women Game of Crowns told The Daily Beast, “The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry have all privately expressed their distaste for Trump. Trump went after Diana so aggressively, peppering her with phone calls, showering her with flowers, that she complained to a friend he was giving her ‘the creeps.’

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“But when it comes to the younger royals, especially given his crude comments about Diana after her death, it is hard to imagine that Charles, William, Harry and Kate will view Trump as anything but crass and overbearing.”

The British TV presenter Selina Scott, a friend of Diana’s, claimed in the Sunday Times that Trump “bombarded Diana at Kensington Palace with massive bouquets of flowers” writing: “As the roses and orchids piled up at her apartment, she became increasingly concerned about what she should do. It had begun to feel as if Trump was stalking her.”
As well as there being personal reasons for animosity between Trump and the Prince of Wales, there are political ones too.

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And as for Kate Middleton, can one really expect her to be sweetness and light to Trump, who outright and unapologetically victim-blamed her on Twitter after a long-lens photographer took a picture of her sunbathing topless in France? “Who wouldn’t take Kate’s picture and make lots of money if she does the nude sunbathing thing. Come on Kate!” Trump wrote, later adding, “Kate Middleton is great—but she shouldn’t be sunbathing in the nude—only herself to blame.” The photos were taken from a distance of over a mile at a private house in France owned by William’s cousin David Linley.

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What the Queen Really Thinks of Donald Trump (revelations about Trump and Princess Diana) (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2017 OP
I thought Parliment voted against him having a state visit with the Queen??? Takket Mar 2017 #1
So the royals will meet the pussy grabber who stalked them dalton99a Mar 2017 #2
I hope they continue to delay the visit until Ilsa Mar 2017 #3
Oh, I can totally see him saying it again to William and Harry. tanyev Mar 2017 #4
No shit. dalton99a Mar 2017 #5
Bwa-hahhahhahhah!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hatrack Mar 2017 #6
So he aggressively pursued Diana Freddie Mar 2017 #7
Ugh! He is such an embarrassment. smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #8
How can this fool be POTUS? BSdetect Mar 2017 #9

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
3. I hope they continue to delay the visit until
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 11:17 AM
Mar 2017

45 is taken into custody and it becomes moot. Either that, or the youngers openly snub him by not meeting him.

tanyev

(42,559 posts)
4. Oh, I can totally see him saying it again to William and Harry.
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 11:19 AM
Mar 2017

That's his version of a condolence--"It was so tragic when your mother died. I could have nailed her, you know."

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
8. Ugh! He is such an embarrassment.
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 11:46 AM
Mar 2017

He will only make the meeting about himself and start to think of himself as honorary royalty. He isn't fit to be in their presence.

BSdetect

(8,998 posts)
9. How can this fool be POTUS?
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 01:00 PM
Mar 2017

Embarrassing is the least reaction to reading these crass thoughts.

This is how he thinks. He's a slimy creep.

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