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Trump’s enthusiasm for the British royals has been reported since 2019 when Michael D’Antonio, the author of “The Truth About Trump,” told The New York Times: “The Queen may be one of the only people on Earth who could expect he was going to be respectful.” Ironically, when he did meet HRH in the summer of 2018, during an hour-long visit to Windsor Castle, Trump briefly walked in front of The Queen while they inspected her honour guard — a gesture that was viewed as a disrespectful breaking of royal protocol.
A new book, this time written by British-American Fiona Hill, a former adviser on Russian issues at the White House, says more about the former president’s open obsession with meeting the monarch.
“Going to Buckingham Palace was supposed to be a highlight of his presidency,” she writes.
“Meeting Queen Elizabeth II was particularly important to President Trump.
“He often referred in conversation to his mother, Mary Anne Mac-Leod, who was originally from Scotland, and her admiration for Queen Elizabeth.”
According to ‘There Is Nothing For You Here: Finding Opportunity in the 21st Century,’ Mr Trump was “always slightly awestruck when he talked about her as his voice and his face would soften.”
“A meeting with the Queen of England was the ultimate sign that he, Trump, had made it in life.”
As US President, Trump met the then Prime Minister Theresa May several times and reportedly tried to incite her to offer him a formal invitation to the UK.
“In the middle of a meeting or in an obvious tangent at the end, he would, apropos of nothing in particular, suddenly talk about his desire to golf once more at Turnberry,” Ms Hill wrote.
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As reported by Michael D’Antonio, Trump’s brief connection with the highest British monarch may be one of the memories he will cherish the most.
“This is more important than any piece of legislation he could get through Congress, greater than resolving problems at the border with Mexico,” the journalist told the New York Times.
“I would think one of his dying thoughts will be of this.
“When he is about to leave this earth, he will think, ‘I was that person, standing with the Queen.'”
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