Trump Expresses Joy Over Harry And Meghan Reportedly Leaving The United States

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was pleased Britain's Prince Harry and his American wife, Meghan Markle, had left the United States, telling reporters in the Oval Office that he had never been a fan of the couple. His remarks came roughly a week after the prince and Markle relocated back to Britain from their home in Montecito, California, bringing an end to a six-year period in which the couple had lived in the United States. "I'm happy about it. I was not a fan," Trump told reporters, adding that he had long held reservations about the couple's public conduct.

He went on to say that he believed Harry and Markle had treated the British royal family with a notable lack of respect during their years in the public spotlight, saying their behavior toward senior royals had left a negative impression on him. Trump directed particular criticism at Markle, stating that he found her conduct toward the late Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III to be disrespectful. "I thought she was terribly disrespectful to the Queen, to King Charles," he said. His comments extend a pattern of criticism he has previously directed at the Duchess of Sussex on multiple occasions over the years, reflecting an ongoing, if informal, public rivalry between the two figures.

The couple's return to Britain comes six years after they stepped back from official royal duties and relocated to the United States amid a highly publicized rift with the royal family. Their departure at the time was accompanied by a series of pointed public criticisms of royal institutions and individual family members, criticisms that drew global media attention and reshaped public perceptions of the monarchy's inner workings. Since then, Harry has made visible efforts to repair his relationship with his father, King Charles III, who has been undergoing treatment for cancer, with the two appearing to reconcile to some degree during more recent visits to the United Kingdom.

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However, Harry is reported to remain estranged from his elder brother, Prince William, the heir to the British throne, as well as William's wife, Catherine, Princess of Wales. The rift between the brothers has persisted despite the apparent thaw in Harry's relationship with his father, and it remains one of the more closely watched aspects of the family's ongoing dynamics. Asked how he might have handled the situation differently had he been part of the royal family, Trump suggested he would have taken a firmer stance than Charles ultimately did in allowing Harry to maintain ties with the family. "Maybe I'm different.

I wouldn't have taken him back, right? If I were the royal family, I would not have taken them back," he said, signaling that he would not have been as forgiving toward the couple following their earlier public criticisms of royal relatives. Trump's remarks add a new dimension to the sustained public fascination with the Sussexes' relationship with the royal family, a storyline that has remained a fixture of tabloid and mainstream coverage alike since Harry and Markle's initial departure from royal life. Their resettlement in Britain is likely to keep the family's internal dynamics, and Trump's willingness to weigh in on them, in the public conversation for the foreseeable future.

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