Sept. 9, 2026

Trump Tells Charles: I Wouldn’t Have Taken Harry and Meghan Back

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Donald Trump delivers his harshest assessment yet of Harry and Meghan’s return to Britain, saying the couple treated the Royal Family with “great disrespect” and that, if he were King Charles, he would have “never spoken to him again.” Meanwhile, a new report claims Harry and Charles still haven’t spoken since the Sussexes moved back, despite Harry’s public calls for reconciliation. Plus, Trump shares a misleadingly edited video involving Charles, the Sussexes face new security concerns over the school run, their permanent home search could take eighteen months, and Harry reportedly begins taking a softer approach toward the British media.

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Kalaroga Shark Media. Hi and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I

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am your host, Mark Francis. The Daily Mirror's Russell Myers

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claims Harry and King Charles have yet to speak since

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the move. One source told the Mirror, Harry has spoken

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openly about desperately wanting reconciliation and yet he is the

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one keeping his father and his family in the dark

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about major developments such as moving back to the UK.

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Such behaviour just makes it harder to deal with the

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Sussexes or know their true motives for moving their entire

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lives back to Harry's homeland. The whole family are perplexed

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about the situation. Donald Trump weighed in on Prince Harry

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and Meghan Markle's return to Britain, saying he is pleased

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the couple have left the United States and accusing them

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of treating the royal family with disrespect. Speaking to reporters

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in Washington, the president was asked about the Sussexes' decision

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to return to the UK after six years in California.

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I'm happy about it. Trump then contrasted his opinion of

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Harry and Meghan with his relationship with Queen Elizabeth and

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King Charles. I was not a fan. I had a

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very good relationship with the Queen. Really good. I got

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to know her very well. A really good relationship with

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King Charles. I knew him as Prince Charles and King Charles.

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I've known him for a long time. Trump described Charles

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as a great, great guy before offering his assessment of

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the Sussexes' treatment of the family. I think they treated

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the royal family with great disrespect. I didn't like it.

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If I were the royal family, I would not have

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taken them back. Then, in an interview with GB News,

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Trump said Harry's memoir and his public criticism of the

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royal family crossed a line. But I think that what

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Meghan has done and him, Prince Harry, he wrote a

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book about that was very terrible to William. It was terrible.

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The things he said, I wouldn't, I mean, it's just me,

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I'm sure I'm wrong on this, but I would not

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have taken him back. I would never have spoken to

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him again. First of all, I think King Charles is fantastic.

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He's a friend of mine personally. I would not have

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taken them back. Too much hate. Too many really bad things.

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Prince Harry wrote a book that was so bad and

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she was a horrible influence on him. What she's done

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to him is unacceptable. If I were King Charles, I

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would not take them back. It's too much. He was

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here a couple of months ago. Everybody loved him in America.

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He spoke in front of Congress. Everybody loved him. He's

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a fantastic guy. And he's been a friend of mine

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for a long time. I knew him as Prince Charles.

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I knew him as King Charles. And he's amazing. And

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he's fighting through a very tough situation with his health.

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And very few people would have that bravery to do

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what he's done. When presenter Bev Turner suggested Charles appeared

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willing to extend an olive branch to Harry and Meghan,

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despite the continuing breakdown between Harry and William, Trump said

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that reflected well on the king. It shows you what

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a good man King Charles is. He's a much better

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person than I am. I wouldn't have done it. I

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would have said forget it. On Tuesday, Trump shared a

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video suggesting King Charles ignored a man who collapsed in

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front of him, but according to the Daily Mirror, the

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edit leaves out Charles trying to help. The footage comes

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from a 2020 visit to an ASDA distribution centre in Bristol.

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When Charles was still Prince of Wales and Camilla was

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Duchess of Cornwall, a member of staff was speaking with

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Charles when his legs gave way and he fell backward.

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In the version included in the compilation, Trump shared on

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Truth Social... The scene cuts to Charles walking away. The

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impression is that the future king simply carried on. The

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Mirror reports that the fuller footage shows Charles attempting to

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catch the man, then remaining nearby while medical professionals attended

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to him. He moved on after being assured the employee

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was okay. Charles appears alongside Emmanuel Macron, Joe Biden and

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Barack Obama, whose clips are also presented as examples of

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apparent indifference. including Charles, is particularly odd given Trump's recent

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public enthusiasm for the king. More palace in just a moment.

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The school run continues to be a point of concern

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for the Sussexes. One friend told the Telegraph, it is

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absolutely the biggest area of concern. It creates the most dangers.

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Former Royal Protection Officer Scott Hamer adds, the whole point

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of protection is to keep the diary as tight as possible.

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to ensure people who might want to do bad things

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do not have the opportunity to do so. With the

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school run, you can vary the route as much as

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you like, but the start and end point will always

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be the same. It's really, really difficult. According to the newspaper,

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Harry and Meghan intend to take the children to school

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themselves whenever possible, as they did in California, although their

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nanny has also moved to Britain. They do not plan

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to announce the school's name. The Telegraph reports that the

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school has introduced procedures and provided special training for teachers.

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The couple's reported concerns include paparazzi coverage by overseas outlets,

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photographs shared on social media, and the possibility of an

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individual seeking to harm them. Hamer said anyone potentially at

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risk should receive a fair assessment. Personally, I don't think

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Prince Harry has had one, he said. If there is

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a credible threat to him and his family, it should

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be objectively assessed. If there is a genuine risk, the

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state should provide protection. If not, then fine, but let

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him know. It doesn't matter whether he's a working or

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non-working royal. The late Queen Mother got protection after she retired,

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as did Princess Margaret, as does every ex-Prime Minister. The

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risk does not just vanish. Harry and Meghan are reportedly

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staying in a property on a friend's estate while searching

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for a permanent home in Britain, a process that could

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take more than 18 months. A friend told the Mail's

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Alison Boshoff, They are staying in a property on the

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estate of a friend, but the truth is, Harry feels

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they are highly unlikely to find somewhere that is just

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ready to move into. He thinks it may be 12

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to 18 months before they're into a new place, and

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that's if you are thinking about completing at the end

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of this year or early next year, so it could

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be even further away than that. According to the same source,

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the Sussexes have a budget of more than Â£ 8 million

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and are looking for a property with substantial land. It's

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likely that if you have the Â£ 8 million plus budget,

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which they do, that a house will be historic, which

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makes renovations more complicated because there are heritage issues. The

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kind of property they are looking for with the amount

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of land doesn't come up every week, so they know

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it might be a long search for the right place.

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Harry is reportedly taking a different approach to relations with

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the British media as he and Meghan settle back into

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life in the UK. For now, friends say the priority

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is getting the children ready for school. One friend told

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the Sunday Times they are still unpacking at home and

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getting over the jet lag. They're buying school uniforms and

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trying to buy pencil cases without being spotted. They wanted

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to come back. They're excited about being back and everything

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that's to come. A separate source told The Sun, there

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are a lot of things to arrange. Meghan is totally

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focused on getting the kids settled for now. Alongside that

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purported move, the Sunday Times says Harry's position on royal

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media coverage has softened. When the Sussexes left their working

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royal roles in 2020, they announced that they would no

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longer take part in the royal rota system, through which

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selected news organisations share coverage of royal engagements. According to

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the Sunday Times, some Rotor reporters have since been given

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access to Harry's appearances during visits to Britain. A source

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told the newspaper, he is in a different headspace to

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where he was before. For Meghan, that work could include

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renewed involvement with British charities, a source told the Sunday Times.

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She is thinking about plans for how she can get

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more involved and support the causes she was supporting and

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was passionate about again, and new causes too. She wants

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to pick up with a lot of people. And there

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