Sept. 19, 2025

William’s Trump Icebreaker, Trump’s Makeup Mystery, and where did you think Anne was?

William’s Trump Icebreaker, Trump’s Makeup Mystery, and where did you think Anne was?

Prince William lightened the mood at Trump’s Windsor arrival with the quip, “This is my dad,” before a lavish state banquet filled with s’more-inspired cocktails, tiaras, and a 52-yard table. Trump sat between Charles and Kate, praising her beauty multiple times in remarks that left royal watchers cringing, while body language experts noted he looked oddly subservient beside the Princess of Wales. Observers spotted makeup covering bruises on his hand, prompting questions after the Royal Family posted an unedited photo. Princess Anne was absent from the Trump pageantry—naturally, she was busy working in Scotland. And one columnist summed it up: Trump desperately wants to be British, but only Melania might actually pass the test.

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Callaroga Shark Media, Hi, and welcome to Pallas Intrigue.

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I'm your host, Mark Francis. Prince William added a touch

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of humor to the formalities of President Trump's state visit

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this week. The Prince of Wales, joined by Princess Catherine,

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was tasked with welcoming the US President and First Lady

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of Milania Trump when Marine one landed on the grounds

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of Windsor Castle on Wednesday. The couple then escorted the

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Trumps across the lawns to meet King Charles and Queen Camilla.

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As the introductions were made, William lightened the atmosphere with

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a simple but disarming remark to the President, saying this

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is my dad. The telegraph took us inside the banquet

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Fort Donald Trump, where the evening combined grandeur with personal

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touches designed to appeal to the President, from a cocktail

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inspired by a s'more to a playlist featuring his favorite

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arias and rally anthems. The fifty two yard table, sept

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with fourteen hundred and fifty two pieces of polished cutlery

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and adorned with seasonal flowers and one hundred and thirty

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nine candles, took two full days to prepare. The carefully

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curated menu included Hampshire watercress panacotta with quail egg salad,

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organic Norfolk chicken ballentine wrapped in corgettes, and a bomb

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glass cardinal filled with Kentish raspberry saubet in Victoria plums.

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The winelist carried special symbolism a cognac from nineteen twelve,

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the year of mister Trump's mother's birth, and a nineteen

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forty five port in tribute to the forty fifth the

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forty seventh president. Seating arrangements placed mister Trump between King

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Charles and the Princess of Wales, while the First Lady

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was seated with Queen Camilla and the Prince of Wales.

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A medley of music performed by the Duchess of Edinburgh's

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string orchestra, ranged from Bond themes to Elton John and

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the Rolling Stones, interspersed with arias such as Nesson Dormer,

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Kate resplendent in a gold lace gown, and The Lovers Not.

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Tiara was seated beside President Trump, who used his dinner

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speech to describe her as so beautiful, adding that she

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looked so radiant, so healthy, that distraction appears to have worked.

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Prince William, meanwhile, was positioned next to Paula Reynolds's chair

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of the National Grid. Though separated inside Saint George's Hall,

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the couple quietly defined a protocol. Later in the evening,

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a candid photograph taken by Matt Porteus showed William and

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Catherine holding hands in the darkness outside Windsor Castle. The

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moment was warmly received on social media. Another distraction successfully completed.

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White House Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt said the dinner was spectacular.

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It was superbly done by the King and Queen, the

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President and everyone very much appreciated the hospitality. The food

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was divine, and the conversation was great. Chris Ruddy, chief

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executive of Newsmax Media, added that the former President and

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the first Lady were absolutely gleaming, and they don't gleam often.

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They're not impressed that much by many things. He noted,

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mister Trump appeared fascinated and really engaged in his discussions

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with the Princess of Wales. In his toast, mister Trump declared,

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it's a singular privilege to be the first American president

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welcomed here on behalf of all Americans. I offer a

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toast to one of the great friendships, to two great countries,

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and to his Majesty King Charles the Third, a very

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very special man and also a very very special Queen.

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Thank you very much. It's a great honor to be

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with you. Some noticed a subtle dig at Harry. Trump

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told guests that King Charles had raised a remarkable son

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in Prince William, and predicted he would have unbelievable success

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in the future. The King's other son, the Spare, was

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not referenced during the banquet. Observers noted that President Trump

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appeared to have makeup applied to his right hand, reportedly

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to conceal bruising. The royal family's official ex account later

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posted an unedited photograph in which the makeup was clearly visible,

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as well as Trump's unsmiling expression as he stood alongside

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King Charles Queen Camilla, the First Lady. The White House

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attributed the bruising to frequent handshakes combined with the President's

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use of aspirin as part of a standard cardiovascular prevention regime.

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Officials also confirmed that in Julians the Trump was diagnosed

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with chronic venous insufficiency, a condition affecting blood flow back

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to the heart, which has caused a swelling in his ankles.

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The White House declined to comment further on the Royal

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family's decision to highlight the image. How did the President

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do when it comes to protocol? Upon greeting Kate and William,

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Trump shook hands with the Prince, but went further by

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patting him on the arm, a gesture repeated moments later

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when he met King Charles. While such contact is not

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considered a strict breach of protocol, royal observers noted it

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is generally regarded as poor etiquette. The more debated moment

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came in Trump's choice of words for the Princess of Wales.

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Shaking her hand, he remarked, you're beautiful, so beautiful. Later

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in his formal banquet speech, he again praised Catherine as

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so radiant and so healthy and so beautiful. Royal historian

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Justin Wowick explained that while no official rules were broken,

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the remarks strayed from the unspoken codes of diplomatic formality.

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It would, in my opinions, sort of transgress the unofficial

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rules of personal diplomacy. It was very awkward. There are

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so many levels of cringe to this, He told CBC,

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how do you respond to something like that in a

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way that will not make the situation more awkward or

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will not come off as a rebuff of the compliment.

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Robert Finch of the Monarchist League of Canada added that

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such comments are typical of Trump, saying he does tend

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to compliment people on their looks in appearance when he

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meets them, So the Princess of Wales would be no

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different in that regard. You have to wonder what went

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through her head when she met him. They're a body

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language expert explained to the Mirror, what we hardly ever

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see is Donald Trump in a subservient position. If you

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look at Kate, she looks regal. If you look at

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her positioning, she is very upright and very much the alpha.

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What we see with Donald Trump here is Trump adopting

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a tortoise position. Imagine when a tortoise is scared, they attracted.

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This is very much the same for human beings. If

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you look at Trump, he is almost leaning in with

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the tortoise effect. There is a raise of the shoulders.

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We know for sure that is a subservient position. Some

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wondered where Princess Anne was on Wednesday morning that she

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was notably absent from the proceedings. Come now, this is

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Princess Anne we're talking about. She was, of course working.

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The Princess Royal was carrying out duties of her own

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in Scotland, reflecting her reputation as one of the hardest

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working members of the Royal Family in her role as

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patron of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists, and visited

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Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen to mark a milestone event,

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the centenary of Margaret bar Fullton's appointment as first qualified

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occupational therapist in the United Kingdom more Palace. In just

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a Moment in The Express, Paul Baldwin writes Donald Trump

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craves the one thing he can never have, Britishness. Baldwin

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was quite passionate sharing it's like the actual second Coming

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of Christ, isn't it, except with marginally more hullabaloo than

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I suspect would accompany the actual rapture. Seriously, I'm one

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hundred percent positive there'd be less fuss if it was

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the Lord God Almighty who touched down at London Standstead

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rather than Donald Trump and his scarily flawless other half millennia,

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Britain laid on the largest military ceremony for a visiting

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foreign leader in living memory, thirteen hundred military personnel, one

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hundred and twenty horses in a forty one gun salute,

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fired simultaneously from six World War One era guns on

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the castle's east lawn. I've been listening to generals to

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Mike Jackson recently, and I'm pretty certain that's about half

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the British Army's manpower and our top line cutting edge weaponry.

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If Putin really wanted to invade, he'd missed a trick today.

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What is wonderful, though, is watching Trump interact with our

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aglist royals. He may be the most powerful man on

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the planet, but he looks at King Charles and he knows. Charles,

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of course, is everything Trump isn't, but would desperately love

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to be kouth, cultured and most importantly of all British,

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from the way that Donald insisted on a right in

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that wonderful world of Disney eighteenth century state coach dripping

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with guilt and footman fact, only the Queen could ever

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look cool in that coach. Everyone else looks like they're

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at a funfair, especially Trump to the way he chumms

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up to King Charles and William and Kate, ingratiating himself

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at every turn. It all screams, please make me a

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brit Millennia, on the other hand, may look like she

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was created by an AI algorithm, but actually she would

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make the much better brit gifted as she must be

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in those most British of traits patients tolerance and infinite

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resolve in the face of impossible odds, which I think

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we can safely assume a absolute prerequisites being missus Trump

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