President Donald Trump was apparently trying to get some hot gossip from Queen Camilla during his trip to the U.K. last month.
Royal expert Tom Sykes reported in his The Royalist newsletter on Thursday, October 16, that Trump, 79, allegedly brought up Meghan Markle around the royal family.
“What’s the gossip on Meghan then? What’s going on there?” Sykes reported Trump said. In his commentary about the rather informal discussion Sykes quipped that Trump “would have liked an exclusive update.” (Wouldn’t we all?)
Us Weekly reached out to Buckingham Palace and the White House for comment.
President Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, made their second state visit to the U.K. last month. The two-day trip kicked off with the president and first lady being greeted by Prince William and Princess Kate Middleton. Eventually, Camilla and King Charles III joined the family for a carriage-led processional around the Windsor Castle grounds.
Trump honored the late Queen Elizabeth II during his visit before the evening’s state dinner — in which he spoke, thanking the royal family for their hospitality.
“Melania and I are delighted to visit again with Prince William and to see Her Royal Highness, Princess Catherine, so radiant and so healthy, so beautiful,” Trump said at the time. He spoke so highly of William that some royal watchers even believed that Trump was subtly throwing shade at Prince Harry.

Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump pose with King Charles and Queen Camilla. Aaron Chown – WPA Pool/Getty Images
“I just want to say that His Majesty has also raised a remarkable son in His Royal Highness, Prince of Wales. Really amazing,” Trump’s speech continued at the event, which took place on September 17. “We’ve gotten to know you and I think you’re going to have unbelievable success in future.”
It’s not too much of a shock that Harry and Meghan were left out of the official conversation between Trump and the royal family. The president has not minced words about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex since they relocated to the United States in 2020.
Trump made it clear that after Harry and Meghan left their positions in the royal family that “will not pay for their security protection” in the U.S. (Harry lost a legal battle for government-funded protection during his visits to the U.K. earlier this year.)
“The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have no plans to ask the U.S. government for security resources,” a rep for Harry and Meghan told Us in March 2020. “Privately funded security arrangements have been made.”
That same year, Trump stated that he was “not a fan” of Meghan.
“I would say this — and she has probably heard that — I wish a lot of luck to Harry because he’s going to need it,” Trump shared. His comment came after Harry and Meghan appeared in a September 2020 video that urged U.S. citizens to vote in the election that year.
When questions about Harry’s immigration status were raised earlier this year, Trump took it as another opportunity to take a dig at Meghan.
“I’ll leave him alone. He’s got enough problems with his wife. She’s terrible,” he told The New York Post this past March. “I think poor Harry is being led around by the nose.”
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