EXCLUSIVE Queen Elizabeth II said Donald Trump was 'very rude': Astonishing claim revealed in new book which also reports that late monarch believed former US President must have an 'arrangement' with wife Melania What The Queen really thought of Donald Trump: All is revealed in CRAIG BROWN'S deliciously gossipy royal book By Rebecca English Royal Editor Published: 17:36 EDT, 19 August 2024 | Updated: 17:58 EDT, 19 August 2024 e-mail 11 shares 248 View comments Queen Elizabeth found Donald Trump 'very rude', a sensational new biography of the late monarch claims. The sovereign, who hosted the ex-US president twice during her reign, is said to have 'particularly disliked' the way he looked over her shoulder as if 'in search of others more interesting'. She also mused over his relationship with his wife Melania and said she believed they must have 'some sort of arrangement'.
The astonishing claims are made by Craig Brown in his new book, A Voyage Around The Queen, which is being serialised in the Daily Mail . He reports the conversation occurred at a lunch 'weeks after' one of Mr Trump's visits. Queen Elizabeth II sits with Donald Trump at an event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, in Portsmouth, on June 5, during the then president's state visit Trump is pictured with the Queen and his wife Melania at a state banquet held at Buckingham Palace in June 2019 Queen Elizabeth and Donald Trump are pictured inspecting the Guard of Honor at Windsor Castle in J.