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Trump says he is happy Harry and Meghan left U.S. for Britain

Published 2 September 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was pleased that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had left the United States and returned to Britain, adding that if he were part of the British royal family, he would not have welcomed them back. The comments, made in the Oval Office, came about a week after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved back to the U.K. from their home in Montecito, California, ending a six-year stay that began when they stepped down from official royal duties in 2020. "I'm happy about it. I was not a fan," Trump told reporters. He stated that he believed the couple had treated the royal family with great disrespect, specifically criticizing Meghan's behavior. "I didn't like the way she acted. I thought she was terribly disrespectful to the Queen, to King Charles," Trump said, referencing his own good relationship with the late Queen Elizabeth II and her successor, King Charles III, who is currently undergoing treatment for cancer. The president's remarks highlight his long-standing criticism of the Sussexes. He suggested he would have taken a harder line than the royal family itself. "Maybe I'm different.

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