And now Donald Trump is also talking about “Kategate”

«It is certainly a difficult period»: Former President Donald Trump had his say on “Kategate”, i.e. on the silence of the British royal family regarding the health conditions of the Princess of Wales, the diffusion of the family photo manipulated by her and the “errors” in communication by the Royals. She did so in a long interview given on March 19th Nigel Farage, the former UKIP secretarythe British far-right party that dissolved after the Brexit referendum, which is nowanchorman on the GB News channel.

The conversation started from a memory of Queen Elizabeth IIfor which Trump had only words of praise: «I'm a big fan of the concept of royal family“, he said. «The Queen was incredible: think about it, in all these years, 75, she almost never made a mistake» – even if the sovereign reigned for 70 years and not 75. «In all that period, I couldn't get her to say who had been the prime minister he loved most, nor as president of the United States,” Trump said, laughing.

Attention then moved on to the present King Charles IIIwhom the former president said he respected despite the divergent views on environmental issues. «We have different opinions, but we get along. I think he's a really wonderful guy, we get along, but he was a little more interested in environmental restrictions than I was,” Trump said. In fact, we remember that in 2019, when Carlo publicly expressed his concerns about climate change, Trump defined the whole issue as a “hoax”, and then withdrew the United States from the Paris climate agreement, previously signed by Barack Obama . He then wished the monarch a speedy recovery.

Moving on to Kate Middletonand pressed on the manipulation of the photo with the children admitted by the Princess of Wales herself, Trump said: «You look at these movie actors, and you see a movie actor, you meet them and you say: “Is that the same person in the photo?”», then declaring himself not surprised that a photo was being edited. Trump didn't seem concerned about the Princess' health condition, saying: “It shouldn't be a big problem because she has all the doctors… It was actually a very minor surgery, I don't understand why there could be such a fuss about it.” . “It's a difficult period,” he concluded.

The final blow was dealt to the Prince Harry, who lives in California with his wife Meghan Markle. Farage referred in particular to one of Harry's many confessions contained in the bestselling autobiography Sparereleased in January 2023: those relating to his “sporadic” use of cannabis and cocaine. The presenter posed a doubt to Trump, repeating a controversy from the conservative Heritage Foundation, saying he did not know whether, in his visa application for the United States, the prince had admitted drug use, even if referring to the past, and whether the American people deserved to know the truth. To which Trump replied: “I guess so.” Farage, who was looking for a sensationalist headline for his interview, pressed him again: “Do you think Prince Harry should get special privileges?” Trump denied it and added: «If he lied about drugs, appropriate action will need to be taken». Farage then tried to insist: “Are you telling me that an investigation could mean the prince no longer stays in America?”, but Trump replied: “I don't know, you'll have to tell me.”