A royal author has shared that US President Donald Trump‘s fascination with the Royal Family started during his childhood as his late mother loved watching the late Queen Elizabeth II on television.
President Trump has previously spoke of his fondness for the late Queen, King Charles and the Prince and Princess of Wales. David Charter, author of Royal Audience: 70 Years, 13 Presidents – One Queen’s Special Relationship with America, recently told HELLO!: “It goes right back to his really early days when his Scottish mother spent hours in front of the TV watching the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953.
“It’s a really strong childhood memory for Trump, and he remembers it well and how absolutely fascinated and enthralled his mother was with royalty, and some of that rubbed off on him.”
Describing Trump as “a huge royalist”, he added: “There’s no question that he absolutely delights in royal company.”
The US President also previously wrote of his mother’s love for the Queen, writing: “I grew up in a household where Queen Elizabeth – her grace, her charm, her nobility – were deeply admired, especially by my mother, who came from Scotland.”
His mother Mary was born in 1912 in Tong, Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis and emigrated to the United States.
He also previously told podcaster Miranda Devine that his mom “was a big fan of the Queen,” revealing that “anytime the Queen was on television, my mother liked watching. [She] said, ‘Oh, the Queen’s on.'”
He first met the late Queen in 2018 as he joined her for tea at Windsor Castle alongside his wife Melania Trump.
In an interview after the meeting, the US President called the Queen “an incredible lady”.
He added: “I feel I know her so well and she certainly knows me very well right now”.