US President Donald Trump has criticised Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, saying he was "happy" to see them relocating from the United States back to Britain because he felt they had disrespected the royal family. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, he said he was "not a fan" of the couple and contrasted this with his praise for the late Queen and King Charles III, both of whom he described having good relationships with. His remarks matter because they add a prominent political voice to ongoing scrutiny of the Sussexes' fraught relationship with the monarchy.

Trump said Meghan Markle had been "terribly disrespectful" to the Queen and King Charles, and stated that had he been part of the royal family, he "wouldn't have taken them back". His comments follow news that Harry and Meghan are moving their children, Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, back to the UK for an "extended stay", with the family having arrived at Birmingham International Airport the previous week. They plan to live in a private residence outside London while keeping their California home, and remain non-working royals with no indication of a formal return to duties. Trump has previously called Meghan "nasty" in 2019, while Harry has also made past jabs at the president.