Prince Harry IGNORED as he lashes out at Trump ahead of King Charles US visit | Palace Confidential

As Harry lashes out, is the US government just not listening? Why is the king showing defiance at this particular moment? And what special responsibility has Charles asked Catherine to do while he's away? We have another special episode for you today. Hello and welcome to Palace Confidential, coming to you from New York City.

With all the noise and sounds, we've had sirens, shouts and horns. It's Manhattan's fantastic symphony. We're here because the US is preparing to welcome King Charles and Queen Camilla for an historic state visit. I'm thrilled to say that the males Richard Kay and Richard Eden are here to talk through all the big talking points, both here and at home.

Now we're putting out extra episodes this week to coincide with the state visit. And the best way to make sure that you don't miss these shows is to subscribe to this YouTube channel. Click that subscribe button to get a reminder whenever we put out a new show. Now, after an attempted assassination

on US President Donald Trump in Washington at the weekend, some were wondering whether the king and queen could still come for the US state visit, or would still come. Here's the Mail's Royal Editor, Rebecca English in the Capitol with the latest.

As we now know, with less than 48 hours before the King and Queen were about to touch down in Washington, there was an assassination attempt on President Trump. We all knew this was going to be a high-stakes visit, but none of us could have predicted this. Immediately I began asking Buckingham Palace whether the state visit could be affected or even cancelled. And I was told that while the King was deeply relieved to hear that the President, First Lady and their guests were unharmed

and was being kept informed of developments, that major discussions were taking place behind the scenes to see in what way the security of the trip could be affected. Late on Sunday night Buckingham Palace confirmed that the trip would go ahead with a few modest tweaks to one or two engagements. I was told that the King's mood was very much keep calm and carry on, which is exactly what

he is doing.

Meanwhile, President Trump described King Charles as brave and a great ambassador for his country. Now, I never expected the state visit to be cancelled at all. Several years ago, I was with the then Prince of Wales in Pakistan when a city we were due to visit suffered a horrendous bombing overnight with huge loss of life. And instead, the royal household simply rearranged his engagements

in another part of the country with minimal fuss. However, events here in Washington do show that, combined with the very volatile international situation, this state visit is a potential tinderbox.

The next few days will be fascinating. Rebecca English there. Let's bring in the panel now. Richard Eden, are you surprised? I mean, is it right they're saying the show must go on? I'm not surprised at all. I mean, I think it's a real show of defiance. The last thing the Royal family would want to do is to, you know, cancel or delay a visit because of threats of violence or terrorism. You know, they've they've lived with these threats for decades.

And it's the last thing they would ever do is to bow to this sort of violence. Now, Richard Cate, for all the justified concern, the royal family do know about arriving in difficult situations, don't they? The king will be prepared for anything, really.

Yes, of course. And they also do know a lot about living under the threat of violence and potential attack. I mean, the royal family have had that for decades back in the United Kingdom. And they're used to dealing with tricky situations when they come overseas. But there must have been some concern at some stage over the weekend. And we do know that the Secret Service, who guard President Trump and his officials, were

in discussions with British authorities about the level of protection that will be necessary for the King and Queen. And all we do know is that it has been reviewed in the light

of what happened in Washington. Rich Deeden, Charles himself faced a frightening moment going back more than 30 years now to 1994 in Australia. Yes, I mean, this was even more alarming in a way because it was at an Australia Day event and Prince Charles, as he then was was was on the stage when shots rang out

and then a member of the audience sort of lunged forward towards the stage and towards Charles and what was remarkable I remember seeing the footage later and it was his sort of sang-froid he hardly responded in fact the only reaction I saw from Charles was a slight sort of adjustment of his sleeve. But, you know, these were shots ringing out, leaping on stage. Later it turned out they were just blanks and it was a protest about treatment

of Cambodian refugees in Australia. But no one knew they were blanks at the time. And so it was a very brave, remarkable reaction, actually, I'd say. And Richard K. viewers will have seen the footage just now as Richard was talking. There was controversy over the action of the police at the time, wasn't there?

There was. Charles, just for context, was there on his own, although he and he were still married to Princess Diana. They were operating solo. They had actually separated officially by then, and he was on a solo visit.

And Charles's longstanding bodyguard, Superintendent Colin Trimming, who's very visible in the videos, he momentarily went to the gunman before, and I think to kick away the gun, before switching back to protect the prince.

And there was some controversy about the actions of the protection officers at that time. But, you know, as Richard said, it was Charles of St. Foy that is what is best remembered for.

There's a sort of sadness that has happened now and obviously there's a shock and all the rest of it but there's the sort of fear that because of this we'll perhaps see a bit less of the King and Queen because of security concerns. I hope not. I mean they've said that there might be slight adjustments to the schedule. I mean what I do know, I'm absolutely sure of, is that our King and Queen wouldn't want to change that schedule. You know, they always want to go ahead, they want

to make sure that they're visible. The last thing they would want to do is hide away. But they are of course, Richard, always under instruction from the government and security.

They have to put that first. Of course they do. And there are many more restrictions I think in the United States than there would be perhaps at home. I mean, as Richard says, the King loves meeting members of the public. I worry that they won't actually have too many encounters where they meet ordinary folk.

Well, let's hope they do. And we'll of course bring you all the latest here on Palace Confidential. But the press, the Trip has been making the media hear. A couple of headlines for you now. The New York Daily News say that security concerns intensify for King Charles' visit to the US on Monday, as we just discussed. CNN, meanwhile, say King Charles is set to meet Trump for the toughest mission of his reign. Richard Eden, toughest mission of his reign do you think so far? It could be, it could be. It's a very sensitive one. I mean, I was just sort of

joking with Richard earlier about the number of subjects which the King sort of wouldn't really want to discuss, whether that's Iran, whether it's that our Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, who the President's not a great fan of. There's all sorts of topics, aren't there? And quite apart from all the domestic issues as well, relating to the King's family. Exactly, probably no mention of Prince Harry or the former Prince Andrew or Geoffrey Epstein. If I was him I think I'd stick to traditional British habits

of discussing the weather and since we've been, we've encountered all sorts of weather. We've had sunshine, lightning. We have. I would give him one bit of advice, because it's guaranteed to make the president's eyes glaze over, is if he does, if the king does decide

to talk about climate change. Trump is on record as saying, or at a previous encounter with the king, that he spent the entire meeting droning on about climate change, and he was on the point of falling asleep.

So even the weather's off. What will they talk about, the Tea Party? We'd have to, we'll try and find out and bring it to you tomorrow. Meanwhile, the New York Times asks, can King Charles help heal the US British rupture?

They say not since his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, travelled to Washington after the Suez crisis, has a visit by the British monarch come at such a fraught time in Anglo-American relations. Richard Kaye, can he help

heal it?

I think he can because I think that's the unique balm that the royal family offer. Charles is not a politician. He's not elected. He's above politics.

And he's a master of the small talk. And what we do know, we all know that Trump is in awe of the royal family and the monarchy. He was devoted to the king's late mother. And he's spoken very warmly about Charles. But yes, it is gonna be tricky for him. We have to remember why he's here.

I mean, the royal visit is to mark the 250th anniversary of America's independence from the United Kingdom. Many have actually said that the position of the two countries has changed completely at VoltFast in the intervening two and a half centuries. That Britain is now the colony and America is the mother country.

Don't you dare say that Richard. But it's true, it's a whole total power dynamic shift. And a lot of that time, that history has been adjusting to that and refinding friendship.

But we know that Trump has some views about our government, that he feels that we didn't support the war in Iran in the way that he would expect us to. But Starmer has played, Kir Starmer has played a tough hand quite well thus far. But it is important, this visit, I think in terms of getting the relationship, Anglo-American relationships back on an even keel.

Now the preparations are well underway here, but there was one slight hiccup in Washington that was picked up, wasn't it, Richard? Tell us about that.

I mean, I think someone really has got to go back to their geography lessons. They managed to fly the Australian flag from a number of flagpoles in Washington before someone hastily pointed out that's not the Union Jack. Well Australia is one of the King's realms as well.

And it

has a Union flag on it. It does have a Union flag on it but it's not the flag of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Well they'd corrected it by the time we arrived in Washington. And as we've said many times on this show the Roars do quite enjoy when things go wrong that would have been a good laugh for them but it has been fixed. I wanna get onto your comments now though. We've heard lots from our viewers. We've been putting lots of videos out as well. Now a few days ago, we had the pleasure

of hosting our first ever live event. It was at the Waldorf Astoria Residences in New York. And it was such a fun evening. Thank you so much to those who came and helped to make it so special. And we love meeting you all.

We posted a video on Saturday showing the best bits from that event and Lisa commented now, she said, what a delightful recounting by everyone. Thank you. I was especially touched by the conversation Rebecca had with Queen Camilla about how terrifying it is to step out of a vehicle and not see anyone you recognise. That's something I don't think many people consider.

Years ago, just after the Queen married King Elizabeth, King Charles the Third, then the Prince and Princess of Wales, or she would have been the Duchess of Cornwall, he'd have been the Prince of Wales, I wrote her a heartfelt note at a time when there was still a lot of controversy around her. Surprisingly, she wrote back in her own hand a very nice and sincere note on palace letterhead. I treasure it to this day and I've never forgotten how kind and sincere she was in her reply. She seems very down-to-earth and personable." At least that's a wonderful story. Thank you so much for sharing. Has anyone else

received a letter from a member of the royal family? What does it say? Let us know in the comments below. We'd love to hear. Now there was talk of the Palace confidential team returning to the US if Prince William and Princess Catherine were to cross the pond later this year. And Patricia Moran pointed out there may be another event for us to cover. Maybe Prince William and Princess Catherine will come for Independence Day and attend the Taylor Swift-Travis Kell's wedding. There are rumours of a July wedding date and Prince William and Taylor are already friends. That's a great point Patricia. We haven't been invited to Travis and Taylor's

wedding. There's still time isn't there? We could still come over for that. Maybe also more for any particular visit. Now earlier this week we also put out a video where royal expert and host of Queen's Kings and Dastardly Things podcast Robert Hardman answered your questions about the upcoming state visit. If you missed that, it will play straight after this. Now, although Robert answered many of your questions,

Dee Crossley had one more asking, since the king has no power, is there a point to this other than a fancy dinner? Richard Kaye, what is the point of this trip?

Well, this is all about levels of diplomacy that we have and virtually no other country in the world possess. We may be a small country now, Great Britain, but because of the reach of the royal family, it's universally well-regarded.

And Charles, as king, is able to reach places and people that others just cannot do. And I think we use that. We call it soft power. And I think, as we've already discussed, it's

an important demonstration of our relationship with modern America. And never forget about whatever the president who's sitting in the White House at

the time may think about the the current British government, the relations between the two countries go on.

On last week's episode of Palace Confidential, we discussed the unbelievable turnout of 11 working royals at the late Queen's centenary celebrations, including the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, and even the 89-year-old Princess Alexandra

and the 90-year year old Duke of Kent. But Pam asked, you are all wonderful. Wondering where Prince Anne's husband was. Is he not a working royal? Does he get a pass for some reason? Richard, is there a scandalous reason why Tim wasn't there or something more? Oh, blimey. No, I haven't heard of any great scandal.

I mean, I think the official reason is that was a portrait of the working royals whereas when Tim Lawrence attends events he's there in support of his wife Princess Anne rather than on his own merits kind of thing. So perhaps he thought on this occasion she doesn't really need supporting because she's there with all her family. That's my guess as to the reason. And Richard Kaye, Tim Lawrence, not one to shirk, he's out and about an awful lot for

the Royals, isn't he? He is, and we often see him on the palace balcony at those set-piece events and he's always there in the background with Anne. He's well regarded by the King as an important part of the backup group.

I hope that helps, Pam. Please keep those comments and questions coming in. We'll do our best to answer them when we get them. Now, in last Thursday's show, we discussed Prince Harry's comments, effectively criticising US leaders for lack of action over Ukraine. Richard Cate, there hasn't been perhaps as much pushback as you might have expected. You know, this is Harry criticising effectively the Trump administration, who are never shy to push back. Is that a sign that perhaps Harry just isn't being listened to as much as he once was?

I think that's a very good point and I think that's exactly what's happened. And in fact, we've discovered in the course of our brief stay here so far that British officials have told American senior officials that Harry's view is not the British view. So Harry can say whatever he likes, as he plainly did in Keefe last week, where he was very critical of US policy. But that does not represent the policy

of His Majesty's government.

Rishi, that was perhaps reflected when President Trump was asked about the comments. He was quite sort of measured and he didn't seem to be taking them seriously. Yeah, I thought the President Trump's quotes were really interesting, actually, because he was saying,

you know, I know that Harry doesn't speak for the UK. In fact, he added, I think I speak for the UK more than Harry. It's a bit audacious, you know. But so that message, which they've clearly been pushing, has got through that he doesn't speak. So it's interesting, really, isn't it?

Because the whole point of the royal family is they do speak for us as a nation. So when Harry is there as no longer a working royal but still trying to make his point, who is he? What weight does it carry anymore?

I think that's a bit of a dilemma for him, frankly.

And there's a risk, of course, that we've seen how he feels when he's not being listened to, he lashes out. Do you think it could only get worse for Richard Gaye?

Yes. I mean, clearly that was a set piece event. It was a well-scripted remark that he made, which was quite astonishing. We talked about it on the programme last week, of course. But it was very interesting that it didn't generate the kind of headlines that it had done in that it might have

done in the past. And I think that's a clear sign that they are trying to push what he says to the margins.

Sticking with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for a moment, in last week's Palace Confidential poll, we asked you, should the king see Prince Harry and Meghan Markle while they're here in the US? And only 11% said yes. An overwhelming 84% said no, while 5% said no, but they should see them back in the UK. Does that surprise you, those figures? It does a little actually. I wouldn't have thought it'd be so overwhelming, but it does show you the

problem that Harry and Meghan have, that he's gone from being so popular that everyone would care about what he says, to being, I don't want to say a pariah, but certainly a hell of a lot less popular than before. Now if you want to vote in our polls, you just need to be signed up to our free Palace Confidential newsletter. And what's more, this week new subscribers get a free article by

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So the King and Queen are arriving in Washington today and they will take tea with the President and his wife Melania, which should be very nice at the White House. And later they will be guests at a garden party at the British Ambassador's residence where we attended a party last Friday. Tell us about that Richard, did you enjoy that party? It was noisy, I can tell you that. It was more cocktails than tea party and the vibe was definitely musical. I think it'll be

completely different when the King arrives, much more Buckingham Palace and

Holyrood House than disco that we went through.

Oh, it was great fun. I loved it. Well, we look forward to telling you more about that, what we hear about from that party in tomorrow's programme. But we're not just covering the news of the royals in America this week. We're also planning to keep you up to date with any stories from back home and one that caught a lot of people's eyes was the appearance of Catherine, Princess of Wales, at the Cenotaph in London. Richard K. Catherine was there representing both her husband and her father-in-law. Tell us about that

and what the event was. It was the annual tribute for Anzac Day so it celebrates the fallen soldiers of Australia and New Zealand who fought for Britain of course in two world wars and had devastating losses, particularly in the first world war. What was striking about it, of course, was that Catherine was wearing a poppy

and we're not used to seeing members of our royal family sporting poppies outside the remembrance period, which is in November. But there she was on Saturday morning at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, very somber, very correct, incredibly stylish.

And yes, she was there representing the King. The King had asked her to carry out this very important duty. It will have been tuned into hugely by our friends in Australia down under and it was interesting too that she signed a card acknowledging her presence and she signed her name first

Catherine and then Williams name came second normally it's always William

first followed by Catherine. Interesting, a little sign of modernization there do you think a slip would you think that's that they feel that perhaps they can be a little more

modern about this? Well I think they may be a little bit more modern about it. She was the one actually there and I think it is also a sign that the King is wanting her to take a little bit more responsibility, giving her more

important things to do to add to her her solo rotas. It's really interesting. Richard, many people will ask, an event so important for Australia for New Zealand, where was Prince William?

Well, I think the reason Catherine was there on her own was because the royal family wanted to make the point that she was there representing the king and her husband, and it's part of that royal rota, a schedule of engagements, that it highlights her importance. Perhaps they thought it would detract slightly if if her husband was there, too. I mean, it was a Saturday here, so I imagine that, you know, he was looking after the children back home.

And that's what we've seen with them before, that they do attend separate engagements and sometimes together.

So I certainly wouldn't read anything into that. Do you hear that? No, not the drilling or the sirens. That is the fanfare for our unsung Royal Hero of the Week and it was a close thing but Princess Anne gets the nod again this week. Richard Eden, tell us why. Yes, this was presumably when they were drawing lots for these Royal Engagements. Princess Anne got the much earlier one so she was there for Anzac Day

again but this was the dawn ceremony so it would have been about 5 a.m. at High Park Corner representing the time when the troops would have launched their attack and she was there representing the Royal Family at the early one and then Catherine was later at the service at Westminster Abbey. Early start, what it looked like an extremely moving day of events and occasions. Let us know your thoughts particularly those in our viewers in

Australia and New Zealand. We know we've got a lot of you down there so we'd love to hear your thoughts. Now we're expecting lots of fascinating Royal events over the next few days here in America so join us again tomorrow when we'll be back for more. Up next is our very informative episode of Palace Reacts, where Robert Harbin answers all your questions about the state visit to the US. So just click on the screen now for that. Just time to say thanks to my guests Richard Kaye and Richard Eden. We'll all be back with you tomorrow

to say thanks to my guests Richard Kaye and Richard Eden. We'll all be back with you tomorrow for more. See you then.