Prince William appears to have made quite the impression on Donald Trump following their meeting in Paris over the weekend.
In a gushing interview with US media, the president-elect said the pair had a “good talk” and reportedly described the Prince of Wales as “very handsome”.
“He’s a good-looking guy. He looked really, very handsome,” Mr Trump told the New York Post.
“Some people look better in person? He looked great. He looked really nice, and I told him that.”
The pair met on Saturday at the UK ambassador’s residence in Paris.
They were both visiting the French capital to earlier attend the official reopening of Notre-Dame and to see the result of a five-year project to restore the iconic cathedral following a devastating fire in 2019.
Prince William attended the meeting wearing a smart suit and tie and sporting his relatively new beard.
According to the Post, Mr Trump and the prince also talked about the King and the Princess of Wales – who have both undergone cancer treatment this year.
Image: Prince William meets US president-elect Donald Trump in Paris. Pic: Reuters
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“I asked him about his wife and he said she’s doing well. And I asked him about his father and his father is fighting very hard, and he loves his father, and he loves his wife, so it was sad,” Mr Trump, 78, reportedly said.
According to an earlier statement by Kensington Palace, the pair discussed a range of global issues but focused on the importance of the UK-US special relationship.
Kensington Palace added Mr Trump also “shared some warm and fond memories” with Prince William about his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, for which the 42-year-old royal was “extremely grateful”.
As Mr Trump arrived, they shook hands and the US president-elect, who is due to take office on 20 January, then gestured to William and added: “Good man, this one.”
At the earlier event in the Paris cathedral, they shook hands, exchanged a few words and Mr Trump patted William on the shoulder.
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US President-elect Donald Trump has met Prince William and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.
It was the first time the pair had met since the American was re-elected president last month.
The last time they met was during his state visit to the UK in 2019.
At Saturday evening’s Notre-Dame service attended by heads of state, Mr Trump sat next to French President Emmanuel Macron.
Among the 1,500 dignitaries were billionaire Elon Musk – a close adviser in Mr Trump’s transition team – US first lady Jill Biden and Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Image: Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelenskyy met earlier in the day. Pic: AP
The guests also included Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Prince Albert of Monaco, and former French presidents Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy.
The event in the French capital marked the reopening of the 12th-century church after the world-famous building almost collapsed in a fire in April 2019.
Mr Trump also met with Mr Macron and Mr Zelenskyy at the Elysee Palace.
Source : Sky News
