{"id":156722,"date":"2025-09-20T09:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T09:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/156722\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T09:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T09:03:08","slug":"kate-middletons-history-with-donald-trump-isnt-a-pleasant-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/156722\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton&#8217;s History With Donald Trump Isn&#8217;t a Pleasant One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/tags\/kate-middleton\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kate-middleton_1\" data-tag=\"kate-middleton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kate Middleton<\/a> was a total pro this week for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/tags\/donald-trump\/\" id=\"auto-tag_donald-trump_1\" data-tag=\"donald-trump\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s state visit to the U.K., but it might have been an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234926171\/kate-middleton-reportedly-shaken-trumps-uk-visit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">uncomfortable series of events<\/a> for her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Princess of Wales had to listen to his constant comments about her appearance, including his banquet speech. \u201cSo radiant, so healthy and so beautiful,\u201d the U.S president said. While it is, of course, complimentary, it\u2019s also a weird thing to say in front of her husband, Prince William, and his wife, Melania Trump. That wasn\u2019t the only issue Kate reportedly faced, though.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234926171\/kate-middleton-reportedly-shaken-trumps-uk-visit\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex@tablet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758358987_534_kate-middleton-donald-trump.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758358987_534_kate-middleton-donald-trump.jpg\" alt=\"Kate Middleton, Prince William, Donald Trump\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\tRelated story<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tWhy Kate Middleton Was Reportedly &#8216;Shaken to Her Core&#8217; Amid the Trumps&#8217; UK Visit\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tA 2012 controversy involving Donald Trump is also an issue. Royal fans will remember when Kate was photographed without her consent while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/2658211\/prince-william-king-charles-reaction-trump-topless-controversy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sunbathing topless<\/a> during a holiday in France. The snapshots were published in Closer magazine, and she was \u201cmortified,\u201d per a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/world\/kate-middleton-trump-royal-visit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsNation<\/a> source.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235423727.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235423727.jpg\" alt=\"Catherine, Princess of Wales, toasts US President Donald Trump after his speech during the State Banquet at Windsor Castle for the State visit by the President of the United States of America on September 17, 2025 in Windsor, England. President Trump is in England from Sept. 16-18 on his second UK state visit, with the previous one taking place in 2019 during his first presidential term. (Photo by Yui Mok - WPA Pool\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"738\" width=\"1024\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tCatherine, Princess of Wales, toasts US President Donald Trump after his speech during the State Banquet at Windsor Castle for the State visit by the President of the United States of America on September 17, 2025 in Windsor, England. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYui Mok \u2013 WPA Pool\/Getty Image<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tNaturally, the then-real estate mogul had something to say about her on Twitter. \u201cWho wouldn\u2019t take Kate\u2019s picture and make lots of money if she does the nude sunbathing thing. Come on, Kate,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/247757867032117248?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">wrote <\/a>13 years ago. That memory still haunts the Princess of Wales and over a decade later, she was forced to sit next to him at the royal dinner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tStill, Kate put country <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234893584\/kate-middleton-struggles-royal-life\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ahead of her feelings<\/a>. \u201dDuty is always first for Catherine and the family,\u201d the insider continued. \u201cPersonal feelings or humiliations can be put aside for the good of the country.\u201d Kate just had to \u201csuck it up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIt does seem unfair that the Princess of Wales was put in that position to begin with. She\u2019s reportedly feeling vulnerable after her cancer treatment last year and the recent controversy over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234916410\/kate-middleton-blonde-hair-greek-vacation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">her blonde hair <\/a>was just one recent example.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThis has been a very tough time for Kate,\u201d a palace insider told <a href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/p\/kate-middleton-blonde-hair-cancer-wig-theory-criticism\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Radar Online<\/a>. \u201cShe returned from the summer prepared to face the cameras again, but the harshness of the remarks really unsettled her. The suggestion that her hair was tied to her illness struck her particularly hard.\u201d She\u2019s just looking for support, but instead, she\u2019s been \u201cbadly shaken\u201d by all of the recent commentary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEven though Kate is an expert at her soft diplomacy role as a royal, it\u2019s still unfair to put her in such an awkward position with Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Before you go, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/slideshow\/3027383\/biggest-royal-family-scandals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">click here<\/a> all the biggest royal scandals in the past 50 years.<\/p>\n<p><a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2296868 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kate-harry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"693\" height=\"390\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton was a total pro this week for Donald Trump\u2018s state visit to the U.K., but it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,82219,1376,75,27348,1069],"class_list":["post-156722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrity-scandals","tag-donald-trump","tag-entertainment","tag-kate-middleton","tag-royal-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}