Donald Trump said that he was 'surprised' Prince Harry was invited to King Charles' coronation: 'He said some terrible things'
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- Donald Trump said he was "surprised" that Prince Harry scored an invitation to the coronation.
- "He said some terrible things," Trump said of the prince in an interview with GB News.
- This is the latest in Trump's longstanding feud with the Sussexes.
Former President Donald Trump said he was "surprised" that Prince Harry managed to get an invitation to his father's coronation on May 6.
In an interview with Nigel Farage for the London-based GB News on Wednesday, the recently-arrested Trump launched an attack on the royal.
"I was actually surprised that Harry was invited, to be honest," Trump told GB News.
"He said some terrible things, when you see what he said," Trump added. "To me, it was horrible."
—GB News (@GBNEWS) May 3, 2023
Trump was referring to Prince Harry's 2023 memoir, "Spare," which outlines the longstanding feud between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the rest of the royal family. In January 2020, the pair announced that they would be stepping back from their royal duties.
During his interview with GB News, Trump also made some remarks about Meghan Markle, saying that the Duchess was "very disrespectful" to the late Queen Elizabeth II.
"She went through years and decades without controversy," Trump said of the Queen to GB News. "You cannot be disrespectful to her and I think Meghan was very disrespectful to her, very disrespectful."
This is not the first time that Trump has expressed his distaste for Markle.
During a 2022 interview with British TV host Piers Morgan, Trump claimed that "poor Harry is being led around by his nose" by Markle. He also criticized the prince, calling him "so disrespectful to his country" and an "embarrassment."
In 2020, he told reporters that he was "not a fan" of Markle and that he wished "a lot of luck to Harry, because he's going to need it."
He made these comments after Markle and Prince Harry called on Americans to vote in the 2020 presidential election, with Markle calling it "the most important election of our lifetime."
Markle also hasn't hidden her feelings about Trump. She said in a 2016 appearance on "The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore" that she thought Trump was "divisive" and "misogynistic" and that she would move to Canada if he got elected.
A spokesman for Trump redirected Insider to Trump's previous interviews when asked for comment. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's representatives did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment sent outside regular business hours.