Royal Family 'Simply Refused to Attend' Meeting With Trump And Melania During UK Visit: 'It Was a Snub'

Tom Boggioni
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July 15, 2018World

According to the Sunday Times, members of the royal family, including Prince Charles and Prince William, refused to meet with President Donald Trump and his wife Melania during their stop-over in London.

The report states that the family left it to Queen Elizabeth II  to meet and greet the American president while everyone else avoided Trump who is highly unpopular in the United Kingdom.

According to a “well-placed sources” at Buckingham Palace, the two princes avoidance of Trump’ “was a snub,” with a source saying they “simply refused to attend.”

The Times went on to quote a Whitehall official who explained that  Trump’s visit with the Queen was “kept to a bare minimum,” and that other members of the royal family “were not as enthusiastic as they were when Obama came over.”

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