Trump Jokes He'll Talk to King Charles About Moving Into Buckingham Palace
Trump shared a Daily Mail screenshot saying he and King Charles may be 15th cousins as the monarch’s state visit continued.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump shared a report claiming he and King Charles III are distant cousins as the royal couple continued their state visit to the White House.
- Research from the Daily Mail suggests both men share ancestry through the 3rd Earl of Lennox, a Scottish nobleman from the 16th century, making them distant cousins around 15 generations apart.
- Trump joked on Truth Social about discussing "living at Buckingham Palace" with the King and Queen following their Monday meeting at the White House, where First Lady Melania Trump showed them her beehive.
- The King and Queen Camilla attended an official welcome ceremony on the South Lawn, with the monarch scheduled to address Congress later regarding the U.S.-UK alliance as "one of the greatest alliances in human history."
- While Trump boasts of his "amazing" relationship with the monarch, the claim sparked social media mockery, with critics quipping, "Look, now, he really thinks he's a king!" amid "No Kings" sentiment.
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Donald Trump Claims He's The 15th Cousin of King Charles—'I'll Talk to the King and Queen About This'
US President Donald Trump has seized on a newly published genealogy claim that places him somewhere inside Britain's sprawling royal family tree, declaring he may need a word with King Charles III about Buckingham Palace. The timing, with the British monarch sitting in Washington as Trump's guest, made the joke impossible to ignore. Trump Leans Into Royal Family as King Charles' 15th Distant Cousin The US president reacted on Truth Social after …
Trump and King Charles are cousins, report claims. US President reacts
A report has traced Donald Trump and King Charles III to a shared Scottish ancestor and identified them as 15th cousins. Their shared ancestor is said to be the 3rd Earl of Lennox, a descendant of King James II of Scotland.
Donald Trump welcomed information about a possible kinship with King Charles III of the United Kingdom, and said he would like the idea of living in Buckingham Palace.
A surprising revelation from a British media outlet is now making Donald Trump rejoice.
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