Prince Harry appears to take swipe at Donald Trump after ‘terrible’ Meghan remark

Just hours after the President branded his wife Meghan as “terrible”, Harry appeared to hit back with a thinly-veiled jab.

IN LONDON

Prince Harry has appeared to take a veiled swipe at Donald Trump, just hours after the US President labelled his wife as “terrible”.

A tense situation has arisen between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Mr Trump since the latter was re-elected – not just because it’s well-known that neither side is a fan of the other, but because there is currently scrutiny on Harry’s US visa status, with calls for the President to intervene.

Mr Trump directly addressed for the first time whether or not he planned to deport Harry with a scathing remark to the New York Post on Friday, declaring: “I don’t want to do that. I’ll leave him alone. He’s got enough problems with his wife. She’s terrible”.

The following day, while opening the Invictus Games in Canada, Harry told the crowd that the competitors’ “courage, values, and humanity,” deserved special acknowledgment at a time “when there is no shortage of crises, no absence of uncertainty, no lack of weak moral character in the world”.

Elsewhere in his speech, the prince pointed out: “In this moment of difficulty and division … we gather here in a spirit of unity”.

Harry spoke during the opening ceremony of the Invictus Games this weekend. Picture: Derek Cain/Getty Images

Trump called Meghan “terrible” – but said he wouldn’t deport Harry. Picture: Roberto Schmidt/AFP

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The speech was already somewhat extraordinary, given the royal family’s protocol on not commenting on politics, but many have taken Harry’s comments as a subtle jab at Mr Trump.

The drama involving his visa began when conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation launched legal action to force the US authorities to release details of Harry’s immigration forms.

Harry’s admission in his book Spare that he had experimented with cocaine, cannabis and psychedelic mushrooms would likely have also needed to be disclosed on his application when he moved from the UK to the US in 2020.

The Heritage Foundation has lobbied to find out whether he omitted that information, or received preferential treatment during the process.

US government lawyers have maintained that releasing the documents would violate Harry’s privacy rights.

There’s been plenty of speculation that Mr Trump would get involved – and it was unlikely to be favourable to Harry, given his past comments on the subject.

The couple is currently in Canada for the Invictus Games. Picture: Karwai Tang/WireImage

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Early last year, prior to his election, Mr Trump told UK politician Nigel Farage on UK new channel GB News “We’ll have to see if they know something about the drugs, and if he lied they’ll have to take appropriate action”,

The President has made no secret of his particular disdain for Meghan, who called him “misogynistic” and “divisive” while she was an actor starring in Suits, and prior to her relationship with Harry.

In 2019, he called her “nasty” ahead of a state visit to the UK, and in 2022, told TV presenter Piers Morgan that Harry is “whipped” and predicted that the couple would eventually divorce.

Mr Trump has also criticised the couple for “betraying” the late Queen, of whom he was a big fan.

Meanwhile, while the President has ruled out getting involved in Harry’s visa drama, the Heritage Foundation is continuing the legal battle.

Originally published as Prince Harry appears to take swipe at Donald Trump after ‘terrible’ Meghan remark