Eric Trump has labelled Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as ’spoiled apples’
Donald Trump’s son has offered to send the Duke and Duchess of Sussex back home to the UK as he lashed out at the couple.
Royals
Don't miss out on the headlines from Royals. Followed categories will be added to My News.
Eric Trump has labelled Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as “spoiled apples”, saying that his dad Donald Trump may deport them if re-elected as president in November.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have called California their home since 2020 after splitting from the royal family.
However, Eric said America no longer wanted the couple and that the UK is welcome to take them back.
“You can happily have those two [Meghan and Harry] back,” he told GB News Sunday.
“We’ll happily send them back from America. You can have them back over here, but I’m not sure if you want them anymore.
“We might not want them anymore, it feels like they’re on an island of their own.”
Eric, 40, went on to praise the royal family as a “beautiful” and “sacred institute,” while hinting at Meghan’s past acting career, saying there can be “bad actors” and “spoiled apples in any orchard.”
“There will be no better ally in the United Kingdom than Donald Trump, I truly mean that,” he said.
“He loves this nation, he loves this country … he’s going to be the greatest president for the West the UK’s ever seen.”
It comes as Prince Harry’s friend revealed the duke is considering a return to the UK to attend his uncle Robert Fellowes’ funeral, but only “if it doesn’t cause too much drama.”
Harry, 39, has been in contact with his aunt and his cousins, as well as his late mother Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer, following his uncle’s death.
Lord Fellowes, who was married to Diana’s sister, Lady Jane Fellowes, and served for a time as the late Queen Elizabeth II’s private secretary, died of undisclosed causes on July 29. He was 82.
“In normal times it would be unimaginable that Harry would not be there to support Jane. Of course he would want to be there. It will be a huge gathering of the Spencer clan,” Harry’s friend told the Daily Beast.
“But these are not normal times and it may well be that everyone feels Harry’s attendance would just create too much drama. It will be very sad for him if he can’t make it.”
However, a royal commentator said that it’s unlikely the funeral will be the thing that brings the feuding brothers together.
“Robert Fellowes’ death will not affect family dynamics,” Michael Cole told the Daily Mail. “Prince William and Prince Harry have always been on good terms with their late mother’s sisters and brother.”
“Aside from extending their sincere condolences to their aunt Jane, the death of their uncle will likely have minimal impact on the two royal princes.”
MEGHAN’S NEW ROYALS SNUB AS FAMILY FEUD ERUPTS
Meghan Markle has been snubbed by the royal family on her 43rd birthday.
In previous years, the Duchess of Sussex has received messages from senior royals, with social media statements issued on her big day.
However, this year the wife of Prince Harry was blanked by her in-laws and did not receive any public birthday greetings.
It was in stark contrast to 2021 when Meghan received cheery birthday wishes from Prince William and Princess Catherine, as well as the then Prince Charles and Camilla, shortly after she and Prince Harry quit their roles as senior working members of the royal family to move to the US.
Since then, the Sussexes’ relations with the royals have further deteriorated after the airing of their explosive Oprah Winfrey interview and the release of Prince Harry’s tell-all memoir.
It came as Meghan’s controversial half-sister launched yet another legal fight in a bid to sue the Duchess for defamation.
Samantha Markle is appealing against a court ruling rejecting her claim that Meghan portrayed her as a “lying, racist, fame seeker”.
In court documents lodged in Florida and obtained by The Sun, Samantha has accused Meghan of tarnishing her character by suggesting she did not know her younger half-sister growing up.
She claimed: “Meghan knew what she was doing, and how to do it.
“She destroyed Samantha publicly and on a global scale.
“She has made it so Samantha cannot work, or even enjoy the most mundane of activities, like going to the grocery store without harassment.”
Meanwhile, the son of Donald Trump has slammed Meghan and Prince Harry as “spoiled apples”.
Eric Trump, the second son of the former US president, even hinted that his father could deport them if he wins the presidential election in November.
“You can happily have those two [Meghan and Harry] back,” Eric told news channel GB News.
“We’ll happily send them back from America. You can have them back over here, but I’m not sure if you want them anymore,” he said.
“We might not want them anymore, it feels like they’re on an island of their own.”
Eric also referenced Meghan’s past acting career, saying, “You can always have bad actors in everything. You can have spoiled apples in every orchard.”
MEGHAN OPENS UP ABOUT SUICIDAL THOUGHTS
Meghan Markle said she hasn’t “scraped the surface” of her experience of online bullying while opening up about her past suicidal thoughts in a candid joint TV interview with Prince Harry.
Launching The Parents’ Network to support parents who have lost children to suicide after cyber-bullying,Meghan told Jane Pauley on the CBS Sunday Morning show of her own “trauma” as she called for online safety measures to protect young people.
“When you’ve been through any level of pain or trauma, I believe part of our healing journey, certainly part of mine, is being able to be really open about it,” Meghan said in the prerecorded interview.
Referring to her own previous feelings of suicidal thoughts while pregnant with son Archie, Meghan vowed she never wanted anyone to feel the way she did or “making those sort of plans”.
“And you know, I haven’t really scraped the surface on my experience. But I do think that I would never want someone else to feel that way.
“And I would never want someone else to be making those sort of plans. And I would never want someone else to not be believed,” she said.
“So, if me voicing what I have overcome will save someone, or encourage someone in their life to really genuinely check in on them and not assume that the appearance is good, so everything’s okay, then that’s worth it. I’ll take a hit for that.”
Meghan beamed as she spoke of her own children, Archie and Lilibet, describing them as “amazing”.
“But all you want to do as parents is protect them,” she said.
“And so as we can see what’s happening in the online space, we know that there’s a lot of work to be done there and we’re just happy to be able to be a part of change for good.”
Harry spoke of the risk of online “rabbit holes” for vulnerable teens and children.
“That’s one of the scariest things that we’ve learned over the course of the last 15 or 17 years of social media, and more so recently, is that it could happen to anybody,” he said.
“We always talk about ‘in the olden days’ if you’re children were under your roof they would be safe, you knew what they were up to.
“But now they can be in the next room on their tablet, or phone, going down rabbit holes. “And before you know it, 24 hours later, they could be taking their life.”
Meghan previously opened up about her suicidal ideation due to the pressures of royal life in a bombshell 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey.
“I just didn’t want to be alive anymore,” she said at the time.
It came as the Duchess of Sussex celebrated her 43rd birthday with Harry, with reports the devoted royal was planning a low-key barbecue gathering of friends and loved ones for his wife at their Montecito estate.
Grant Harrold, who worked as King Charles’s butler for seven years, told The New York Post that Harry was “a gentleman and a good cook”.
“They may have a party, they do enjoy summer barbecues outdoors so they might invite friends round for a dinner or a barbecue,” he said, adding that the Duke “will make sure that Meghan is celebrated.”
MEGHAN PLANNING NEXT MOVE
Meghan Markle may be planning a “huge political move” to mark her birthday in a bid to boost her career, a royal expert claims.
The mother-of-two has now completed filming her new Netflix series centred around the power of female friendship and cooking, is set to wade into politics as the US election race heats up.
Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told The Sun that Meghan would most likely soon endorse Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and that the wife of Prince Harry had her own political ambitions.
He told The Sun: “The possibility of a political career has always been there. It’s always been talked about. She’s always been very articulate on issues, especially those dealing with race, gender equality, and so on, which are big issues, especially in the Democratic Party.”
The royal expert said there had been long-running speculation that Meghan would “choose some form of politics”.
“Whether or not the Democratic Party would welcome her, and in what way she could be useful to them is quite another matter, especially with the title,” he told The Sun.
“It’s only logical to see this, I think, coming very, very soon, and it will be very interesting to see whether she gets involved in the campaign, and if so, in what way?
“I think we can definitely see an endorsement coming, and I think that will be very soon.
It comes after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle joined a campaign earlier this year to warn American voters against misinformation in the upcoming presidential election.
Meanwhile, a former girlfriend of Prince Harry has suffered a devastating family tragedy after the death of her beloved sister.
Cressida Bonas, who was in a two-year relationship with the royal, is mourning her older sister, who has tragically died at the age of 51.
Pandora Cooper-Key had battled cancer for 24 years before she was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour, The Sun reports.
Ms Cooper-Key, the half-sister of Ms Bonas, was the daughter of Lady Mary Gaye Curzon and aristocrat Esmond Cooper-Key.
Ms Bonas and Prince Harry met after they were introduced by Princess Eugenie in May 2012 and were in a relationship until April 2014.
She was famously a guest at Prince Harry and Meghan’s wedding in May 2018, along with the royal’s other ex-girlfriend, Chelsy Davy.
For help with emotional difficulties, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or www.lifeline.org.au
For help with depression, contact Beyond Blue on 1300 22 46 36 or at www.beyondblue.org.au
The SANE Helpline is 1800 18 SANE (7263) or at www.sane.org
Originally published as Eric Trump has labelled Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as ’spoiled apples’
Join the conversation
Kate misses massive Charles moment
Buckingham Palace has rolled out the red carpet for a major reception - but the Princess of Wales was a no-show.
Read more
Royal arrested on suspicion of rape
The son of Norway’s Crown Princess has been detained for the third time in just a few months in the latest scandal to rock the palace.
Read more