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Former President Trump said spending time with Queen Elizabeth II was “one of the most special honors of my life” and called her “essential.”
Trump made the statement in a Daily Mail op-ed published Saturday.
of editorial coming After Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Thursday at the age of 96.
“Melania and I will cherish our time with the Queen at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle,” Trump said.
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Trump met Queen Elizabeth and First Lady Melania Trump at Windsor Castle in July 2018 and reunited at Buckingham Palace in June 2019.
In an op-ed, he wrote, “few people in history have more fully embodied the traits of dignity, steadfastness, determination, duty, and patriotism.”
Through multiple challenges, including the Cold War, the London Blitzkrieg, Brexit and COVID, Queen Elizabeth II has, as Trump puts it, even when looking at Britain, “She was always there for the people.” There was.
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President Trump said, “In the face of all adversity, she embodied the distinctively British quality of firmness and quiet determination.” There was also something that I admired.”
Trump also wrote that Queen Elizabeth II “was respected and loved by the American people, like few other people of our time.”
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After Queen Elizabeth II died, Charles III was officially proclaimed king at a meeting of the member councils on Saturday.
Mr Trump said Charles III would be a “great successor to his dear mother”.
The Associated Press and Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.