Broadcaster and columnist Esther Krakue told Sky News Australia that “the whole of Britain was laughing” when US President Donald Trump dubbed the Duchess of Sussex “terrible” in an interview last week.
Mr Trump confirmed that he wasn’t planning to deport Prince Harry after legal scrutiny of drug use claims in his memoir Spare – before slamming Meghan in the same breath.
“I’ll leave him alone,” the 47th US President told the New York Post. “He’s got enough problems with his wife. She’s terrible.”
Most of the UK don’t think Harry is very smart and is dominated by his “very American” wife, Ms Krakue said.
“The leader of the United States calling [your] wife terrible is hilarious,” she added.
It’s not the first time Mr Trump has hit out at the royal couple – previously suggesting that Harry had been “whipped” by Meghan.
And the feeling goes both ways, with Meghan referring to the President as “divisive” and “misogynistic” in the past.
The Prince appeared to address Mr Trump’s comments in a speech at the opening of the Invictus Games in Vancouver, Canada this week, marking the seventh annual competition for veterans and injured armed service personnel.
“At this moment, when there is no shortage of crises, no absence of uncertainty, and no lack of weak moral character in the world, the values you embody – your courage, resilience and humanity – illuminate a path forwards for us all,” Harry said.
The couple also put in a defiant display of PDA in the stands of the sporting event, putting divorce speculation to bed with a cuddly display that one body language expert suggested was a “two-finger salute” to the US President.
They reportedly stayed at a £5,000-a-night hotel in Canada, enjoying the luxuries of a private lift and rooftop patio, according to the Daily Mail.
While the question of Prince Harry being deported from the US might seem an abstract one, the Prince’s immigration status has been the subject of recent litigation, with The Heritage Foundation raising concerns about the honesty of his visa application.
The thinktank applied for the government to release the Prince’s visa documents, which ask about drug usage, to see if his admissions lined up with the substances including cocaine and psychedelic mushrooms that he admitted to taking in his 2023 memoir Spare.
A judge ruled in September that his application would remain private, but the case is due to be reopened in federal court this month.
The President previously warned that he “wouldn’t protect” Harry from any ensuing legal action.
