Donald Trump ‘happy’ Harry and Meghan have quit US saying he is ‘not a fan’

Trump Declares He Was “Not a Fan” as Sussexes Complete Their Return to Britain

Traveloasisspot.com – The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, accompanied by their two young children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, have landed in Britain to begin what insiders describe as an “extended period” of residence after six years spent in American soil. The family’s dramatic reversal of course — first announced publicly last month — marks the end of a turbulent chapter that saw the couple relocate to California, launch media ventures, and deliver pointed critiques of the institution they had once served.

Now, with the move complete, the political fallout has taken an unexpected turn from across the Atlantic. President Donald Trump, pressed at the White House about his feelings regarding the departure, offered a blunt assessment that left little room for diplomatic ambiguity.

“I’m happy about it. I was not a fan.”

Trump went further, suggesting the couple had behaved in ways he found personally offensive toward the Crown. He claimed a warm personal history with both the late Queen Elizabeth II and her successor, framing his criticism as coming from a place of familiarity rather than outsider judgment.

“I had a very good relationship with the Queen. Really good. I got to know her very well. A really good relationship with King Charles. I knew him as Prince Charles and King Charles. I’ve known him for a long time. He’s great, great guy.”

His tone sharpened when he turned to the Sussexes’ conduct during their years abroad.

“And I thought they treated the royal family with great disrespect. I didn’t like it. I didn’t like the way she acted. I thought she was terribly disrespectful to the Queen, to King Charles. I wouldn’t have taken them back. If I were in the royal family I would not have taken him back.”

A Relationship Strained by Six Years of Distance

The comments land against a backdrop of considerable tension. Harry and Meghan stepped back from royal duties in early 2020, rebranding themselves as non-working members of the family before eventually settling in Los Angeles. From that base, they published memoirs, hosted a podcast, and made statements that drew sharp responses from Buckingham Palace. The institution, for its part, maintained a careful silence for much of the period, though King Charles has since used public appearances to signal a desire to move forward.

At a recent official engagement following the family’s return, the King was asked to comment on the episode. His response was characteristically brief and forward-looking: “what is past is prologue,” he said, after a joint tour of Bayeux with French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Andy Burnham. It was his first public appearance at an official event since the Sussexes touched down in Britain.

The Security Question That Will Not Go Away

Beneath the headlines about Trump’s remarks lies a more practical and unresolved issue: who pays to keep the family safe, and at what level of protection? Harry, a former Army officer who served two tours in Afghanistan, wrote directly to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood last month, asking her to take a personal hand in determining whether his household will receive close police protection while in the UK.

The question is not academic. Sources indicate that at least six separate threats or plots have been directed at the duke since 2007, attributed to the Taliban, al-Qaida, or their supporters. Last year, Harry lost a judicial challenge against the Home Office over the level of security afforded to him and his family during visits to Britain, after his protection tier was downgraded when he ceased to be a working royal. He has argued publicly that his personal risk profile is higher than that of his late mother, pointing to what he described as “additional layers of racism and extremism” that attach to his position.

Prime Minister Burnham, when pressed on the funding question, declined to elaborate, characterising the matter as a “private matter.” Harry himself had previously insisted that bringing his wife and children to Britain under the reduced security entitlement he held post-Megxit would have been too dangerous — a claim that adds urgency to the current negotiations.

Where They Will Live, and What Comes Next

The couple have not yet spoken publicly about their plans. Speculation points strongly toward the Cotswolds, a rural region in south-central England long associated with aristocratic retreats and quiet country estates. School guidance letters reportedly sent to parents in that area have fuelled further conjecture about the family’s immediate domestic arrangements.

What remains clear is that the Sussexes intend to stay for a substantial stretch of time, though no fixed duration has been announced. Whether they will resume any form of public engagement, how their relationship with the Crown will be formally structured, and whether taxpayer-funded policing will underpin their daily life are all questions that will shape British political debate in the months ahead.

For now, the most consequential sentence in the entire episode belongs to a man who was never part of the royal family and has no constitutional role in its affairs. Trump’s declaration that he would not have “taken them back” may be politically irrelevant, but it crystallises the central question the British public is still trying to answer: how much of the old order is willing to absorb the Sussexes back into its orbit, and on what terms.