{"id":14559,"date":"2026-04-28T20:09:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T20:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=14559"},"modified":"2026-04-28T20:09:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T20:09:40","slug":"130585336-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=14559","title":{"rendered":"Trump discovers distant royal link to King Charles; how US President reacted &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130586311,imgsize-108190,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/president-trump-first-lady-welcome-king-charles-iii-queen-camilla-at-white-house-during-state-visit.jpg\" alt=\"Trump discovers distant royal link to King Charles; how US President reacted\" title=\"&lt;p&gt;.&lt;\/p&gt;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>US President <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Donald Trump<\/a> discovered that he is a distant cousin of King Charles, with a recent newspaper investigation tracing a shared royal family line back through Scottish ancestry. Taking the opportunity to share the excerpt, he expressed his desire to &#8220;live in the Buckingham Palace&#8221; and said that he would talk to the the royal family about the same.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, &#8220;Wow, that\u2019s nice. I\u2019ve always wanted to live in Buckingham Palace!!! I\u2019ll talk to the King and Queen about this in a few minutes!!!&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Trump Truth post\" msid=\"130587382\" width=\"\" title=\".\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-130587382\/trump-truth-post.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>In the accompanying family tree, the report traced Trump\u2019s ancestry through names including King James I of Scotland, Princess Mary Stewart, Hon Elizabeth Hamilton, John Stuart, Matthew Earl of Lennox, Lady Helen Stuart, and later generations leading down to Donald J Trump.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wLCOS vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"ap_Bf\">\n<div class=\"ZM4zO\">\n<p><i class=\"bo2C4\"\/> <span>Watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->Trump Under Fire For \u2018Royal Touch\u2019; POTUS Accused Of Breaking Protocol With King Charles III<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>The article said the connection was uncovered by tracing multiple land records, church records and Scottish peerage documents, and noted that the link places Trump and Charles as ninth cousins once removed.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>It further said that Trump had previously used the line, \u201cWe are related,\u201d when speaking about King Charles, and noted that the discovery gave fresh colour to an already unusual diplomatic meeting. It also reported that Trump described the idea of the connection as \u201cgreat\u201d and said it made the King seem like \u201ca very elegant man\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>British welcome for Trump&#8217;s &#8216;distant cousin&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>The revelation came ahead of the US President hosting the King and Queen at the White House on Tuesday, in a state visit meant to reinforce the long-standing alliance between Britain and the United States.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>King Charles and Queen Camilla were greeted by Trump and the US first lady, Melania Trump, on the South Lawn, where hundreds of guests watched as cannons boomed and the US national anthem played beneath an overcast April sky.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>Chanelling the British etiquette, Trump welcomed the gathering with a remark, \u201cWhat a beautiful British day this is,\u201d drawing amusement from the guests.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>The visit comes as both sides seek to project unity despite deep divisions over the Iran war. The four-day trip is designed to highlight the \u201cspecial relationship\u201d between the two countries, built over 250 years since American independence.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>Trump also praised the King during the visit, calling him \u201ca very elegant man.&#8221; <!-- -->He also joked that his mother \u201chad a crush on Charles.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>According to the newspaper report, the family connection links Trump and Charles through a long line of Scottish and noble ancestry, making the two men distant cousins.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>The visit was framed as a display of royal pomp and political messaging, with the monarchy and the White House using the occasion to underline continuity in the transatlantic relationship. The report added that the ancestry claim has already added an extra layer of intrigue to Trump\u2019s state visit, especially given the theatrical pageantry of the royal welcome.<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/us\/trump-discovers-distant-royal-link-to-king-charles-how-us-president-reacted\/articleshow\/130585336.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump discovered that he is a distant cousin of King Charles, with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[34266,967,34264,34265,34267],"class_list":["post-14559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-distant-cousin","tag-donald-trump","tag-king-charles","tag-scottish-ancestry","tag-state-visit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}