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Donald Trump today doubled down on his attack on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, accusing them of being 'very terrible' to Prince William and insisting he would 'never speak to them again'.
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The US President also appeared to largely blame the Duchess of Sussex for the rift with the Royal Family, accusing her of having a 'horrible' influence on her British husband.
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His fresh attack came 24 hours after he claimed he 'wouldn't have taken them back' following their shock return to the UK.
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Speaking to GB News host Bev Turner, Mr Trump said the Sussexes had done 'too many horrible things' to be welcomed back so easily.
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The fact that the King had recently met Harry and Meghan showed Charles is 'a much better person than I am', Mr Trump said.
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'I wouldn't have done it.
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I would have said forget it,' he said.
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'Personally, I would not have taken them back.
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Meghan and Harry have returned to the UK after six years and the President said he was 'happy' they had left the US.
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He said: 'First of all, I think King Charles is fantastic, he's a friend of mine.
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He [Prince Harry] wrote a book that was so bad, and she was a horrible influence on him.
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What she's done to him is unacceptable.'
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Mr Trump argued that the way the couple treated Harry's brother, Prince William, was also 'terrible'.
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He said: 'But I think that what she [Meghan] has done and him [Prince Harry], he wrote a book that was very terrible to William, it was terrible.
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The things he said, I wouldn't...
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I mean, it's just me.
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I'm sure I'm wrong on this, but I would not have taken him back.
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I would have never spoken to him again.'
Donald Trump has said that he 'wouldn't have taken Prince Harry and Meghan Markle back' and suggested Prince William is right to 'never speak to them again'
The President said Harry and Meghan had been guilty of 'too much hate, too many really bad things'
He said the Sussexes, and particularly Harry, had been 'very terrible' to Prince William
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Ms Turner suggested that, although there appears to be 'no relationship' between Prince Harry and Prince William, the King appears to have 'offered an olive branch' to his son and daughter-in-law.
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Mr Trump responded: 'It shows you what a good man King Charles is.
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I wouldn't have done it.
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I would have said forget it.'
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Ms Turner then joked: 'But your children probably wouldn't have done what Harry did to his father, the relationship is different.'
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Mr Trump laughed, telling her: 'Well, I hope not!'
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Heaping further praise on the King, the US President reflected on the monarch's recent visit to America and how 'everybody loved him'.
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He told Ms Turner: 'If I were King Charles, I would not take them back.
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He was here a couple of months ago, everybody loved him in America.
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He spoke in front of Congress, everybody loved him.
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I knew him as Prince Charles, I know him as King Charles, and he's amazing and he's fighting through a very tough situation with his health, and very few people would have that bravery to do what he's done.
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They are back in the UK
Prince Harry and his then-fiancee, Meghan Markle, pose for a photograph in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace in 2017
President Donald Trump had earlier cheered the news of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's surprise return to the UK.
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Speaking of the Sussexes' decision to leave their home in Montecito and move back to Britain, Trump said: 'I'm happy about it.
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'I was not a fan,' he added, noting that he had a 'very good relationship with the Queen and with [King] Charles'.
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'I thought they treated the Royal Family with great disrespect.
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I didn't like it,' Trump told reporters of Harry and Meghan.
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'I didn't like the way she acted.
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'I thought she was terribly disrespectful to the Queen, to King Charles,' Trump said of Meghan's behaviour and the couple's decision to step back from their royal duties six years ago.
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Harry and Meghan told King Charles last month that they would be moving back to Britain with their children, Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, who are slated to begin school there this week.
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The Sussexes are now staying in the UK for an 'extended period' after flying into the country on August 26.
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The family is said to be eyeing a home in the Cotswolds.
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While the couple appeared to be leading a quiet, private life in Montecito, California, the pair had made no secret of their disillusionment with the current administration.
And with the November midterm elections fast approaching, concerns about the direction of the US have been top-of-mind, People magazine first reported.
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