Meghan Markle is likely to be a no-show when President Donald Trump’s state visit to Britain goes ahead this summer, as her “convenient” maternity leave delivers an “excuse” not to meet him, a Royal expert has claimed.
Duncan Larcombe told the Sun that Markle will skip any meeting with Mr. Trump because she will be excused on the grounds of her maternity leave.
The President and First Lady Melania Trump will be guests of the Queen and will meet senior royals during the three-day visit that comes before the official D-Day commemorations. Larcombe told the newspaper:
I’m told that there are no plans for Meghan to meet President Trump. Not as a snub because – how shall we say – it’s a quite convenient period of maternity leave so she won’t be working.
The fact she’s on maternity leave obviously gives her an excuse.
In 2016, the then-Suits actress campaigned against Trump becoming president and instead backed Hillary Clinton.
“I’m voting for Hillary Clinton, not because she is a woman, but because Trump has made it easy to see that you don’t really want that kind of world that he’s painting,” she said at the time.
Mr Trump’s impending visit comes more than two years after Theresa May first offered a full state visit when they met in January 2017 at the White House.
Last year the Prince of Wales, Prince William, and the younger royals all deliberately snubbed President Trump on his first official visit to the UK, the Sunday Times reported.
For his part, Mr. Trump has never concealed his admiration for the Royal Family.
