‘Very rude’: the late Queen’s salty verdict on Donald Trump

Name: Rude Trump.

The Tyrant Who Came to Tea. Melania came, too. And then the following year at Buckingham Palace during a state visit.

Yeah, like he would know anything about that! Anyway, was it mutual, this admiration and respect? Er, not so much, according to Craig Brown's new biography, A Voyage Around the Queen, now being serialised in the Daily Mail.

Which says? That she found Trump "very rude".

No way! Trump rude? Yeah, I know, but you might have expected him to behave for the Queen of all people.

She must have hosted a few controversial leaders during her reign? Putin, Assad, Mugabe, Amin. "She may not have found their company convivial; upon their departure, she may even have voiced a discreet word of disapproval," wrote Brown.

And of all the leaders it was Trump who she found rude! Was it something to do with royal protocol? Well, he did break that, by walking in front of the monarch when they inspected a guard of honour.

More interesting than the actual Queen! Well, quite. Plus, she also "believed Trump 'must have some sort of arrangement' with his wife, Melania, or else why would she have remained married to him?"

Queen Elizabeth II, she certainly spoke for her people. She certainly did.

Do say: [In the voice of King Charles] "Tea, President Harris?"

Don't say: [As above] "Oh God, it's you again."