William will be tight-lipped with Donald Trump – President-elect loves royals but they disagree on so much, expert says
The Prince According to one analyst, William will keep quiet around Donald Trump, but the president-elect adores royals.
Trump and William will meet at Notre Dame in Paris’s reopening today.
After a fire in 2019 damaged much of the site’s antiquities and tore through the roof, the Paris cathedral has been repaired.
Kensington Palace has said that William is scheduled to speak with Trump about the significance of the US-UK’s “special relationship.”
Along with Trump, the 42-year-old will meet with departing First Lady Jill Biden.
“I think the royal family’s apolitical, soft diplomacy is incredible,” royal analyst Hugo Vickers told The Sun.
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Opening the way diplomatically was something the late Queen was particularly skilled at.
“William is aware of that, so he will be present to greet them and, in a sense, clear the way.
“Then the politicians can come in later, and they can do whatever they have to do.”
He continued: “That’s the the wonderful role that the royal family performs so well.”
According to Hugo, Trump, the Republican nominee for president, has a deep respect for the royal family.
“We are aware that President Trump was extremely eager to visit and meet the late Queen,” he stated.
“Yes, he made two visits: first to Windsor, and then on a state visit.
“She was undoubtedly a phenomenal global icon. When you think, it’s incredible.
“As President of the United States, Trump is a strong man. Nevertheless, he was eager to meet her.
He came out and declared that he was her favorite president, according to multiple people.
“I’ve always believed that the Queen was actually quite astute.
“Because I bet you she made all the Presidents feel that they were her favourites, and she had that particular skill.”
However, Prince William will need to keep quiet when he speaks with Trump, according to Hugo.
According to the expert, William will handle contentious foreign leaders in the same way as the late Queen.
“Prince William is coming over this time to represent Britain at the reopening of Notre Dame,” he stated.
Since Prince William is aware that Trump is the elected official, I have no doubt that he will manage it expertly.
“They will undoubtedly need to cooperate with him since he will be the US president and head of the Western world starting in January.
“I don’t know whose political figure it was that once recommended the late Queen not to meet with them.
“But she said, I didn’t see why you advised me not to, because I meet mass murderers every day of my life.
“She met Makarios and took President Amin to lunch. She had Mobutu. Ceausescu came on a State visit.
“You know they are sent by the government, or they come for those reasons.
“The monarch, or in this case the Prince of Wales, has to handle it as best as he can, and they’re very good at it. They do as they’re bidden.
“And I suppose in some ways it makes it easier that they aren’t there to discuss politics.
“Because Trump is going to be not only the head of state, but also the head of politics, if I can put it like this
“So in that respect I guess it makes it easier for Prince William. He, like the late Queen, will have to suppress any personal views that he has.
“Again I can tell you that the Queen, sometimes, when presented with a problem, would ask her private secretary, what should the Queen do?
“Not? What should I do? But what is the correct thing that the Queen should do under these circumstances.
“Then she listened to the advice, and then she took it.”
The trip to Paris marks William’s first visit since 2017 and will be his first meeting with Trump since his state visit to the UK in 2019.
The president-elect, making his first foreign trip since his election win, arrived at Orly airport in the south of Paris aboard a private plane just before 7am, a source told AFP.
William’s discussion about the US-UK alliance comes as Trump has touted a more isolationist foreign policy and pledged to slap tariffs on trade.
Trump is also set to hold talks with Macron before the ceremony and may also meetUkrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.
With dozens of guests present, Notre Dame’s reopening will include the ritualised opening of the cathedral’s massive doors, the reawakening of its organ and the celebration of the first Mass.
Macron toured the fully restored church last week as cameras were allowed in for the first time after the rebuilding project.
The extensive restoration took more than 60 months and cost a whopping 600million.
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Work has included the total reconstruction of the collapsed fan-vaulted roof and spire, while builders unearthed previously unseen treasures from the smoking ruin.
Some 1200 oaks from across France were needed to completely rebuild the framework of the nave and the choir.
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