Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were dealt a major blow as royal biographer Robert Hardman revealed what US President Donald Trump really thought of them. It comes after King Charles and Queen Camilla's visit to Washington DC, where the couple spent time with Trump and the First Lady, Melania, before the King went to Bermuda.

Speaking on GB News, Hardman said: "[Trump and I] chatted a bit, we talked about the book, we talked about the visit. He was very pleased, the President, with how it had gone, and he talked about how the King's a great guy. He had talked to me about that before; he's a huge fan, he's a passionate royalist, he's a huge angler, he's half British, and loves the King.

"He also talked about William, said he's going to be a great King, right? And very enthusiastic about the Princess of Wales, concerned about her health, but keen to see her back and said what a wonderful job she's doing, and then he said, 'can Harry make a comeback?'

"And I said, 'I don't think on a present form that's likely', and he went 'boy, that wife of his', and then proceeded to say that the Duchess of Sussex, he said 'what she's done to that guy', and sort of rolled his eyes, and the conversation then moved on again, but he was, it was the fact that I think he felt the Sussexes had sort of thrown it all away."

Hardman continued that Trump appeared to be in "upbeat form" about the visit, adding that this is a "big deal for the UK". Trump is known for being a royalist, as his Scottish mother had been one too.

He concluded: "So this is an incredible diplomatic tool we have in the monarchy. This visit has been the best thing for British diplomacy, and the transatlantic alliance in an age."