{"id":2371014,"date":"2026-04-13T12:12:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2371014"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:12:25","slug":"donald-trump-had-a-one-word-name-for-elizabeth-ii-and-its-not-what-you-expect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/donald-trump-had-a-one-word-name-for-elizabeth-ii-and-its-not-what-you-expect\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump had a one word name for Elizabeth II and it&#8217;s not what you expect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The US President is known to be a huge fan of the Royal Family<br \/>\nand to hold a particular admiration for Queen Elizabeth II. But in<br \/>\nhis latest opinions on the royals, he has picked an unexpected word<br \/>\nto sum up the longest reigning Monarch in British history.<\/p>\n<p>Top journalist, Susan Page, has just written a book about<br \/>\nElizabeth II and the US Presidents who held office during her reign<br \/>\nand she\u2019s spoken to some of them in her research. She has now<br \/>\nrevealed that Donald Trump believed Elizabeth II to be<br \/>\n\u201dstreetwise\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a surprising quote from the book, the US leader tells Susan<br \/>\nPage that \u201dfor a person that was never on the streets, she\u2019s very<br \/>\nstreetwise.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/President_Trump__the_First_Ladys_Trip_to_Europe_42484594145-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump with Queen ELizabeth II\" class=\"wp-image-145382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/President_Trump__the_First_Ladys_Trip_to_Europe_42484594145-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/President_Trump__the_First_Ladys_Trip_to_Europe_42484594145-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/President_Trump__the_First_Ladys_Trip_to_Europe_42484594145-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/President_Trump__the_First_Ladys_Trip_to_Europe_42484594145-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/President_Trump__the_First_Ladys_Trip_to_Europe_42484594145.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The US President had another one word summary of Queen Elizabeth<br \/>\nII \u2013 genius. He told Susan Page that, during his State Visit to the<br \/>\nUK in 2019, he had chatted endlessly with Queen Elizabeth II and<br \/>\nhad pressed her on who her favourite American leader was. He said<br \/>\nshe refused to be drawn and had said she\u2019s liked them all. He noted<br \/>\nthat he got the same response when he asked her about her favourite<br \/>\nPrime Minister. And he told the author \u201dI said to myself, how<br \/>\ngenius is this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Trump spent several days with Queen Elizabeth II<br \/>\nduring the State Visit. They had met previously when he was invited<br \/>\nto Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n<p>He shared that he felt the two of them formed a strong bond,<br \/>\nnoting that \u201dwe talked about everything\u201d when he paid his State<br \/>\nVisit to the UK in 2019. He added that \u201dwe just get along.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54803577237_92d03776dd_o-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-214281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54803577237_92d03776dd_o-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54803577237_92d03776dd_o-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54803577237_92d03776dd_o-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54803577237_92d03776dd_o-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54803577237_92d03776dd_o-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54803577237_92d03776dd_o-360x450.jpg 360w, https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54803577237_92d03776dd_o-scaled.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54803577237_92d03776dd_o-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-214281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54803577237_92d03776dd_o-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54803577237_92d03776dd_o-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54803577237_92d03776dd_o-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54803577237_92d03776dd_o-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54803577237_92d03776dd_o-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54803577237_92d03776dd_o-360x450.jpg 360w, https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54803577237_92d03776dd_o-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Trump was invited<br \/>\non a second State Visit to the UK by King Charles III in 2025<br \/>(Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The book also highlights other Presidential relationships with<br \/>\nQueen Elizabeth II, noting that she considered Ronald Reagan to be<br \/>\na friend and that she made more visits with George W Bush than any<br \/>\nother leader, paying a State Visit to Washington as well as hosting<br \/>\nhim in London.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s another surprising revelation and it\u2019s that Barack Obama<br \/>\nhas at least one thing in common with Donald Trump. Like the<br \/>\ncurrent US President, the former leader also pressed Elizabeth II<br \/>\non her favourite ever occupant of the White House.<\/p>\n<p>President Obama asked, during his own State Visit in 2011, \u201dwhat<br \/>\nabout Eisenhower, what about Kennedy?\u201d He got no further in finding<br \/>\na favourite that Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>But some revelations are slightly less surprising. Jill Biden<br \/>\nspeaks about her meeting, alongside Joe Biden, with Queen Elizabeth<br \/>\nII in 2021. They both noticed that as tea was served, Elizabeth<br \/>\nII\u2019s priority was sneaking a cheeky sandwich to one of her<br \/>\ncorgis.<\/p>\n<p>The book, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Queen-Her-Presidents-Hidden-History\/dp\/0063397390\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=YTRVAU1G1QHO&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xT-DYD5IwlOh9dyt2NlvYdyE9IXRlJaHuEQebJfxQ4YEd2bsGeBk-1O7zOa1dQ3c8Ncqg0xTiFX22bReMIwNrw.xGYS0coKjh6GqTqkDburYeuYQ_aTy9bg04ck57E6DUc&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=the+hidden+hand+that+shaped+history&amp;qid=1776075849&amp;sprefix=the+hidden+hand+that+shaped%2Caps%2C415&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Queen and her Presidents: the<br \/>\nHidden Hand that Shaped History, by Susan Page<\/a> is published on<br \/>\nApril 23 2026 by Harper.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"tbmarker\"\/>  <\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source royalcentral.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US President is known to be a huge fan of the Royal Family and to hold a particular admiration for Queen Elizabeth II. But in his latest opinions on the royals, he has picked an unexpected word to sum up the longest reigning Monarch in British history. 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