Former President Donald Trump honored the “unparalleled” Queen Elizabeth II in an op-ed for a top U.K. tabloid over the weekend, celebrating her as “the personal embodiment of nearly a century of British history.”
Trump’s op-ed appeared in the Daily Mail on Saturday, two days after the late monarch passed away at the age of 96. In it, he wrote that spending time with the queen was one of the “most extraordinary honors of my life” and said he would “forever be grateful for the privilege of getting to know this unparalleled leader.”
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“As monarch, Her Majesty the Queen was the personal embodiment of nearly a century of British history,” the 45th president wrote. “No matter what challenges came, she was always there for her people — resolute and unflappable, stabilizing and reassuring by her very presence. In the face of all adversity, she embodied the uniquely British attribute of a firm and quiet resolve. The qualities that served Queen Elizabeth so well as monarch also endeared her to the hearts of countless people all over the world.”
Trump recalled a state dinner hosted by the Royal Family in 2019, where he and the queen “got along wonderfully, talking the whole evening.” He said the night was an “unforgettable” one.
“The times we spent with the Queen at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle are memories Melania and I will cherish for the rest of our lives,” he added.
The op-ed went on to tout the diplomatic ties between the United Kingdom and the United States, also known as the “special relationship.”
“Through her travels to well over 100 countries, she touched countless lives, spreading confidence, goodwill, and admiration for British values everywhere she went. Nowhere was this truer than in the United States,” Trump said, adding that “the treasured friendship and precious bond” between both nations meant that the queen “was truly special to us as well. She was respected and beloved by the American People like few other figures in modern times.”
Trump went on to predict that it will “take time for us to fully absorb the extent of this loss.”
The queen, who served for an astonishing 70 years, has been honored by nearly every major political and cultural figure in the world in the wake of her passing. Her death gave way to her eldest son, Charles, 73, ascending to the throne. He was formally proclaimed King Charles III on Saturday.
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Trump said the new monarch “will be a great and outstanding successor to his cherished mother.”
“Melania and I were blessed to get to know him well when we visited England. He dearly loves the U.K. and its people,” he continued. “I know he will prove to be an inspiration to the British People, and that under Charles’s reign, they will continue to persevere through all challenges, and push relentlessly onward toward their great destiny in which Queen Elizabeth II so deeply believed.”
