A civil servant also told the Daily Beast that there was a risk Trump could upend protocol and make politicized comments when delivering a traditional speech at his state banquet.<\/p>\n
Trump claimed a \u201chorrible invasion\u201d of migrants was \u201ckilling Europe\u201d while visiting Scotland on Friday, a friend of the monarch told the Daily Beast. <\/p>\n
The palace was already anxious about Trump\u2019s visit because of his trolling of Canada\u2014a British \u201crealm\u201d which counts the king as head of state\u2014as the \u201c51st state.\u201d <\/p>\n
But those concerns pale in comparison to the prospect of Trump using the official visit with the king as a platform to make further inflammatory remarks about immigration in the U.K.<\/p>\n
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On a visit to Scotland this week, President Donald Trump warned the United Kingdom that “this immigration is killing Europe.” Christopher Furlong\/Getty Images <\/p>\n
Immigration has become a source of increasingly bitter division and public protest in the U.K. in recent months after figures showed that record numbers of so-called \u201csmall boats\u201d laden with undocumented immigrants have landed on British shores this year. <\/p>\n
There are genuine fears that riots triggered by anti-immigration protests could engulf<\/a> the U.K. in the coming weeks. Hotels used to house migrants have seen violent protests flare, and Nigel Farage, the Reform U.K. leader credited with making Brexit happen, has warned that Britain is close to \u201ccivil disobedience on a vast scale\u201d over the issue.<\/p>\n It was in this environment that, shortly after touching down on Air Force One at Glasgow Airport on Friday, Trump told waiting reporters on the tarmac: \u201cYou better get your act together or you\u2019re not going to have Europe anymore. You\u2019ve got to stop this horrible invasion that is happening to Europe, many countries in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSome leaders have not let it happen, and they\u2019re not getting the proper credit,\u201d Trump added. \u201cI could name them to you right now, but I\u2019m not going to embarrass the other ones. But stop, this immigration is killing Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n The friend of the king told The Royalist, \u201cCharles has spent his entire life promoting tolerance and compassion. He will be appalled by what Trump said on Friday, which seems to be entirely driven by his domestic agenda, and will be very concerned about the possibility of a repeat of Trump\u2019s outburst in September.\u201d <\/p>\n A civil servant told the Daily Beast that foreign visitors meeting the king are routinely advised that he is constitutionally apolitical and should not be involved in political controversy but said, \u201cThe trouble with Trump is, he doesn\u2019t feel bound by the rules.\u201d<\/p>\n The civil servant said the risks of Trump freewheeling with the media during the state visit were \u201cpriced in.\u201d They said everything would be done to ensure the king would not be put in a position where he could be embarrassed.<\/p>\n The civil servant added, \u201cParliament is not sitting, so he won\u2019t be making an inflammatory speech to MPs. But, of course, he will make a speech and propose toasts at the banquet in his honor. Usually, these speeches are ceremonial diplomacy of the highest order and honor the relationship between the two nations. The one group of people Trump seems to respect is the British royal family, so we will just have to hope for the best.\u201d<\/p>\n The king does not typically give a formal, joint press conference with visiting foreign leaders, but it is Trump\u2019s habit of delivering impromptu interviews to the media that has the king\u2019s pals worried. <\/p>\n \u201cIf Trump starts sounding off about the evils of immigration to the cameras while the king is standing next to him, the king would find that hard to take,\u201d the friend added.<\/p>\n The king had invited Trump for an informal visit to his country home, Balmoral, in a private letter which Trump flashed to the cameras after receiving it from British PM Keir Starmer. <\/p>\n Trump snubbed the king\u2019s idea, detailed in the letter, of a private visit, after making clear \u201cthat his preference was for a full state visit first, which would not be overshadowed by an informal handshake picture.\u201d<\/p>\n A former courtier told The Daily Beast<\/a> at the time: \u201cIt\u2019s embarrassing for the palace, which sent the letter suggesting that there was going to be this cozy, informal visit first, but it looks like Trump saw that for what it was: an attempt to kick the can down the road. Given the general anxiety around the king\u2019s health, you can understand where Trump is coming from.\u201d<\/p>\n The Times previously reported that the Palace \u201craised concerns\u201d about Trump\u2019s inflammatory statements that Canada should become the 51st state, arguing that \u201cimpugning the king\u2019s sovereignty\u201d as head of state of Canada was a reason to proceed slowly.<\/p>\n King Charles\u2019 office has been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n King Charles is exhausted by cancer<\/b><\/p>\n The Trump visit is still several weeks away, but aides are already considering the best way to adapt plans to mitigate stress on the king, who will face several days of public engagements and some late nights. <\/p>\n King Charles has been left \u201cexhausted\u201d by the challenges of his ongoing cancer treatment and his punishing work schedule that he refuses to compromise on, sources have told The Royalist.<\/p>\n The friends who spoke to the Daily Beast are concerned that the king is pushing himself too hard\u2014a worry shared by his wife, Queen Camilla, their friends say.<\/p>\n One friend said that the king had been left \u201csaddened\u201d by recent publicity in the London Sunday Times the saw a \u201crare disagreement with staff\u201d at the garden of his private home, Highgrove, get \u201cblown up into front page news<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n The source said, \u201cHe is exhausted. It is tricky because he is energized by the work, but he needs to take a break. Camilla wants him to slow down, but he won\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n The war of Royal Lodge is over<\/b><\/p>\n King Charles has lost his war aimed at forcing his disgraced brother, Prince Andrew, to move out of Royal Lodge. That is the real story behind news in the Daily Mail<\/a> today that Prince William and Princess Kate are to move out of \u201ccozy\u201d Adelaide Cottage into the much grander Fort Belvedere, a castle on the Windsor grounds where King Edward VIII famously signed his abdication papers. <\/p>\n![\"LONDON,](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/56UJD7BV2FAQPOHRIC2C2WJDZU.jpg\")
Trump is set to visit the United Kingdom for an official state visit in September. WPA Pool\/Getty Images <\/p>\n![\"Donald](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WBLZNPQ7FZHIHFCYVL5NF3PKRU.jpg\")
Trump meets Prince William in Paris. British hopes of avoiding embarrassment now rely on Trump’s professed fondness for the royals. Pool\/Getty Images <\/p>\n![\"Trump](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMSFRX6YBFATHNQPDBPNEOMSJA.jpg\")
Trump brandishes a private letter from King Charles III to the cameras in a major breach of protocol. Carl Court\/Getty Images <\/p>\n![\"Aerial](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BW7SHKARKBEWJDME7PY34YW35U.jpg\")
Aerial view of Kate and William’s likely new home, Fort Belvedere. This Gothic revival residence in Windsor Great Park is where Edward VIII signed the abdication documents in December 1936, renouncing the throne. David Goddard\/Getty Images <\/p>\n