Trump spoke about his mother, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, born in Tong on the Isle of Lewis in 1912, saying she loved the royal family and watched the Queen closely. He recalled her calling the young Charles "so cute" and joked that she had a crush, a line that drew laughter from the King.
After a report linked both men to 16th‑century noble John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, Trump posted on Truth Social expressing delight and even quipping about living in Buckingham Palace and speaking with the King and Queen.