Donald Trump has spoken warmly of Prince William following their private meeting in Paris late last year, saying the Prince of Wales made a strong impression on him.

The pair met shortly after the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral, which had been devastated by a fire in 2019 and has since been restored. At the time, King Charles III had stepped back from many public duties while undergoing cancer treatment, with Prince William taking on a more prominent role.

“He looked really very handsome”

Speaking to the New York Post, the former U.S. president revealed that their discussion lasted more than half an hour and covered topics including family and the King’s health.

“He looked really very handsome last night,” Trump said. “Some people look better in person. He looked great. He looked really nice, and I told him that.

“And I asked him about his wife and he said she’s doing well. I asked him about his father and his father is fighting very hard, and he loves his father and he loves his wife, so it was sad.