Trump honours his late mother’s Scottish origin, recalls she had ‘crush’ on King Charles III

President Donald Trump honored the Scottish origins of his late mother, Mary MacLeod, and revealed she had a crush on King Charles III during a White House welcoming ceremony for the king and Queen Camilla on Tuesday according to Fox News.

“My wonderful mother, Mary MacLeod, Mary MacLeod, was born in Stornoway, Scotland, the Hebrides. And that’s what they call very serious Scotland. There’s no question about it. Some places they say, well, it was it really Scotland? The Hebrides? That’s real serious Scotland. That’s where they had their greatest of warriors, the greatest of warriors. She came to America at 19, met my incredible father. We loved him so much. We all loved him. We loved her. We loved him. Fred,” Trump said.

The president then cracked a joke about the length of his parents’ marriage, jesting with first lady Melania Trump that they would be unlikely to match his parents’ feat.

“They were married for 63 years. And, excuse me, if you don’t mind. That’s a record we won’t be able to match, darling,” Trump said. “I’m sorry. Just not going to work out that way. We’ll do well, but we’re not going to do that well. 63 years.”

He then revealed the extent of his mothers’ affection for the Royal Family and for King Charles III in particular.

“And my mother, I just see it so clearly… I told the King that she loved the royal family, and she loved the Queen,” Trump said. “And any time the Queen was involved in a ceremony or anything, my mother would be glued to the television and she’d say, ‘Look, Donald, look how beautiful that is.’ She really did love the family. But I also remember her saying very clearly, ‘Charles, look, young Charles, he’s so cute.’ My mother had a crush on Charles. Can you believe it? I wonder what she’s thinking right now.”