Overview
- Robert Hardman’s new biography reports that President Trump asked for a “permanent reminder” of the late monarch and chose to hang her picture where no other portraits appear.
- The artwork is a reproduction of the Queen’s last official portrait by Basia Kaczmarowska-Hamilton from May 2022, and it hangs in the Mar-a-Lago dining room above a painting of a medieval ship.
- The original portrait remains at Windsor Castle, the Polish Institute in London received a copy, and the artist provided Trump with one of the few reproductions.
- A photo from Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Mar-a-Lago in December 2025 shows the portrait on the wall, supporting the account in the book.
- Trump publicly praised Queen Elizabeth II after her death in 2022, met her during visits in 2018 and 2019, and paid his respects at St George’s Chapel in September 2025.