Overview
- At The King’s Trust 50th‑anniversary event at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Monday, Stewart praised the U.S. trip and appeared to call President Trump a “little ratbag,” which the King seemed to laugh off.
- Video of the receiving‑line chat, shared by Daily Mail royal editor Rebecca English, spread widely across social media and news sites.
- Reaction online focused on concerns that such remarks near the sovereign risk blurring the line of constitutional neutrality, and neither Buckingham Palace nor the White House has issued a statement.
- The comment was read as a nod to Charles’s four‑day U.S. state visit in late April, which included an address to Congress stressing NATO, support for Ukraine and climate action.
- Stewart has publicly criticized Trump in recent months, including a January video urging U.K. leaders to seek an apology for Trump’s claim that British troops stayed off Afghanistan’s front lines.