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Experts Say King Charles Became Impatient With Donald Trump After He Broke A String Of Protocols
It’s not news that the U.S. President Donald Trump is racking up a litany of grievances among crown chasers for breaking royal protocol during his second state visit to the UK. But it has since become apparent that his alleged disregard for the monarch’s traditions is now testing the King’s patience.
Lipreaders and body language experts, ever present for moments like these, have since weighed in and they found that amid the tardiness and unpunctuality, King Charles took matters into his own hands—at one point physically steering his American counterpart during their inspection of the Guard of Honor.
Highlights
- Donald Trump reportedly arrived 21 minutes late to a Windsor Castle ceremony, keeping King Charles waiting.
- A body language expert noted the King appeared “tetchy” and gently pushed Trump forward during the Guard inspection.
- Lipreaders claimed Charles muttered “go away” as he waited for Trump.
This report follows a sighting of Trump walking, leaving the British monarch trailing while he chatted away with a guard.
Palace public relations has since scrambled to save face, claiming that it is customary for visiting heads of state to take the lead in situations like these.
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King Charles gently pushed Donald Trump forward
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One expert to weigh in on the latest odium of the controversy-raddled pomp and circumstance was body language fundi, Judi James. According to her, the King became impatient with Trump at least once.
She referred to the moment when Charles appeared to cut short an interaction between Trump and one of the senior red-uniformed guards.
He gestured forward with his right hand while placing a left on the President’s back, gently pushing him in the direction he was supposed to walk.
The King appeared to foresee another long conversation with one of the guards
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Of this sight, James told the Daily Mail:
“Despite walking a very emphatic pace behind Trump as he inspects the troops, there is a moment of suppressed tetchiness from Charles.”
Said irritation, according to James, was due the fact that the King, who had witnessed Trump’s interaction with one of the guards on the day of his arrival in the country, realized there was “a long conversation” in the offing, and this was likely to upset the schedule.
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“The King edges up to Trump, his hands clenching and unclenching in a gesture of impatience,” the expert observed of the telling moment.
“He (Charles) places a hand on Trump’s back to get him moving along again.”
Donald Trump arrived 20 minutes late for the event
But this was not the only instance in which Trump appeared to violate protocols. James reported that the American Commander-in-Chief arrived late for the ceremony by twenty-one minutes.
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President @realDonaldTrump inspecting the Guard of Honor with King Charles 🇺🇸🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/OtFaUxKMyp
— Margo Martin (@MargoMartin47) September 17, 2025
And thus the King, who had arrived earlier, had to wait for him for nearly fifteen minutes.
While he waited, Nola Hickling, a lipreader, observed that Charles was not in the best of moods and muttered, “Go away” to someone out of camera range.
Social media had a meltdown the last time he walked ahead of the King and chatted with the guard
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The sighting comes a day after social media had a meltdown over the way Trump walked in front of the King, giving all his attention to a senior guard.
While the Palace has since asserted that it is customary for a visiting world leader to take the lead during an inspection, Charles appeared left out as he ambled on behind his US guest.
“Oh god..he’s walking in front of the King, like Charles doesn’t even exist or matter!” a British media commentator fumed at the sighting.
The analysis comes a day after Melania Trump turned heads in a canary yellow dress
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Trump at the state dinner: We had a very sick country one year ago. Today we’re the hottest country anywhere in the world. In fact nobody is even questioning it.
Is there a greater embarrassment to America than Donald Trump? pic.twitter.com/PHK7AVCbGC
— Ron Smith (@Ronxyz00) September 17, 2025
The First Lady, Melania, also snatched up the media’s attention when she donned a canary yellow dress that left her shoulders bare on September 17.
The dress cast a striking contrast to the attending royal females, with some even questioning its appropriateness for the Royal banquet.
According to Vogue, the salient sartorial choice appears to underscore her husband’s economic foreign policies.
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“A woman of few words but of more considered sartorial choices, it has felt like a deliberate move in line with her husband’s policies and brutal tariffs that he hopes will urge people to ‘buy American,’” the outlet speculated.
Meanwhile, others see embarrassment in King Charles’ demeanor
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Tamra 2 months ago
He's little more than a mobster buffoon. Who wouldn't lose patience trying to entertain that??
Tabitha 2 months ago
Wannabe mobster buffoon. He is a coward and an idiot (according to his own father) who doesn’t have the guts or ability to be the real thing.
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Janelle Collard 2 months ago (edited)
Yep! Lump's brain has left the building! "The lights are on but nobody's home."
Tabitha 2 months ago
There wasn’t much there to begin with, and even less after all the nights snorting Coke in the upstairs VIP rooms at Studio 54 back in the day.
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liam newton-harding 2 months ago
Aww, look at that, they put a Telly Tubby in a suit…that’s adorable.
April Pickett 2 months ago
I hope this time he got a tuxedo that fit properly. He walked in front of Queen Eizabeth at the troop showing also. He just doesn't care how he appears when he's there. What's her face - Melania - could have checked with the Protocol folk on what to wear. I think she did yellow on purpose.
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
It's not a far leap to picture trump trying the king's patience, but you ever get the feeling that people interpreting body language are like, one step above augers and seers?
KatWitch57 2 months ago
In the UK it is, and never has been, considered good manners to bare one's teeth "like a gorilla" when one smiles.
FreeTheUnicorn 2 months ago
I think since modern dental care has arrived, this has changed. I love in the UK and people show their teeth when they smile, unless inbreeding has made that difficult.
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Pittsburgh rare 2 months ago
I'm against all monarchies but I have to give it to the royals that they've perfected the polite contempt like no one else. Charles's face expressions are priceless 😂😂
kkrq2vk4tm 2 months ago
Trump often fails to show respect for those around him when he is at home so to expect him to be respectful on a state visit to the UK is a bit of a stretch. I think it must have been quite a struggle for him to understand that the American president is NOT front and centre when it comes to visiting the United Kingdom's Royalty
Nikki Sevven 2 months ago
Have you seen his redecoration of the Oval Office? It's every nouveau riche cliché you can think of, and some you couldn't.
Linda Musgrove Pedersen 2 months ago
In my humble opinion, if it wasn't absolutely politically necessary to have the trumps for a second Royal State dinner, they never should have been invited. Poor Princess Catherine having to sit beside The Stinky D**k-Tater and Prince William beside The Banana B***s..........Americans were embarrassed!
Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago (edited)
Linda Musgrove Pedersen; imagine having to shake hands with a hand that's raped a woman. The orange rapist Tr*mp even boasted about grabbing women by the pussy.... Still, Prince Charles once found himself manoeuvred into shaking hands with Robert Mugabe and didn't flinch. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4425385.stm
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WakandaPanda 2 months ago
Kim Jong Orange didn't understand HRH was taking the p1ss out of him in his speech ! 😄
Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago
Mmm. King Prince Charles is famously tetchy. He's also quite good at his job. Don't believe a word these "experts" say about him. Of *course* Charles despises the orange rápist; but equally of course, he did the job of buttering him up. (King Prince Charles? Yes of course. He's Prince Charles and he's king - so... 😉 I'm English I'm allowed to take the mickey out of our royals. Oh yeah, so are you. 🤣)
Nils Skirnir 2 months ago (edited)
Hereditary monarchs whose family and predecessors have been responsible for millions of deaths worldwide and an emergent N**i. What could go wrong? That said, Charles was blackmailed into this in return for Trump not raising tariffs.
Mike Crow 2 months ago
Doesn’t matter whether a nation is a Kingdom, Empire or Republic, all of them have a dark history.
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KatWitch57 2 months ago
Quite possibly but, I think he has behaved with remarkably good patience despite the idiotic provocations of an idiot megliomaniac from across the pond. I can't answer for Charles III but, if it were me, I'd be thinking of some of the earlier of the Tower of London!
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Fatmeow 2 months ago
Liberals are the sickness and the waste and the hatred that fuels tiny brains.
Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago (edited)
Fatmeow: "liberal" means you're in favour of liberty - the clue is in the word. Somehow, American far right authoritarians (notably the Republican Party and their cheerleaders in extremist media outlets such as Fox News) have managed to convince some Americans that being in favour of liberty is bad. I don't understand it myself - perhaps you could explain?
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Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago
Laure Miller : the problem is that the orange rápist is the head of state and political leader of the world's richest and most powerful country. He's also throwing his weight around on the world stage, messing up the global economy, so everyone's got to try to do deals with him. Also, Ukraine: most of the money to support Ukraine is coming from Europe, but Trump has to give permission for Europe to buy US weapons for Ukraine. So...
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Chris Landrum 2 months ago
Trump being Trump. Not surprising he puts himself ahead of the King. Also, Trump does have a little bit of the common man thing and would talk to a guard. He does it with our own military. oh well
Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago
Chris Landrum: "Trump does have a little bit of the common man thing"? 🤣🤣🤣 Oh boy, he really *has* done a number on you, hasn't he? Donald J Trump, born into wealth and privilege, a man who has despised the common folk since childhood - and you think *what* about him? Dear, oh dear, oh dear. He's a conman, always has been. He knows how to work his con on Americans, so of course he acts a certain way in public.
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Lady Eowyn 2 months ago
Poor Charles. It must have been hard to refrain from chastising Trump out loud.
meeeeeeeeeeee 2 months ago
A king is just another one of them. Disgusting power and wealth, doing whatever the f**k they want. This is why his brother is allowed to prance around with peados and nobody cares. I don't like articles trying to act like any of those Royals are somehow different from scumbags like Trump. They're both vile.
Ol' Stevie 2 months ago
Please tell me more about this "power" and "wealth" the King holds, the danger he poses to the world, and the global harm he causes. You're clearly an expert on these things so you'll have no problem explaining this in great detail, along with Great British law and politics, correct?
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Fatmeow 2 months ago
What's your liberal platform? I'd like to hear it. You like criminals and murderers, who else? Any one but Trump, right?
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 2 months ago
Trump is a criminal... and idk anyone who likes murderers. But pop off queen
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Tamra 2 months ago
He's little more than a mobster buffoon. Who wouldn't lose patience trying to entertain that??
Tabitha 2 months ago
Wannabe mobster buffoon. He is a coward and an idiot (according to his own father) who doesn’t have the guts or ability to be the real thing.
Load More Replies... Janelle Collard 2 months ago (edited)
Yep! Lump's brain has left the building! "The lights are on but nobody's home."
Tabitha 2 months ago
There wasn’t much there to begin with, and even less after all the nights snorting Coke in the upstairs VIP rooms at Studio 54 back in the day.
Load More Replies... liam newton-harding 2 months ago
Aww, look at that, they put a Telly Tubby in a suit…that’s adorable.
April Pickett 2 months ago
I hope this time he got a tuxedo that fit properly. He walked in front of Queen Eizabeth at the troop showing also. He just doesn't care how he appears when he's there. What's her face - Melania - could have checked with the Protocol folk on what to wear. I think she did yellow on purpose.
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
It's not a far leap to picture trump trying the king's patience, but you ever get the feeling that people interpreting body language are like, one step above augers and seers?
KatWitch57 2 months ago
In the UK it is, and never has been, considered good manners to bare one's teeth "like a gorilla" when one smiles.
FreeTheUnicorn 2 months ago
I think since modern dental care has arrived, this has changed. I love in the UK and people show their teeth when they smile, unless inbreeding has made that difficult.
Load More Replies... Pittsburgh rare 2 months ago
I'm against all monarchies but I have to give it to the royals that they've perfected the polite contempt like no one else. Charles's face expressions are priceless 😂😂
kkrq2vk4tm 2 months ago
Trump often fails to show respect for those around him when he is at home so to expect him to be respectful on a state visit to the UK is a bit of a stretch. I think it must have been quite a struggle for him to understand that the American president is NOT front and centre when it comes to visiting the United Kingdom's Royalty
Nikki Sevven 2 months ago
Have you seen his redecoration of the Oval Office? It's every nouveau riche cliché you can think of, and some you couldn't.
Linda Musgrove Pedersen 2 months ago
In my humble opinion, if it wasn't absolutely politically necessary to have the trumps for a second Royal State dinner, they never should have been invited. Poor Princess Catherine having to sit beside The Stinky D**k-Tater and Prince William beside The Banana B***s..........Americans were embarrassed!
Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago (edited)
Linda Musgrove Pedersen; imagine having to shake hands with a hand that's raped a woman. The orange rapist Tr*mp even boasted about grabbing women by the pussy.... Still, Prince Charles once found himself manoeuvred into shaking hands with Robert Mugabe and didn't flinch. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4425385.stm
Load More Replies... WakandaPanda 2 months ago
Kim Jong Orange didn't understand HRH was taking the p1ss out of him in his speech ! 😄
Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago
Mmm. King Prince Charles is famously tetchy. He's also quite good at his job. Don't believe a word these "experts" say about him. Of *course* Charles despises the orange rápist; but equally of course, he did the job of buttering him up. (King Prince Charles? Yes of course. He's Prince Charles and he's king - so... 😉 I'm English I'm allowed to take the mickey out of our royals. Oh yeah, so are you. 🤣)
Nils Skirnir 2 months ago (edited)
Hereditary monarchs whose family and predecessors have been responsible for millions of deaths worldwide and an emergent N**i. What could go wrong? That said, Charles was blackmailed into this in return for Trump not raising tariffs.
Mike Crow 2 months ago
Doesn’t matter whether a nation is a Kingdom, Empire or Republic, all of them have a dark history.
Load More Replies... KatWitch57 2 months ago
Quite possibly but, I think he has behaved with remarkably good patience despite the idiotic provocations of an idiot megliomaniac from across the pond. I can't answer for Charles III but, if it were me, I'd be thinking of some of the earlier of the Tower of London!
Load More Replies... Fatmeow 2 months ago
Liberals are the sickness and the waste and the hatred that fuels tiny brains.
Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago (edited)
Fatmeow: "liberal" means you're in favour of liberty - the clue is in the word. Somehow, American far right authoritarians (notably the Republican Party and their cheerleaders in extremist media outlets such as Fox News) have managed to convince some Americans that being in favour of liberty is bad. I don't understand it myself - perhaps you could explain?
Load More Replies... Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago
Laure Miller : the problem is that the orange rápist is the head of state and political leader of the world's richest and most powerful country. He's also throwing his weight around on the world stage, messing up the global economy, so everyone's got to try to do deals with him. Also, Ukraine: most of the money to support Ukraine is coming from Europe, but Trump has to give permission for Europe to buy US weapons for Ukraine. So...
Load More Replies... Chris Landrum 2 months ago
Trump being Trump. Not surprising he puts himself ahead of the King. Also, Trump does have a little bit of the common man thing and would talk to a guard. He does it with our own military. oh well
Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago
Chris Landrum: "Trump does have a little bit of the common man thing"? 🤣🤣🤣 Oh boy, he really *has* done a number on you, hasn't he? Donald J Trump, born into wealth and privilege, a man who has despised the common folk since childhood - and you think *what* about him? Dear, oh dear, oh dear. He's a conman, always has been. He knows how to work his con on Americans, so of course he acts a certain way in public.
Load More Replies... Lady Eowyn 2 months ago
Poor Charles. It must have been hard to refrain from chastising Trump out loud.
meeeeeeeeeeee 2 months ago
A king is just another one of them. Disgusting power and wealth, doing whatever the f**k they want. This is why his brother is allowed to prance around with peados and nobody cares. I don't like articles trying to act like any of those Royals are somehow different from scumbags like Trump. They're both vile.
Ol' Stevie 2 months ago
Please tell me more about this "power" and "wealth" the King holds, the danger he poses to the world, and the global harm he causes. You're clearly an expert on these things so you'll have no problem explaining this in great detail, along with Great British law and politics, correct?
Load More Replies... Zarra 2 months ago
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Fatmeow 2 months ago
What's your liberal platform? I'd like to hear it. You like criminals and murderers, who else? Any one but Trump, right?
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 2 months ago
Trump is a criminal... and idk anyone who likes murderers. But pop off queen
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