Prince William and King Charles exploded in ‘torrents of profanity’ following comments from Trump

Prince William and King Charles exploded into ‘torrents of profanity’ following comments from Donald Trump about Kate Middleton’s 2012 topless photo scandal, a new book has claimed.

After the photographs of the then Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing topless in Provence, France, were published in the French magazine Closer, the business mogul took to Twitter to comment.

The former president, 76, tweeted: ‘Kate Middleton is great–but she shouldn’t be sunbathing in the nude–only herself to blame.’ 

He added: ‘Who wouldn’t take Kate’s picture and make lots of money if she does the nude sunbathing thing. Come on Kate!’

Excerpts from Christopher Andersen’s upcoming biography The King: The Life of Charles III revealed the tweet sparked ‘torrents of profanity’ from Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry. 

‘Trump’s criticism of Kate resulted in what one Clarence House butler referred to as “torrents of profanity” from both Prince Charles and his sons,’ Andersen wrote, according to Newsweek.

Prince William and King Charles exploded into ‘torrents of profanity’ following comments from Donald Trump about Kate Middleton’s 2012 topless photo scandal, a new book has claimed

After the photographs of the then Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing topless in Provence, France, were published in the French magazine Closer, the business mogul took to Twitter to comment

The former president, 76, tweeted: ‘Kate Middleton is great–but she shouldn’t be sunbathing in the nude–only herself to blame’

The advance copy also said that Charles was ‘disappointed’ after Trump referred to him as the ‘Prince of Whales’.

In addition, Andersen wrote that Trump suggesting that he ‘could have nailed’ Princess Diana if he had wanted to also ‘didn’t help’.

Other revelations revealed in Andersen’s book include the Royal Family trying to ‘discourage’ a planned visit by Trump to the UK in 2017.

Charles, William and Harry ‘burned up the phone lines between Clarence House and Kensington Palace, with all three princes agreeing to work behind the scenes to discourage Trump’s visit,’ according to Andersen. 

Trump also commented on the nude photos on Fox and Friends at the time, saying: ‘While we’re all fans of Kate, can you imagine why she would ever be out in the nude?

‘Why would she be standing in the nude in a swimming pool or wherever she was. She’s Kate. It’s terrible what they did, it’s terrible to take pictures, but boy, how can you do a thing so stupid?’

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He added: ‘Who wouldn’t take Kate’s picture and make lots of money if she does the nude sunbathing thing. Come on Kate!’

French magazine Closer shows pictures of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge on the cover

St James’s Palace released a statement saying the media’s decision to publish the topless pictures was ‘grotesque’.

‘The incident is reminiscent of the worst excesses of the press and paparazzi during the life of [Princess Diana], and all the more upsetting to the Duke and Duchess for being so.’ 

In 2017, Kate and William were granted £91,000 ($120,000) in punitive damages.

According to Closer Weekly, the former Duke of Cambridge described the release of these pictures as ‘painful’ and said: ‘The clandestine way in which these photographs were taken was particularly shocking to us as it breached our privacy.

‘My wife and I thought that we could go to France for a few days in a secluded villa owned by a member of my family, and thus enjoy our privacy’. 

Two executives were fined £40,000, the maximum possible fine for offences under French privacy law.

In addition to this, they and the two photographers were orders to pay £44,000 to the Duchess and the same amount to the Duke, according to The Express.