President Trump and Prince William meet in Paris
President-elect Trump met with Prince William at the British Embassy in Paris on Saturday after attending a ceremony to reopen Notre Dame Cathedral.
President-elect Trump and Prince William shook hands on Saturday at the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, then held a sit-down meeting at the British Embassy ahead of Trump's inauguration.
President Trump and Prince William also met individually with world leaders at Notre Dame Cathedral, including French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Prince William was seen shaking hands and talking with First Lady Jill Biden, who attended the ceremony on behalf of President Biden and representing the United States.
Prince William was asked to represent Britain at the event, and after the ceremony, Prince William and President Trump reconvened at the British Embassy in Paris to discuss the “special relationship” between Britain and the United States.
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President-elect Donald Trump will meet with Prince William at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)
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This was the first meeting between the two men since President Trump's victory. The two last met in 2019 during Trump's first term as president on a state visit to the United Kingdom.
William also met with President Biden to receive the Earthshot Award in 2022.
Prince William and President-elect Trump inside the British Embassy in Paris on Saturday. (Reuters/Piroshka van de Wauw)
Trump also met with then-Prince Charles in 2019, and Clarence House said at the time that the two had a “good working relationship.”
Prince William and President-elect Trump attended a meeting at the British Embassy in Paris on Saturday as part of a ceremony to mark the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. (Reuters/Piroshka van de Wauw)
Trump meets with Macron and Zelensky ahead of reopening ceremony of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
Trump told ITV in 2019 that he had planned to meet Charles for 15 minutes during a state visit, but ended up talking about the environment for more than an hour.
President Trump met with Prince William at the British ambassador's residence in Paris on Saturday. (Reuters/Suzanne Plunkett)
“He's really passionate about climate change and I think that's great. I mean, I want that. I like that,” President Trump told ITV in 2019. “What he really wants and what he really feels warm about is the future. He wants to ensure that future generations have a good climate, not a disaster.”
First lady Jill Biden met with Prince William at Notre Dame Cathedral on Saturday. (Thibault Camus/Pour, via Reuters)
King Charles also contacted President Trump in a letter last summer after the assassination attempt.
President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and Queen Elizabeth in 2019. (Alastair Grant – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
The president-elect also met with the late Queen Elizabeth during his 2019 visit.
President Trump meets with Prince Charles in 2019. (Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)
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Notre Dame Cathedral has been undergoing restoration work since 2019, when a devastating fire destroyed the nearly 900-year-old cathedral, perhaps the most famous cathedral in Paris.
