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CNN reports:
President Donald Trump was all smiles on Monday as he attended a state dinner at Buckingham Palace hosted by Queen Elizabeth II. But the royal family has for years batted back stories that its members were looking into or joining Trump’s properties — stories that, according to multiple biographies of Trump, were spread by the real-estate developer himself.
Between 1981 and 1995, multiple claims that members of the British Royal family were joining Trump properties filled New York tabloids and national papers according to a CNN KFile review of archival papers, audio, and books about the then-real estate developer. All of them were unequivocally shot down by Buckingham Palace.
One such instance occurred in the lead up to the Trump Tower’s February 1983 opening, when a persistent rumor kept appearing that Prince Charles and his then-new wife Diana were looking at buying an apartment in the building.
New story: We identified five instances where Donald Trump planted stories or spread fake claims about the British royal family joining his properties in order to get publicity.https://t.co/v6xQmgq9xX pic.twitter.com/6Ormn5Pz4Z
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) June 5, 2019
In the examples, Trump would serve as an anonymous source, claiming Princess Diana or Prince Charles were joining his properties. New York tabloids would print. Wire services would aggregate, generating the fake stories world and nationwide.https://t.co/v6xQmgq9xX pic.twitter.com/4UpB7h6pH5
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) June 5, 2019
In one instance a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said, “This story was concocted by Mr. Trump to secure publicity for his club. It is a matter of regret that he feels he can use the names of the members of the royal family to do so.”https://t.co/v6xQmgq9xX
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) June 5, 2019
In another instance, Trump (falsely said) on the Howard Stern Show in 1993 that Princess Diana was looking for an apartment in Trump Tower. He then said how “hot” he found her and how’d like to date her to become “King of England.”https://t.co/v6xQmgq9xX pic.twitter.com/Zc123OBJRf
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) June 5, 2019
In yet another instance, Trump & Mar-a-Lago claim Princess Diana and Prince Charles paid to join. Outlets like the New York Times and Associated Press write the claim. Buckingham Palace denies to forcefully. New York Times is forced to run a correction.https://t.co/v6xQmgq9xX
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) June 5, 2019
Trump’s first claim about the royals joining Trump Tower was in 1981, when he planted the story in New York Post according biographies. Unsurprisingly, he wrote about it the Art of the Deal as if he hadn’t planted the story himself.https://t.co/v6xQmgq9xX pic.twitter.com/FQrC3Gon6R
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) June 5, 2019