Trump: King Charles would have stood by me over Iran
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4.1 • 702 Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump has attacked Keir Starmer once again, telling the Telegraph that King Charles have backed him on Iran, in reference to the PM's dithering over intervention in Iran.
Tim and Rachel are joined by the Telegraph’s deputy Royal editor Victoria Ward to ask if it's now up to King Charles to save the special relationship on his upcoming state visit.
They also consider if Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie and being ostracised over their parents’ association with Jeffrey Epstein, and whether the latest developments in Harry’s legal battle with the Daily Mail are bad news for the Prince.
Read Connor Stringer's interview with Donald Trump here
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.1 | Donald Trump has told the telegraph the king wouldn't abandon him like Starmahas, |
| 0:15.5 | referring to the Prime Minister's dithering over interventions in Iran. |
| 0:19.8 | Our Deputy Royal editor, Victoria Ward, joins us to ask if the king is the only one who can |
| 0:25.3 | mend the special relationship. |
| 0:27.5 | And two people we won't be seeing at the Royal Easter Service this weekend are princesses, |
| 0:32.7 | Beatrice and Eugenie. |
| 0:34.4 | Are the sisters being ostracized like their father over the Epstein scandal? |
| 0:39.2 | Welcome to The Daily Tea with me Tim Stanley. And me, Rachel Johnson. |
| 1:00.3 | Rachel, I have a confession to make, which is that I fell for the Telegraph's April Falls. |
| 1:06.1 | The one where Ed Miliband told the nation to drink cold tea to save energy. |
| 1:44.6 | Yes. I thought that was real because he previously said we should drink warm beer to save energy. So why not cold tea? Well, I sort of agree with you, Tim. I think it's not a bad idea. Maybe it'll become government policy. Maybe it will. We're joined today by Victoria Ward. That's who you can hear speaking. Our deputy royal editor to talk about all things royal. Were you fooled by it? I wasn't. I wasn't, but I'm looking out for the April 4. Can I just say, Tim. It's the byline should have given it away. It's always an anagram of the words April 4. So if you see Olaf Aprio. Yes, but also if you clicked on his name, he only writes one thing every year. Published on April 1st. |
| 1:45.8 | But it was cleverly written. |
| 1:51.1 | They said that Milibam was going to promote sort of World War II style slogans like Iced is nice and hot not. |
| 1:55.3 | I can see that. |
| 1:56.4 | It's quite believable. |
| 1:57.7 | Yeah, we've had all the COVID slogans and everything. |
| 1:59.9 | We're going to start by talking about our big scoop today, which is that Connor Stringer, Washington, D.C. correspondent, has spoken to Donald Trump. I don't know how he's pulled this off, shouting through the letterbox, ringing up. This is not in April full. He rang up Donald Trump, and Donald Trump answered. |
| 2:18.6 | Extraordinary, isn't it? |
| 2:19.5 | But he spoke to Donald Trump, and Donald Trump told him with regards to Kyr Stama and his dithering over intervention in Iran. |
| 2:28.7 | The president said that he thought King Charles would not have abandoned him in the same way. |
| 2:34.4 | He said, I think he would have taken a very different stand, but he doesn't do that. |
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