Donald Trump Vs. Meghan Markle: 4 Times The President Has Slammed The Duchess

It appears tensions between President Donald Trump and Meghan Markle haven’t simmered down since the former actress and her husband, Prince Harry, quit royal life and moved to the United States.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who now live in Santa Barbara, California, made a virtual appearance during the special TV unveiling of the 2020 TIME 100 on ABC Monday night, which happened to coincide with National Voter Registration Day. During their appearance, the couple passionately discussed the importance of voting and exercising that right—and their comments could have been interpreted as attacks on the current U.S. President.

“Every four years we are told the same thing, that this is the most important election of our lifetime,” Markle said in the video. “But this one is. When we vote, our values are put into action and our voices are heard. Your voice is a reminder that you matter, because you do, and you deserve to be heard.”

After reminding viewers he couldn’t vote because he wasn’t a U.S. citizen, Prince Harry added, “As we approach this November, it’s vital that we reject hate speech, misinformation and online negativity.”

After the comments were brought to the President’s attention during a press conference on Wednesday, with them framed as an unofficial endorsement of his rival, Joe Biden, the President took the moment to level an attack on the Duchess instead—seemingly indicating that there is still bad blood between the two.

“I’m not a fan of hers,” he said. “I wish a lot of luck to Harry, ‘cause he’s gonna need it.”

This isn’t the first time the President has made a comment about the Duchess, who worked as an actress in the United States before marrying into the royal family in 2018, and was openly critical of the President in the past, before his election, calling him a misogynist during an appearance on “The Night Show With Larry Wilmore.” Here are four other times he has slammed Markle.

Donald Trump Calls Meghan Markle “Nasty”

In June 2019, ahead of his planned visit to the UK, where he was set to be welcomed by members of the royal family—sans Meghan, who was on maternity leave, the President was caught on audio during an interview with The Sun, where he referred to the Duchess as “nasty” because of her previous comments, where she also admitted that if he were elected, she would likely move to Canada.

“I didn’t know that. What can I say? I didn’t know that she was nasty,” he said at the time.

He went on to later deny he said the term, which was synonymous with his initial campaign for President when he referred to then-rival Hillary Clinton as a “nasty woman.”

Donald Trump Warns Meghan Markle About Negative Attention

In October of 2019, the Duchess of Sussex admitted in the documentary “Harry and Meghan: An African Journey,” that she was struggling with all of the harsh and negative media attention she had received since becoming royal. In a later interview with Nigel Farage, the President seemed to sympathize with the Duchess, but also warned that she needed to stop taking negative press so personally.

“Well, I’ve been watching her interviews and I’ve seen it, and she’s taken it very personally. I guess you have to be a little bit different than that,” he said at the time. “But she takes it very, very personally, and I can understand it. But I don’t know her. I will say I’ve met Harry, he’s great. He is really a fine young man, the whole family is terrific.”

Donald Trump Calls Meghan Markle, Prince Harry’s Decision To Step Down ‘Sad’

After the Duke and Duchess announced their plans to step down from royal duties in January, The President appeared on “The Ingraham Angle,” where Laura Ingraham asked him about the situation and referred to the couple as “rogue royals.” While he didn’t explicitly say anything against the pair, he did sympathize with Queen Elizabeth II.

“I think it's sad...I do, I think it’s sad. She’s a great woman...we have a great relationship. I think it was a blindside, she was blindsided by this whole situation, and I think it’s too bad,” he said before adding, “I just have such respect for the Queen. I don’t think that this should be happening to her.”

Donald Trump Refuses To Have U.S. Supply Security For Prince Harry And Meghan Markle

After the couple officially stepped down from their duties in March, they moved from Canada, where they had been staying, to the United States, initially settling down in Los Angeles. However, the couple, who received funding for security as royals, were quickly seen as being targeted by the President when he took to Twitter to make it clear that the United States would not pay for their security now that they were living there.

“I am a great friend and admirer of the Queen & the United Kingdom,” he said at the time. “It was reported that Harry and Meghan, who left the Kingdom, would reside permanently in Canada. Now they have left Canada for the U.S. however, the U.S. will not pay for their security protection. They must pay!”