Published 11:08 IST, May 29th 2019

Meghan Markle to give US President Donald Trump the royal snub on his U.K visit

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has opted out from the British royal family's meeting with United States President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump who are scheduled to visit the United Kingdom in early June.

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Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, has opted out from British royal family's meeting with United States President Donald Trump and First Ly Melania Trump who are scheduled to visit United Kingdom in early June.

Queen Elizabeth II will be hosting Trump and his wife for ir three-day visit in June. In capital, Harry will reportedly have a private lunch with Trump, and William and Kate will have tea with US President on his second day.

William and Kate will also join Prince Charles, Duchess Camilla, and Donald for a welcome ceremony at Buckingham Palace. But Markle definitely won't make an appearance at any of se events, Cosmopolitan reports.

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During all se engments, Meghan, who just gave birth a couple of weeks ago, will likely be hanging out at Frogmore Cott with her newborn son, Archie and enjoy peace and privacy of her maternity leave. However, Duchess has t me any statement about it so far, and she probably isn't upset about missing this because she's definitely t a Trump fan.

According to Marie Claire, before joining royal family, Markle, a proud feminist, h me her stance on Trump clear during US presidential elections in 2016. Describing Trump's politics as "misogynistic" and "divisive", Markle also spoke of her support for his presidential opponent at time, Hillary Clinton.

Appearing on Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore three years ago, Meghan said: "It's really moment I go; we film Suits in Toronto and I might just stay in Cana... Trump is divisive, think about female voters alone, right?"

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"I think it was in 2012, Republican Party lost female vote by 12 points; that is a huge number and with as misogynistic as Trump is, and so vocal about it...Trump has me it easy to see that you don't really want that kind of world that he's painting," she ded. (ANI)

10:46 IST, May 29th 2019