Sir Rod Stewart has sparked debate after he was heard praising King Charles for putting Donald Trump “in his place” during a receiving line at an event in London. The rock star, speaking alongside Ronnie Wood, told the King: “May I say, well done in the Americas. You were superb, absolutely superb… put that little ratbag in his place.”
The King, whose back was to the camera, appeared to laugh off the comment, according to The Independent. Stewart then added: “Exactly, that’s it – it went right over his head, right over his head.” He later turned to Queen Camilla and said he was congratulating her husband on “his wonderful performance in the Americas, so great, so brave, so proud.”
The King and Queen had completed a four-day state visit to the United States in late April, which included addressing Congress and meeting President Trump at the White House. Stewart’s remarks come after he previously called Trump a “draft dodger” in a video statement, urging Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage to demand an apology from the former president for comments about British troops in Afghanistan.
During his US visit, King Charles made several pointed remarks. At a White House state dinner, he joked about the British burning the White House in 1814 and presented Trump with a bell from HMS Trump. In his address to Congress, he spoke of the importance of checks and balances, referencing Magna Carta, and urged against becoming “ever more inward-looking,” in what some saw as a dig at Trump’s “America First” policies.
