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Rod Stewart at the Sunâs Who Cares Wins Awards in 2021; Prince Charles at the Sandringham House in England in 2025.Credit:Â
Samir Hussein/WireImage; Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty
Itâs safe to say that Rod Stewart was a big fan of the way King Charles navigated his recent visit to the United States.
The singer congratulated the royal on his trip abroad when they met on the red carpet of The Kingâs Trustâs 50th Anniversary Celebration at Royal Albert Hall in London on Monday.
âMay I say, well done in the Americas,â Stewart said in video footage posted on social media by the Daily Mailâs Rebecca English. âYou were superb. Absolutely superb. You put that little rat bag in his place.â
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Charles did not have a visible reaction to the comment, which many have interpreted as a reference to Donald Trump, but others could be seen laughing nearby.
âHeâs always been a bit of a manâs man. I liked him for that,â the musician said at the time. âBut he didnât, as far as Iâm concerned, treat women very well. But since he became president, he became another guy. Somebody I didnât know.âStewart added that he can no longer consider Trump a friend due to his administrationâs continued arms sales to Israel, adding, âHowâs that war ever gonna stop?â
In January, Stewart called upon U.K. politicians to make âthe draft dodger Trump apologizeâ after the president claimed that NATO allies stayed away from the front lines in Afghanistan.
âI was born just after the war, and have great respect for our armed forces that fought and gave us our freedom,â Stewart said in an Instagram video. âSo it hurts me badly, deeply, when I read that the draft dodger Trump has criticized our troops in Afghanistan for not being on the front line.â
He continued, âWe lost over 400 of our guys â think of their parents. Think about it! And Trump calls them almost like cowards. Itâs unbearable. So Iâm calling on you, Prime Minister [Keir] Starmer, and [Nigel] Farage, please make the draft dodger Trump apologize. Please.â
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During his U.S. trip, Charles held a joint meeting of Congress on April 28, during which he acknowledged that we live in âmore volatile and more dangerousâ times than when his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth, visited in 1991. His arrival not only coincided with the ongoing Iran war, but was also just days after the shooting at the White House Correspondentsâ Dinner.
“The challenges we face are too great for any one nation to bear alone,” he said. “But in this unpredictable environment, our alliance cannot rest on past achievements, or assume that foundational principles simply endure.â
He continued, âAs my prime minister said last month, ‘Ours is an indispensable partnership. We must not disregard everything that has sustained us for the last 80 years. Instead, we must build on it.'”



