Meghan Markle skipping Donald and Melania Trump's royal visit: Details
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Donald and Melania Trump are scheduled to visit London on June 3 for a three-day visit hosted by Queen Elizabeth II, but don't expect Meghan Markle to take part in any of the events tied to the Trumps' trip.
The Duchess of Sussex will reportedly not meet with the President of the United States and his wife, as she plans to continue to keep a low-profile during her planned maternity leave less than a month after welcoming her first son with husband Prince Harry, Archie Harrison.
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Meghan's absence will be felt as the rest of the royal family meets with Donald and Melania. Planned official events reportedly include a lunch with Prince Charles, Duchess Camilla and Prince Harry, as well as a private tea with Prince William and Kate Middleton.
Though Meghan skipping out on the first couple's trip is due to her maternity leave, she likely isn't too heartbroken to be missing out on the visit: Before marrying into the British royal family, the former "Suits" actress was vocal about her disdain for the then-presidential candidate.
"It’s really the moment I go; we film 'Suits' in Toronto and I might just stay in Canada...Yes, of course, Trump is divisive, think about female voters alone, right? I think it was in 2012 the Republican Party lost the female vote by 12 points; that is a huge number and with as misogynistic as Trump is, and so vocal about it, that is a huge chunk of it," she said during an interview on "The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore."
"You’re not just voting for a woman if it’s Hillary because she’s a woman, but certainly because Trump has made it easy to see that you don't really want that kind of world that he’s painting," she added during the interview.
The Trumps' highly-anticipated visit to the royal family in England will follow their current trip to Japan. Click through the gallery below to see photos from Melania and Donald Trump's time in Japan:
