--- description: President Donald Trump breached protocol during an interview by opening up about his private conversation with Queen Elizabeth II title: President Trump Reveals Details of Private Talks With Queen image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt31453edfd065b1d5/6989356f86f68e6bbb6e9a86/gettyimages-997871792.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [United Kingdom](/tag/united-kingdom/) ## United Kingdom Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Defying Convention, President Trump Reveals Details of Private Conversation With Queen by [Casey Quackenbush](/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 16, 2018 7:53 AM CUT  U.S. President Donald Trump and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II inspect a Guard of Honour, formed of the Coldstream Guards at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England on July 13, 2018. U.S. President Donald Trump and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II inspect a Guard of Honour, formed of the Coldstream Guards at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England on July 13, 2018.Richard Pohle—WPA Pool/Getty Images by [Casey Quackenbush](/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 16, 2018 7:53 AM CUT In a breach of protocol, President Donald Trump opened up about his [private conversation](http://time.com/5338320/queen-elizabeth-trump-meeting/ "undefined") with Queen Elizabeth II during an interview aired on British television Monday. Speaking with Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan aboard Air Force One on Friday, Trump said the Queen referred to Brexit as “a very complex problem.” Heads of state do not normally reveal their conversations with the Queen, whom President Trump met earlier Friday at Windsor Castle during his first official visit to the U.K. > [](https://twitter.com/GMB/status/1018725477157101568) The British monarch generally remains [apolitical](http://time.com/4252284/queen-elizabeth-denies-claim-she-backs-brexit/ "undefined"), and the palace has remained silent on the issue of the U.K.’s departure from the European Union since voters chose to leave the bloc in a 2016 referendum. Trump also said he doesn’t know if the queen liked him, but that he liked her. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5339439/donald-trump-queen-elizabeth-piers-morgan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5339439/donald-trump-queen-elizabeth-piers-morgan/"},"headline":"Defying Convention, President Trump Reveals Details of Private Conversation With Queen","datePublished":"2018-07-16T07:53:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T20:51:17.062Z","description":"Heads of state do not normally discuss private conversations with the Queen","url":"https://time.com/5339439/donald-trump-queen-elizabeth-piers-morgan/","keywords":["United Kingdom","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt31453edfd065b1d5/6989356f86f68e6bbb6e9a86/gettyimages-997871792.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Casey Quackenbush","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/casey-quackenbush/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt31453edfd065b1d5/6989356f86f68e6bbb6e9a86/gettyimages-997871792.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The President Of The United States And Mrs Trump Meet HM Queen","caption":"The President Of The United States And Mrs Trump Meet HM Queen","creditText":"Richard Pohle—WPA Pool/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/united-kingdom/","name":"United Kingdom"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5339439/donald-trump-queen-elizabeth-piers-morgan/","name":"Defying Convention, President Trump Reveals Details of Private Conversation With Queen"}}]}] ```