Singer Rod Stewart heaped praise on King Charles III, telling him he put “that little ratbag in his place” while in the United States.
“That little ratbag” was seemingly in reference to President Donald Trump, who hosted the king and Queen Camilla last month.
“May I say, well done in the Americas,” Stewart said as he shook Charles’s hand at a Monday event in London.
“You were superb, absolutely superb,” Stewart told King Charles, 77.
“You put that little ratbag in his place,” Stewart said.
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Charles appeared to laugh at the comment according to journalists who captured the exchange.
However, it’s not clear if he responded to the remark.
Stewart didn’t outright say who he was referring to, the 81-year-old singer has said he’s “not a great fan” of Trump.
“I knew him very, very well. I used to go to his house,” Stewart said in an interview last year.
“But since he became president, he became another guy. Somebody I didn’t know,” Stewart said of Trump.
King Charles delivered a historic address before Congress. He told lawmakers that “in this unpredictable environment” the alliance between the U.S. and the U.K. “cannot rest on past achievements, or assume that foundational principles simply endure.”
“The challenges we face are too great for any one nation to bear alone,” he said as he called for international cooperation.
While in the U.S., Charles also met with Trump at the White House, along with Democratic and Republican leaders of both chambers of Congress, and made a stop in New York.
Trump described Charles as a “fantastic person” after the meeting.
“They’re incredible people and it’s a real honor,” the president said of Charles and Queen Camilla.
