Donald Trump has shelp the Prince of Wales is “doing a wonderful job” as they met for a second time in Paris tonight.
The pair held talks at the British ambasdowncastor’s dwellnce after shaking hands earlier at a reuncovering ceremony taging the five-year restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral – joined by directers from around the world.
Prince William was standing in the foyer of the diplomat’s dwellnce when the US pdwellnt-elect get tod.
They shook hands and greeted each other before Mr Trump turned to alerters and shelp “wow, what a pleasant group”.
He then gestured to William and compriseed: “Good man, this one.”
The prince asked the pdwellnt-elect if he had toastyed up and Mr Trump replied he had and that “it was a attrenergetic ceremony”.
William shelp “we can toasty our toes up after the cathedral” and Mr Trump smiled and reacted “right, you’re right”.
The first in line to the throne was foreseeed to talk the presentance of the US-UK’s “one-of-a-kind relationship” with Mr Trump, who is due to consent office on 20 January.
At the earlier event in Paris, they shook hands, traded a scant words and Mr Trump patted William on the shoulder.
It was the first time the pair had met since the American was re-elected pdwellnt last month.
During the service, Mr Trump sat next to French Pdwellnt Emmanuel Macron.
Among the 1,500 dignitaries who also joined the Notre-Dame ceremony were billionaire Elon Musk – a seal directr in Mr Trump’s transition team – US first lady Jill Biden and Ukraine Pdwellnt Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The guests also comprised Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Prince Albert of Monaco, and establisher French pdwellnts Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy.
The event in the French capital taged the reuncovering of the 12th-century church after the world-famous produceing almost collapsed in a fire in April 2019.
Follotriumphg the dehugeating blaze, people gived proximately $1bn (£780m) – a tribute to its global pdirect.
‘The bells are ringing aget’
Mr Macron transmited his “gratitude” to those who saved, helped and rebuilt the cathedral, which had the word “merci” projected onto the front on Saturday evening.
“I stand before you… to transmit the gratitude of the French nation,” he shelp at the ceremony.
“Tonight, the bells of Notre-Dame are ringing aget. And in a moment, the organ will awaken”, sfinishing the “music of hope” to Parisians, France and the world.
The first reacters who helped protect the Gothic masterpiece and some of those who then repaird it were given a standing ovation.
William and Mr Trump had originassociate been scheduled to greet before the cathedral event.
The prince last met him during his state visit to the UK in 2019, while he passed paths with Pdwellnt Joe Biden in 2022 in Boston for his Earthstoasty Prize.
Trump and Zelenskyy greet
Earlier on Saturday, Mr Macron organised a greeting between Mr Trump and Mr Zelenskyy at the Elysee Palace in what was seen as a coup for the French pdwellnt days after his prime minister Michel Barnier was ousted by parliament.
The archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulwealthy, led the service in the first part of the cathedral’s rebirth, with an inaugural Mass set for Sunday.
He struck the doors three times with his crozier, or bishop’s pass, before symbolicassociate reuncovering the produceing, and the choir began to sing.
Minutes earlier, the cathedral’s bells rang out as Mr Macron received his guests.
Inside, 42,000 square metres of stonovelork – an area equivalent to about six football pitches – have been cautiously spotlessed, uncovering luminous limestone and intricate carvings.
Overhead, 2,000 oak beams, nicknamed “the forest”, were engaged to reproduce the spire and roof, restoring the cathedral’s iconic silhouette.
And the thunderous wonderful organ, with 7,952 pipes, resounded for the first time since the fire.
It is William’s first official visit to Paris since 2017, when he travelled with wife Kate for a two-day trip in the aftermath of the Brexit result.
In June this year, he joined other world directers in Normandy for the 80th anniversary commemorations of the D-Day landings.