Donald Trump appeared to take a veiled double swipe at Prince Harry during his state banquet speech as he lavished praise on King Charles III and Prince William.
The US President claimed the monarch had helped wounded veterans 'like nobody else' during last night's dinner at Windsor Castle for his second historic state visit.
This is despite former Army captain Harry having had huge success and impact by founding the Invictus Games - a sporting competition for wounded, injured and sick military personnel and veterans, which takes place every two years - in 2014.
Just last week the Duke of Sussex was in Ukraine for talks on improving support for serving personnel and veterans with life-changing injuries who are returning home.
But the 47th American president said yesterday evening of the King: 'He has uplifted the poor, cared for rural farmers, and tended to wounded veterans like nobody else.'
Mr Trump also spoke highly of Prince William, describing him as the King's 'remarkable son' and 'really amazing' - with no mention of his brother Harry.
He said: 'I just want to say that His Majesty has also raised a remarkable son in His Royal Highness, Prince of Wales. Really amazing. We've gotten to know you and I think you're going to have an unbelievable success in future.
'Melania and I are delighted to visit again with Prince William and to see Her Royal Highness, Princess Catherine, so radiant and so healthy, so beautiful.'
The state banquet was hosted by King Charles III and members of the Royal Family last night.
Mr Trump has previously been publicly critical of Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, accusing them of treating the late Queen Elizabeth II 'very disrespectfully'.
He lambasted the King's younger son and Meghan, accusing them of treating the late Queen 'very disrespectfully'.
What Donald Trump has said about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
September 2020: 'I'm not a fan of hers and I would say this, and she probably has heard that. But I wish a lot of luck to Harry, cause he's going to need it.'
February 2024: 'I wouldn't protect him. He betrayed the Queen. That's unforgivable. He would be on his own if it was down to me.'
March 2024: 'We'll have to see if they know something about the drugs, and if he lied they'll have to take appropriate action.'
February 2025: 'I'll leave him alone. He's got enough problems with his wife. She's terrible.'
But at the start of February, he ruled out trying to deport Harry after it was alleged that drug use referenced in his memoir Spare could have disqualified him from a US visa.
Mr Trump said of the King's younger son: 'I'll leave him alone', adding: 'He's got enough problems with his wife. She's terrible.'
Meghan previously labelled Mr Trump 'divisive' and a 'misogynist'.
Harry and Meghan are no longer working royals and are thousands of miles away at their home in California while Mr Trump visits the UK.
The Duke had been on a solo trip to Britain last week where he attended a series of events linked to charities including WellChild and Children In Need, as well as his Invictus Games Foundation - then went home via Ukraine, well before the Trumps arrived.
In last night's speech, Mr Trump also told the guests gathered in Windsor Castle's St George's Hall: 'Seen from American eyes the word special does not begin to do it justice.'
He went on to say: 'We're joined by history and faith, by love and language and by transcendent ties of culture, tradition, ancestry and destiny.
'We're like two notes in one chord or two verses of the same poem, each beautiful on its own, but really meant to be played together. The bond of kinship and identity between America and the United Kingdom is priceless and eternal.'
A series of welcomes, poignant moments and spectacular ceremonial displays were held for the president and First Lady Melania Trump during the opening day of the state visit as the Royal Family used its 'soft diplomacy' to strengthen the UK's ties with one of its most enduring allies.
William and Kate were deployed at the start of the royal charm offensive to greet the Trumps first when they arrived at Windsor Castle by helicopter.
And around 1,500 troops in total were involved in ceremonial military events throughout the day - almost double those on duty for the recent state visit of France's President Emmanuel Macron.
The US leader had an affinity with Queen Elizabeth II, who hosted his first state visit, and during the afternoon he laid a wreath at her tomb in the castle's St George's Chapel joined by the First Lady.
In his speech Mr Trump described his second state visit to the UK as a 'singular privilege' adding later 'but this is truly one of the highest honours of my life, such respect for you and such respect for your country'.
The President's words were echoed by Charles who spoke of the 'enduring bond between our two great nations' that has been 'long called 'special'' and went on to describe how it grew from two sworn enemies fighting against each other in the American Revolutionary War.
'Today, however, we celebrate a relationship between our two countries that surely neither Washington nor King George III could possibly have imagined.
'The ocean may still divide us, but in so many ways we are now the closest of kin.'