Trump and King Charles Could Be Very Distant Cousins

Mr. Trump expressed delight on social media on Tuesday after a British newspaper report said he was a 15th cousin of the British monarch. Not only is President Trump hosting King Charles III on a state visit to the United States but he is also related to his royal guest, according to an analysis commissioned by a British newspaper. "Wow, that's nice. I've always wanted to live in Buckingham Palace!!!" Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday, citing the research published by The Daily Mail, a British tabloid. "I'll talk to the King and Queen about this in a few minutes!!!" The president didn't say whether he talked with the royal couple about it during their visit, but he called the king "a fantastic person" and said it was a real honor to host them. Mr. Trump's claim to royal blood lies in a common ancestor, the third Earl of Lennox, who was a great-grandson of King James II of Scotland. That makes Mr. Trump -- long an admirer of the British monarchy, and whose mother was Scottish -- a 15th cousin of King Charles, according to the Daily Mail. The Daily Mail said that Robert Barrett, a former research editor at the paper and a genealogist, had "studied multiple land records, church records and Scottish peerage documents to piece together" Mr. Trump's lineal connection to the House of Windsor. Surprising though it may sound, the suggestion is plausible. In fact, experts say, millions of Britons may be able to make similar claims to a royal bloodline.