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Donald Trump has today denied Prince Harry snubbed him at Buckingham Palace and said Meghan Markle 'was nasty to me - and that's OK' in a world exclusive interview with Piers Morgan.

The US President's conversation with the Good Morning Britain presenter is his only one-to-one with either a UK or US network during his historic three-day state visit to Britain this week.

In their 33-minute chat, which will air in full on today's show between 7am and 8am, Mr Trump spoke at length about the reported rift with Duke and Duchess of Sussex and his good relationship with the Queen, who was a hero to his British mother Mary. 

Speaking in Winston Churchill's War Rooms Mr Trump has denied that Prince Harry avoided him at Buckingham Palace - calling him a 'terrific guy' - and described Meghan Markle as 'nice' and 'doing a good job' while also admitting she had been 'nasty' to him.

In 2016 Meghan described Mr Trump as a 'misogynist' and 'divisive' and said she would consider leaving her native America if he was elected president.

The President told Piers Morgan: 'She was nasty to me. And that's OK for her to be nasty, it's not good for me to be nasty to her and I wasn't.' He went on: 'You know what? She's doing a good job, I hope she enjoys her life... I think she's very nice.' 

The US President played down claims Harry tried to avoid him at Buckingham Palace on Monday after he was reported to have criticised Meghan for making negative remarks about him in the past.

He said: 'No, no, no, just the opposite. In fact, he spent a lot of time talking to Ivanka and talking to my family. I went up – he couldn't have been nicer. Couldn't have been nicer. I think he's great.' 

Mr Trump also revealed that Prince Charles had given him an impassioned address on the environment and the President said: 'We were going to have a 15 minute chat, and it turned out into an hour and a half. He did most of the talking'.

But it appears he still needs some convincing on climate change and said: ‘I believe there is a change in weather and that it changes both ways.’ 

And when asked about gun control in the US he hit back at the UK's knife crime epidemic and said: 'I read an article where everyone's being stabbed. They said your hospital [sic] is a sea of blood - all over the floors'.

The leader of the free world was also open about why he refused to meet Jeremy Corbyn, that he would not demand access to the NHS for US companies as the price of a US/UK trade deal and spoke out about gun control and considering going to war with Iran as well as being willing to use America's arsenal of nuclear weapons.

Piers Morgan laughed after he presented President Trump with a monogrammed Loch hat, famously worn by Churchill and the world leader tried it on

Pictured: Piers Morgan interviews Donald Trump in a world exclusive that aired today on ITV 1's Good Morning Britain

Mr Trump spoke about Brexit, the royal family, Iran, knife crime and his political future in the wide-ranging interview

Trump described Meghan as both nasty and nice as he said that Harry was 'terrific' in an interview with Piers set to be broadcast this morning 

The Queen's grandson seemed less than keen to be photographed with President Trump at Buckingham Palace. He quickly disappeared into the background and did not follow other members of the Royal Family as they walked round the exhibition with the American leader and his party. But Trump described the Prince as 'terrific' 

The President and the First Lady, in red, hosted the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cambridge, in white, to a formal dinner at Winfield House last night 

In his world exclusive interview with Piers Morgan the President revealed:

• The state banquet with the Queen was one of the highlights of his life and his late mother Mary 'would have been proud' because 'she loved' the British monarch;
• Access to the NHS would not form part of any US/UK trade deal;
• Prince Charles confronted him about climate change and the President revealed: 'We were going to have a 15 minute chat, and it turned out into an hour and a half. He did much of the talking';
• He would be willing to go to war with Iran - but would also be willing to meet President Rouhani if it increases the chance of peace; 
• POTUS defended his decision to ban transgender people from serving in the military and said: 'You have to have a standard and you have to stick by that standard'
• When asked about gun control in the US he hit back at the UK and said: 'I read an article where everyone's being stabbed.. They said your hospital [sic] is a sea of blood - all over the floors'

Ahead of his visit to Britain, Mr Trump was said to have called Prince Harry's 'nasty' in a newspaper interview. 

Mr Trump said he got a chance to speak to Harry on his visit to the palace this week, adding: 'I congratulated him and I think he's a terrific guy. The Royal Family is really nice.'

Piers Morgan asked him: 'Did he say: 'Come on - do you think my wife's nasty?' 

Mr Trump replied: 'We didn't talk about it… I was going to because it was so falsely put out there. And when you see that transcript and you see, it's the exact opposite of what they said.'

It came after Harry, 34, appeared reluctant to be pictured with Mr Trump when he visited Buckingham Palace's Picture Gallery for a display of US-themed artefacts on Monday. 

He quickly disappeared into the background and did not follow other members of the Royal Family as they walked round the exhibition with the president and his party.  

When told Meghan had made critical comments about him, Mr Trump told The Sun: 'What can I say? I didn't know that she was nasty.' But Mr Trump later denied making the comment.

Yesterday he tried to set the record straight in an interview with Piers Morgan for today's ITV's Good Morning Britain at the Churchill War Rooms in central London. 

Mr Trump said that he would prefer to make peace with Iran by and would be willing to meet the country's President Hassan Rouhani.

But when asked if he would go to war with Iran he said: 'I don't want to but there is always a chance.' 

The US President's conversation with Piers is his only one-to-one with either a UK or US network during his historic three-day state visit to Britain this week

The President also said that Jeremy Corbyn had tried to meet with him but that it wasn't possible. 

Piers asked him if he could imagine doing a trade deal with the UK with Corbyn as PM, with Trump replying: 'it's always possible. Anything is possible.

'I don't know him. He wanted to meet, it was a very tough to meet and probably inappropriate to be, to be honest with you. 

'A lot of things are happening right now with respect to our country and your country, my country and let's call the almost the same because I feel that way, it's really a tremendous relationship. 

'So, I didn't think it was appropriate to meet him, but I would. I certainly would have no problem with it. 

'I think it's a long shot when you say that, you know, I don't, I don't think it's going to happen.'

He also rowed back on remarks from a press conference earlier today at which he said that the NHS would be on the table in trade deal talks. 

'I don't see it being on the table,' he told Piers. 'Somebody asked me a question today and I say everything is up for negotiation, because everything is. But I don't see that as being, that something that I would not consider part of trade. That's not trade.' 

Camilla and Charles, and Donald and Melania Trump, photographed shortly before the dinner began inside Winfield House

Mrs Trump chatted with Suzanne Ircha, wife of the US Ambassador, and Camilla before the meal. Mr Trump famously is a teetotaler who encourages his family and associates not to partake. The Duchess however was seen with a glass of wine

Prince Charles and Donald Trump gave one another warm toasts and clinked glasses at the Winfield House dinner

The President was seated between the Prince and the Prime Minister and drank his customary diet coke as they enjoyed wine. Pictured: Donald Trump talking to Theresa May before the food was served

Prince Harry attended the lunch but did not enter the room with Mr Trump or his family as they toured the palace. His wife Meghan was at home looking after their son Archie. The President called her 'nasty' after hearing of her criticism of him

Piers Morgan announced on social media that his exclusive interview with President Donald Trump will air tomorrow on Good Morning Britain 

On Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Donald Trump said it was 'OK' for the Duchess of Sussex to make 'nasty' comments about him as he sought to clear the air with the American-born royal.

He also insisted that her husband, Prince Harry, 'couldn't have been nicer' towards him during his state visit to the UK.   

Asked point blank if he thought Meghan Markle was 'nasty' or not, President Trump replied: 'They said some of the things that she said and It's actually on tape. And I said: 'Well, I didn't know she was nasty'. I wasn't referring to she's nasty. I said she was nasty about me. And essentially I didn't know she was nasty about me.'

He went on to say: 'You know what? She's doing a good job, I hope she enjoys her life... I think she's very nice.'

Pressed by Piers to clear up the statement he made earlier about the Duchess unequivocally , he added: '... she was nasty to me. And that's okay for her to be nasty, it's not good for me to be nasty to her and I wasn't…'

He also said that he had spoken to Prince Harry and what he said to the young royal at a recent meeting.

Piers asked, 'Did you get a chance to talk to Prince Harry?'

President Trump replied: 'I did, I did and I congratulated him and I think he's a terrific guy. The Royal Family is really nice.'

Piers added: 'Did he say: 'Come on - do you think my wife's nasty?'

POTUS replied: 'We didn't talk about it...I was going to because it was so falsely put out there. And when you see that transcript and you see, it's the exact opposite of what they said. Did you look at the transcript?'

Talking about Harry's behaviour, he added Prince Harry had been far from frosty, saying of the rumours that he didn't want to talk to him: '...No, no, no, just the opposite. In fact, he spent a lot of time talking to Ivanka and talking to my family. I went up - he couldn't have been nicer. Couldn't have been nicer… I think he's great.'

A smiling Queen welcomes Donald Trump for lunch at Buckingham Palace on the first day of his state visit this week

On the Queen   

Donald Trump said he watched the Queen's coronation in 1953 when he was six-years-old with his mother Mary, who was born and raised in Scotland.  

'Well she would have been very proud. She would've never thought in terms of 'president' because I never talked in terms of running for president. I decided to do it and I won. I said to a couple of people: 'I think I'm going to do it' and then I said to my wife: 'I think I'll give it a shot.' She said: 'You know you'll win.'

'But I will say that my mother would have been very proud. She was a tremendous fan of this country and she was… she loved Scotland. She grew up in Stornoway. She left at 19 for New York, she met my father and they were married for…

'She loved the Royals, she loved the Queen. And I always noticed, whenever anything was on about the Queen she would watch. She was a big fan of this…I told her [The Queen] last night. She was very honoured. But my mother would always… she just had great respect. She understood. My mother understood people very well. She knew people. And she got it right from the beginning. The Queen is a great lady and my mother knew that.' 

Was yesterday the greatest experience of your life?

'I've been through some pretty big things. I watched the news and heard 'he's never had to handle things like this' when I was due to walk into Buckingham Palace.

'It's right up there.'

What did you discuss with the Queen? 

'We had a long conversation, an hour and a half. But I can't tell you about that as I've heard we're not allowed to.

'I think I'm on good behaviour most of the time. I really got what the media were saying, [about visiting the Palace being a huge moment] especially when you were talking in with the Queen, very slowly and with that certain music.'

Prince Charles and climate change   

Mr and Mrs Trump, who met Prince Charles and Camilla on Monday, above,where Prince Charles lectured the President on the environment

President Trump revealed that Prince Charles stressed the importance of protecting the environment for future generations in their meeting. The pair had a long conversation in which the royal shared his views.

The President explained: 'We were going to have a 15-minute chat. And it turned out to be an hour and a half. And he did most of the talking. He is really into climate change, and I think that's great, I mean I want that, I like that'

Piers asked whether Trump had listened to what the Prince had to say. Replied Trump: 'What he really wants, and what he really feels warmly about is the future. He wants to make sure future generations have climate that is good climate as opposed to a disaster. And I agree.

'I did mention a couple of things, I did say, 'Well the United States right now has among the cleanest climates there are, based on all statistics, and it's even getting better,' Because I agree with that, I want the best water, the cleanest water. Crystal clean - it has to be crystal clean…'

Piers then expressed that people want to hear that the President understands that 'climate change is a very real and present danger'. Said Piers: 'And if we don't tackle it now - and America has to lead the way along with China and India – then we're going to be in serious trouble'

Replied Trump: 'Well you know, you just said it. China, India, Russia, many other nations they have not very good air, not very good water in the sense of pollution and cleanliness. If you go to certain cities, I'm not going to name cities, but I can. If you go to certain cities you can't even breathe and now that air is going up, so if we have a clean, in terms of a planet, we're talking about a very small, you know, very small distance, between China and the US, or other countries.

Piers went on, 'Were you able to give Prince Charles any comfort, that you as the United States President are taking this seriously.'

Said Trump: 'I think I was yeah. I think, I think we had a great conversation and it was about, as you would call it, climate change, but, I think we had a very, very good time.

Piers also asked Trump whether Prince Charles had moved him.

Trump continued: 'I'll tell you what moved me is his passion for future generations he's really not doing this for him. He's doing this for future generations. He wants to have a world that's good for future generations.'

'Now he's Prince Charles, he doesn't have to worry about future generations in theory, unless he's a very good person who cares about people. And that's what impressed me, maybe the most, his love for this world.' 

On Iran

Donald Trump admitted that he would be willing to go to war with Iran - but would also meet its leader President Rouhani.  

'Iran was a place that was very hostile when I came into office. They were a terrorist nation.

'Obama did a terrible deal because it was a short-term deal. We paid with more than £50billion in cash.'

Would you go to war with Iran?

'I don't want to but there is always a chance.'

Will you talk with Rouhani?

'Of course. I've said that and he's said that. I know so much about nuclear weapons and I see the horrible damage done. I don't want that.'

Would you press the nuclear weapon button?

'I think it's a terrible responsibility but one I'm prepared to handle.'

Will you talk with Rouhani? Would you jaw jaw with him?

‘You’re talking about talk? Yeah. I’ve said that and he’s said that. I know so much about nuclear weapons – don’t forget that I’m the one that gets trained and has to study this - and I see the horrible damage done. I don’t want that.’

On pressing the nuclear button

‘I think it’s a terrible responsibility but one I’m prepared to handle. I don’t want to have to think about it, but there may be a time when I do have to think about it.’

On banning transgender people from the armed forces and not serving in Vietnam

Transgender service had been barred until President Barack Obama's changed the rule. Donald Trump announced a policy changes of his own on Twitter in July 2017 that were later officially codified by the Pentagon and then-Secretary of Defense James Mattis.  

Why don’t you allow transgender people to serve?

‘Because they take massive amounts of drugs, they have to. And if you’re in the military you’re not allowed to take any drugs. They have to after the operation, they have no choice. And you’d have to break rules and regulations to have that.’

But the medical bills are very low. Isn’t it unnecessary?

‘It is what it is. Massive amounts. Also people were going in and asking for the operation. Then they take large amounts of drugs after that, you can’t do that. So when it came to the decision on that, the cost of the drugs and operations, you couldn’t do that.

‘You have to have a standard and you have to stick to that standard. You have very strict rules and regulations on drugs and prescription drugs and they blow it out of the water.’

Do you wished you’d served in Vietnam?

‘I was never a fan of that war. I thought it was a terrible war, it was very far away.

‘Nobody had heard of Vietnam… this wasn’t like fighting against Nazi Germany or Hitler. I wasn’t out on the streets marching or saying I would move to Canada but I wasn’t a fan.

‘I would have been honoured [to serve in the military generally] but I think I’m making up for it now because we’re rebuilding our military at a level you’ve never seen before.’

Is it not beneath you to attack John McCain when he’s dead?

‘I don’t attack him. I didn’t bring his name up, you did. I was not a fan, I didn’t like what he did to healthcare or veterans. But Piers, you’re asking me a question, if you didn’t ask me about John McCain I wouldn’t talk about him.

‘I didn’t know anything about the battleship and I’m not even sure if it happened. I hear it’s fake news, maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. But again, I don’t talk about John McCain unless someone asks me about him.’

Jeremy Corbyn spoke at a mass rally against Donald Trump amid a war of words with the US President

On Jeremy Corbyn

Piers Morgan also quizzed the President on whether he could see himself doing a trade deal with Jeremy Corbyn if he became Prime Minister, after he declined to meet the Labour leader during his trip to the UK.

Asked by Piers, 'Could you imagine actually doing a trade deal with Britain, with someone like Jeremy Corbyn as a leader?', Trump replied: 'It's always possible. Anything is possible.

'I don't know him. He wanted to meet, it was a very tough to meet and probably inappropriate to be, to be honest with you. A lot of things are happening right now with respect to our country and your country, my country and let's call the almost the same because I feel that way, it's really a tremendous relationship. So, I didn't think it was appropriate to meet him, but I would. I certainly would have no problem with it.

'I think it's a long shot when you say that, you know, I don't, I don't think it's going to happen.' 

UK knife crime vs US gun crime

‘But in London you have stabbings. I read an article… they said your hospital is a sea of blood.

‘But Piers, when somebody has a gun illegally and the others don’t they have no chance. The bad guys are not getting rid of their guns. The people who obey the laws are sitting ducks. The thing I think about the most is Paris… if there was a gun on the other side…’

Why do you need AR-15?

‘A lot of them use them for entertainment, they do. They go out to ranges and shoot them.’

‘If the [Vegas] guy didn’t have guns he’d have used bombs or something else. The guy was very clever and a successful gambler… Then he went out and did that […].’

Piers claims he convinced him to ban bump stocks. What do you think about silencers?

‘I’d like to think about [banning silencers]. I’m going to seriously look at it. I don’t like the idea of it, what’s happening is crazy.’

On the next US election  

Will you win the next election?

‘I’m running on maybe the greatest economy we’ve ever had… I’m in the midst of several trade negotiations where I have the cards. I have the cards on Mexico… so I have a lot of things that we’re working on.

‘I don’t see any Democrats to worry about, there are no Winston Churchills in the group, let’s put it that way.

‘When I took over Isis was all over the place now we’ve taken over 100percent of the caliphate.’

On the NHS 

Piers asked: 'No leader, no leader it seems to me, would allow Britain to effectively sell the NHS as part of a trade deal. Would you as the American President see that as 'deal breaker' if none of the NHS was on the table?'

The President replied: 'I don't see it being on the table. Somebody asked me a question today and I say everything is up for negotiation, because everything is. But I don't see that as being, that something that I would not consider part of trade. That's not trade.'

The interview followed Trump hosting the heir to the British throne at an intimate 60-person black tie dinner at the official residence of the US Ambassador, Winfield House in Regent's Park. 

Jeremy Corbyn accuses Donald Trump of 'creating a sense of hate' and defends Sadiq Khan 

Jeremy Corbyn delivered a firebrand speech to anti-Donald Trump protesters in London - obliquely accusing the President of 'creating a sense of hate' and fostering racism.

The Labour leader did not mention the President by name but played on familiar themes of Mr Trump's critics in a high-energy speech.

In an extraordinary speech for a politician who could one day have to work with Mr Trump, Mr Corbyn sprung to the defence of London Mayor Sadiq Khan and suggested the President had 'created a greater sense of hate and hatred that goes with it'.

He spoke as tens of thousands of protesters failed to turn up to anti-Trump demonstrations today which had been billed as a 'carnival of resistance'.

Demonstrators shouted expletives as the President passed the blimp in his limousine 'The Beast' along with his sizeable motorcade on the way to meet Prime Minister Theresa May at Downing Street.

Organisers wearing red jumpsuits and hats marked 'Trump Babysitters' had earlier launched the orange inflatable Baby blimp to huge cheers from onlookers. Some 3,182 officers have been deployed to police the visit today.

Protesters from the Stand Up To Trump and Stop Trump groups congregated for a rally also featuring a speech by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who snubbed last night's state banquet at Buckingham Palace.

Mayor Sadiq Khan has let the coalition of hard-Left activists and campaigners lampoon Mr Trump with an 16ft robot tweeting on a gold toilet and a 20ft baby blimp which also appeared during his previous visit in July 2018.

In contrast to the sophisticated Palace menu which included steamed halibut and strawberry sable, - and was served with a £2,000-a-bottle Chateau Lafite - last night's fare was closer to the heart of the teetotal President with a taste for plain food: beef, potatoes, ice cream, and £30-a-bottle Californian red wine.  

Charles and Camilla were guests of the US Ambassador to the UK, Robert 'Woody' Johnson and his wife Suzanne Ircha, at their official residence for what is known as a 'return dinner' in honour of the US president.

The Trumps patiently waited outside for Charles and Camilla to arrive before they swept up in a chauffeur-driven car. Camilla looked elegant in in a white evening gown by Fiona Clare with a pretty embroidered overlay and a bejewelled necklace – a contrast to Melania's striking red cape-style £5,610 Givenchy gown and loose, dark locks.

President Trump's children also joined the dinner, Ivanka wearing a white off-the-shoulder gown and her hair in a chignon. His younger daughter, Tiffany, wore a grey full-length dress.

Normally the Lord Mayor of London would hold his own banquet on the second night of a state visit by a foreign leader.

But when it comes to US presidents, it has become something of a tradition for the royals to dine at the glorious 1930s Grade II-listed Winfield House in Regent's Park.

Guests at the black tie dinner dined on fresh burrata cheese with heritage tomatoes, basil, and Maldon salt; then grilled fillet of beef with pommes Anna, watercress pure, celeriac and chantenay carrots; followed by summer berries, homemade vanilla ice cream with Muscovado sugar tuile.

The setting was far more intimate than for the state banquet at Buckingham Palace on Monday night. The house's dining room was set with six tables each with around ten places.

Mr Trump sat on one table with Charles and Theresa May on either side of him. There were no speeches, unlike the previous evening, but the prince and the President both gave brief toasts.

Earlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister Theresa May gave the president a private tour of the underground bunker where Winston Churchill led the country during the Second World War. 

Mr Trump was presented with a framed typescript draft of the 1941 Atlantic Charter, agreed by president Franklin D. Roosevelt and Sir Winston, that set out their vision for the post-war world. 

Trump and First Lady Melania landed at Buckingham Palace at lunchtime after flying into Stansted in the morning following an overnight flight in Air Force One from Joint Base Andrews near Washington DC.

Hundreds of thousands of anti-Trump protesters have promised to bring London to a standstill - but they have so far failed to materialise as 20,000 police officers swamped the capital.  

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn led demonstrations in the capital today, after boycotting the State Banquet last night.  

One Donald Trump supporter was doused in milkshake by angry protesters. The semi-retired grandfather, who wishes to withhold his name, told MailOnline he was peacefully debating with 'moderate lefties' and 'having a laugh with the majority of them' before the demonstration turned violent.

Video footage from the scene shows a number of anti-Trump marchers shouting 'Nazi scum' at the Londoner before throwing the cold beverage at him.

The man then says he is 'here to stay' before throwing the cup back at protesters as one police officer attempts to stop the incident from turning into a brawl.  

Donald Trump Jr shared this shot of his father, First Lady Melania and Ivanka Trump touring the Churchill War Rooms with Theresa and Philip May 

Ivanka, Tiffany, Donald Jr, Eric and his wife Lara were all brought along for the VIP tour of London's Imperial War Museum on the second day of the president's three-day trip in the UK

Pictured: Donald and Ivanka Trump with Theresa May's husband, Philip, in the Churchill War Rooms this afternoon 

The ugly scenes followed an evening of pomp and pageantry on Monday night, when the Royals hosted Trump for a State Banquet.  

The Queen granted the President the greatest honour that can be bestowed upon a visiting world leader in the ballroom of Buckingham Palace.

Both spoke of the special relationship between the US and the UK as the countries look to commemorate those who gave their lives on D-Day in World War Two. 

In front of about 170 guests, Trump thanked the monarch for her 'gracious hospitality' and 'nearly seven decades' of personal friendship with the United States.

He spoke of the Blitz and the bombing of Buckingham Palace, saying that 'in their dark hour the people of this nation showed the world what it means to be British'.

Praising the Queen a 'great, great woman', Trump recalled her service on the Home Front during the war, and said 'the bond between our nations was forever sealed in that great crusade'. He said the Queen embodied 'the spirit of dignity, duty, and patriotism that beats proudly in every British heart'.

Raising his glass the 45th President of the United States said: 'On behalf of all Americans, I offer a toast to the eternal friendship of our people, the vitality of our nations and to the long cherished and truly remarkable reign of Her Majesty, the Queen.'

President Trump (pictured with Theresa May today) has said that he is committed to a 'phenomenal' trade deal as the UK prepares to leave the EU 

The Trumps and the Mays all smile as the President yells to reporters in Downing Street on day 2 of his state visit to Britain

Mr Trump says a loud 'hi' to the outgoing Prime Minister and her husband just days before she is set to quit as Tory leader but remain in No 10 as a caretaker PM

A 16ft talking robot of US President Donald Trump sitting on a gold toilet heads from Trafalgar Square down Whitehall for Parliament Square 

President Donald Trump's limousine, known as The Beast, (circled in red) passes the inflatable blimp depicting him as a baby in a nappy on Parliament Square