>> GRIFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP PAYING
TRIBUTE TO THE QUEEN AUTO
MELANIA AND I HAVE DEEPLY
SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE LOSS OF
QUEEN GOOD NIGHT II.
WE WILL CHERISH OUR TIME WITH
THE QUEEN AND NEVER FORGET
FRIENDSHIP, GREAT WISDOM AND
WONDERFUL SENSE OF HUMAN.
WHAT A GRAND AND BEAUTIFUL LADY
SHE WAS.
THERE WAS NOBODY LIKE HER.
>> FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR LARA
TRUMP JOINS US NOW.
LARA, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
WE UNDERSTAND YOU HAD THE HONOR
OF MEETING HER AT BUCKINGHAM
PALACE DURING THE TIME PRESIDENT
TRUMP WAS IN OFFICE.
WHAT WAS THAT EXPERIENCE LIKE
AND HOW ARE YOU REMEMBERING HER
TODAY?
>> OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A VERY SAD
DAY, I THINK, FOR THE ENTIRE
WORLD.
I DO WANT TO TAKE A QUICK SECOND
AND MAYBE BRING IT UP AND SAY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MOM WHO IS
WATCHING FROM WRIGHTSVILLE
BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA RIGHT NOW.
CAN I TELL YOU AS A LITTLE GIRL
GROWING UP IN NORTH CAROLINA,
NEVER IN MY WILDEST DREAMS DID I
EVER IMAGINE THAT I WOULD HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT
BUCKINGHAM PALACE AS A GUEST AND
BE IN THE COMPANY OF QUEEN
ELIZABETH II.
JUST TRULY A DREAM COME TRUE.
SOMETHING THAT DID I EVER
IMAGINE WOULD HAPPEN.
I THINK I RESPECTED HER AS SO
MANY OTHERS DID BECAUSE SHE
REALLY REPRESENTED WHAT I FEEL
IS A BY GONE ERA.
A TIME AND A GENERATION WHERE
PEOPLE PUT DUTY AND TRADITION IN
SO MANY WAYS ABOVE THEMSELVES.
SHE CERTAINLY REPRESENTED THAT.
SHE HAD SUCH AN ADMIRAL DEVOTION
TO HER COUNTRY AND SO I CAN TELL
YOU FOR ALL OF US IN THE TRUMP
FAMILY, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
WAS IMPRESSED UPON US BEFORE WE
EVEN WENT.
AND THEN THERE -- TO BE THERE IN
HER PRESENCE AND IN THE COMPANY
OF THE ROYAL FAMILY WAS MAGICAL,
AND THE DINNER THAT SHE SHARED
WITH THE ENTIRE ROYAL FAMILY
AND, OBVIOUSLY, THE EXTENSIONS
THEREOF.
THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE AT THE
DINNER.
IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
AND SOMETHING THAT I WILL NEVER
FORGET.
AND AT THE TIME I WAS ACTUALLY
SEVEN MONTHS PREGNANT WITH MY
DAUGHTER CAROLINA AND I REMEMBER
VERY DISTINCTLY THINKING I WILL
ONE DAY BE ABLE TO TELL MY
DAUGHTER THAT SHE KIND OF
THROUGH ME HAD THIS INCREDIBLE
EXPERIENCE OF BEING AT BACKING
HAM PALACE, MEETING THE ROYAL
FAMILY AND SOMETHING I WILL
NEVER EVER FORGET.
>> Carley: THAT IS SO SPECIAL.
I LOVE THAT.
>> Todd: AS FOR YOUR
FATHER-IN-LAW, MUCH HAS BEEN
MADE OF HIS MEETINGS WITH THE
QUEEN.
DURING THE JUBILEE COVERAGE WE
HEARD A LOT OF STORIES THAT
WHILE DONALD TRUMP DOESN’T FAWN
OVER TOO MANY PEOPLE IN HIS LIFE
HE WAS PARTICULARLY ENTHRALLED
WITH THE QUEEN.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?
>> WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT THAT’S
ACCURATE.
I WOULD SAY IT’S VERY TRUE.
MY FATHER-IN-LAW DURING THE TIME
AS PRESIDENT BUT ALSO HIS TIME
AS A BUSINESSMAN AND THE ICON
THAT HE OBVIOUSLY IS, HAS MET
MANY WORLD LEADERS.
HAS MET FAMOUS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THIS WAS A PARTICULAR HIGHWAY, I
THINK NOT JUST OF HIS PRESIDENCY
BUT SOMETHING IN HIS LIFE, TOO.
THAT HE CHERISHED AND WILL
CHERISH FOREVER.
HE HAS SUCH GREAT RESPECT FOR
PEOPLE LIKE QUEEN ELIZABETH WHO,
AGAIN, LOVE HER COUNTRY SO MUCH
AND DID EVERYTHING SHE COULD
THROUGHOUT HER LIFE TO DEDICATE
HERSELF TO HER COUNTRY.
I THINK HE RESPECTED THAT.
BUT FOR HIM, JUST LIKE I THINK
THE REST OF US, YOU KNOW, THIS
WAS THE PERSON WHO WAS THE
MONARCH OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
HIS ENTIRE LIFE.
SO, IT WAS SO SPECIAL TO HAVE A
PERSON LIKE THAT WELCOME HIM AND
WELCOME OUR ENTIRE FAMILY TO
THEIR HOME AND THEIR COUNTRY AND
THE WAY THAT THEY DID AND THAT
SHE DID AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT
HE WILL CHERISH THAT FOREVER.
THAT WAS CERTAINLY A BIG
HIGHLIGHT OF HIS PRESIDENCY FOR
HIM.
I CAN TELL YOU WITHOUT A DOUBT.
>> Carley: ABSOLUTELY.
THE FORMER PRESIDENT CLOSES OUT
HIS STATEMENT SAYING MAY GOD
BLESS THE QUEEN.
MAY SHE REIGN FOREVER IN OUR
HEARTS AND MAY GOD HOLD HER AND
PRINCE PHILIP IN ABIDING CARE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US