Donald Trump claims he doesnt know Prince Andrew despite playing 18 holes of golf with him

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DONALD Trump today claimed he doesn’t know Prince Andrew despite playing golf and being in his company over the years.

The US President was asked if he knew the disgraced duke while in London for a Nato conference at Buckingham Palace.

Trump with his future wife Melania and Prince Anfrew in Florida in 2000
Prince Andrew and Trump smiling together just six months ago at Westminster Abbey

HOAR’s Politcal Editor Tom Newton-Dunntweeted: Donald Trump said today: ‘I don’t know Prince Andrew’.

When we interviewed him in July 2018, he told us he played 18 holes of golf with Andrew (and he insisted he won too).”

Trump was publicly photographed with Andrew just six months ago – before the duke became engulfed in the Jeffrey Epstein paedophile scandal.

They were snapped during the visit to Westminster Abbey in June this year.

During his visit, President Trump had lunch with the Queen and a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace.

He even attended business meetings with the Prime Minister and the Duke of York, before travelling to Portsmouth to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

Another snap shows the pair together with Trump’s wife Melania at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, on February 12, 2000.

Members of the public slammed Trump’s denial online and posted several snaps of the US billionaire and Brit Prince together – including one showing Epstein in the background.

We told earlier today how Trump said Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged sex slave has a “tough story” about Prince Andrew after the bombshell BBC Panorama interview.

The US President also said he doesn’t know the Duke of York while speaking ahead of the NATO summit in Britain.

Virginia Roberts has alleged she was forced to sleep with the 59-year-old three times when she was 17.

Speaking on Panorama on Sunday night she said she was trafficked for sex by US billionaire Jeffrey Epstein and was ordered to have sex with Prince Andrew.

Ms Roberts, now 35, says she was trafficked for sex by dead paedo Epstein and his Brit socialite ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell.

Prince Andrew‘s accuser spoke to BBC Panorama after the Duke spoke to Newsnight last month denying the allegations against him.

Since then, Prince Andrew has stepped back from royal duties after the car-crash interview.

‘IT’S TOUGH’

Prince Andrew has always strongly denied the allegations against him.

Speaking today, Mr Trump said he doesn’t know the Queen’s third child, but it was a “tough story” when he asked for a reaction to Andrew stepping back.

Mr Trump said: “I don’t know Prince Andrew but it’s a tough story, it’s a very tough story.”

Prince Andrew and Mr Trump have been photographed together on multiple occasions, including on the US President’s exclusive the Mar-A-Largo in Palm, Beach Florida.

Mr Trump also met the royal during his state visit in June where they visited Westminster Abbey together.

Many other members of the royal family will be present including the Queen, Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall formally greeting the politicians and their partners.

Other royals attending include the Duchess of Cambridge, the Earl of Wessex, the Princess Royal, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and Princess Alexandra.

The Duke of Cambridge is currently away on an official visit to the Middle East.

The picture shows Virginia Roberts with Prince Andrew inside Ghislaine Maxwell’s home

Andrew had also been hit by scandal over his friendship with billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

Prince Andrew had faced criticism over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

Virginia Roberts breaks down in tears talking to BBC Panorama