Eric Trump made a scathing comment about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as he praised the Royal Family as a “sacred institution”.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were slammed by Donald Trump’s son, Eric, who branded the couple “spoilt apples” in a scathing two-word remark.

The businessman, 40, spoke to GB News about how the British monarchy is admired in the United States, however, he stressed, there would always be “spoilt apples in every orchard” – referring to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex who, he claimed, are not wanted across the pond.

He told Ben Leo: “What I can tell you is, my father had so much respect for the [late] Queen, as did I.

“My mum knew so many of them for years and had a great relationship with Diana.

“It’s a sacred institution. You can happily have those two [Meghan and Harry], we might not want them anymore, it feels like they’re on an island of their own.”

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were described as the Firm’s ‘spoilt apples’ (Image: Getty)

He added: “You can always have bad actors in everything. You can have spoiled apples in every orchard.

“The institution of the Royal Family is beautiful and is admired by many Americans. That should be protected.”

Earlier this year, the former US president hinted that he could deport Prince Harry should he return to the White House in November if

He told Nigel Farage – who questioned him on the “special privileges” Harry could enjoy due to his status as a royal – on GB News: “We’ll have to see if they know something about the drugs, and if he lied they’ll have to take appropriate action.”

Farage followed up by asking if “appropriate action” could mean “not staying in America”, to which Trump said: “Oh I don’t know. You’ll have to tell me. You just have to tell me. You would have thought they would have known this a long time ago.”

Eric Trump said the Royal Family is admired in the States (Image: Getty)

The Duke of Sussex has been living in the US with his family since 2020 after he stepped down as a senior working royal.

But he found himself in hot water after he revealed in his book, Spare, that he’d taken recreational drugs like cocaine, marijuana and magic mushrooms, which under US law, is grounds to reject a visa application.

Later, questions were raised about whether he had declared that on his visa application when he relocated to the US.

Meanwhile, a conservative think tank, The Heritage Foundation, has requested the royal’s visa documents to be made public and submitted freedom of information requests to the US Department of Homeland Security to release them.