Trump says he may run again for president in 2024 in order to defeat Meghan Markle

• Trump said he might run again for president if Meghan Markle decided to run in 2024.
• He was responding to unconfirmed reports that Markle is considering a run.
• "If that happened, I think I'd have an even stronger feeling toward running," Trump said.

Former President Donald Trump said he may run again for president in 2024 if Meghan Markle decided to enter the race.

Trump was asked on Fox News on Tuesday about reports that Markle had met with Democrats to discuss the possibility of running for the White House in 2024.

"I hope that happens. Because if that happened, I think I'd have an even stronger feeling toward running," Trump said.

He added: "I'm not a fan of hers. I think that what she talks about, the royal family and the Queen - I happen to think, I know the Queen, as you know. I met with the Queen, and I think the Queen is a tremendous person. And I am not a fan of Meghan."

An unnamed UK political figure on Sunday with links to Washington told the Daily Mail on Sunday last week that Democratic circles in Washington were "buzzing with talk" about Markle's political ambitions, which added to rumors from last year that she wanted to run for president in 2024.

A source close to Markle last year told Vanity Fair that she "would seriously consider running for president," adding that she had not given up her American citizenship when she married Prince Harry "so she had the option to go into politics."

Trump's comments came after Harry and Markle's explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey last week, in which they said a member of the royal family had expressed racist views in private conversations.

Markle said in the interview she had felt so unprotected by the royal institution that she had felt suicidal. She added that her requests for mental-health support were denied.

One of Trump's former advisors last week said the former president told him Markle was "no good" after the interview.

"I told him I was going to join you on this show," Jason Miller, a former senior Trump advisor, said during a podcast published last week.

"He says, 'If you want, you can make a little news on Meghan. ... He goes, 'Yeah, she's no good, and now everybody's seeing it,'" Miller added.

Trump also criticized Markle while he was president, on one occasion branding her "nasty" after he was told she said she would move to Canada if he was elected in 2016.