Last week, Melania Trump strode across the White House lawn with her husband, President Donald Trump and their son, 11-year-old Barron. The first family was heading to Marine One, the president’s helicopter which would fly them off for another weekend getaway to their Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.

As Us Weekly points out, the 46-year-old former model looked stunning in a belted custom Alice Roi coatdress, Gianvito Rossi nude stilettos and Gucci sunglasses.

But as the magazine also points out in a new cover story, the 70-year-old president reached for his wife’s hand as White House press corps photographers snapped away. And the former reality TV star mogul clutched for the tips of her fingers in a way that looked awkward.

Once the family boarded Marine One, Melania dropped all pretense of marital unity, Us Weekly said. She also dropped the president’s hand.

“Melania,” a family source alleges, “does not keep hidden from everyone around her how miserable she is.”

In this new story, Us Weekly claims to offer new evidence that the first couple are miserable — even though they aren’t together that often right now. During the week, the Slovenian-born former model still lives 200 miles away in Trump Tower in New York City. The official word is that she and Barron are remaining in New York while Barron finishes his school year and then the two will move to Washington D.C. this summer.

But the Us Weekly story raises questions about how eager Melania is to make a permanent home in the White House with her husband.

Citing multiple sources, Us Weekly makes the explosive allegation that Melania refuses to share a bed with Donald even on the rare occasions they sleep in the same city.

“They have separate bedrooms,” a Trump family insider said. “They never spend the night together — ever.”

But a third source says the couple do sleep in the same room but keep separate beds. Separate rooms or separate beds, this source says, the couple is being “very royal” in their nocturnal practices.

That may be a generous view, with other insiders telling Us Weekly that Melania resents her husband for trapping her into a highly public and political life she despises.

A spokesperson for Melania denies the claims made by Us Weekly — including those referring to separate bedrooms and the first lady’s supposed unhappiness, saying, “It’s unfortunate that you are going to feature unnamed ‘sources’ that have provided fictional accounts.”

It is likely, though, that Melania, like the rest of America, was stunned when Trump won the presidency.

Polls and the press had expected otherwise — that he would lose and take his political roadshow back home to Trump Tower where he might use his populist presidential run to launch a new media network with Steve Bannon, the former Breitbart News who has become one of his chief White House advisors.

Us Weekly quotes a source saying that, now that her husband is president, Melania “is not interested in Donald, the presidency or anything involving him.”

Since becoming First Lady on January 20, Melania has also kept an extremely limited official schedule. After the inauguration, she mostly stayed in her Fifth Avenue triplex penthouse and didn’t set foot in the nation’s capital again for 21 days. In the few official appearances she has made, she appears to be doing so “begrudgingly,” Us Weekly said.

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For example, Melania would only make an official appearance with Akie Abe, the Japanese prime minister’s wife because the Japanese first couple made the trek down to Palm Beach during their official U.S. visit in February. A family source said Melania obliged because “she was going to be at Mar-a-Lago already.”

But other reports, from as recently as two weeks ago, say Melania has begun to embrace her First Lady role. After hunkering down in her family’s Fifth Avenue penthouse for nearly two months, Melania hosted a lunch at the White House for high-powered women to honor International Women’s Day, the Associated Press reported.

The lunch marked a “coming out” for Melania, who is described by her husband as a “very private person.”

At the lunch, Melania strode into the State Dining Room, where she was greeted by the all-female group of about 50 people, including ambassadors, Cabinet members, at least one U.S. senator and stepdaughter Ivanka Trump.