Queen to roll out the red carpet for US president-elect Donald Trump with invitation to Windsor Castle in charm offensive that will cement Britain’s ‘special relationship with America’
President-elect lined up for invitation for a state visit to Britain
DOWNING Street is planning to use the Queen to charm Donald Trump on his first visit to Britain.
The new US President is expected to make his first state visit to the UK in June or July next year.
It has emerged that Her Majesty will offer the billionaire businessman a prized invite to Windsor Castle.
It is the same honour that she extended to President Barack Obama on his farewell visit to the UK earlier this year.
A government source said the Queen was Britain’s “secret weapon” as Theresa May aims to strike up a close relationship with the unpredictable new president.
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During his first phone conversation with the PM 10 days ago, Mr Trump revealed he was a huge fan of the 90-year-old monarch.
The president-elect even asked Mrs May to pass on his good wishes to the Queen.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: “State visits and other meetings with overseas heads of state are organised on the advice of the Government”.
