Donald Trump will receive an invitation to meet with the Queen in the summer of next year
- The Sunday Times
Ministers believe the Queen is their "secret weapon" and Theresa May will use the state visit to help strengthen the "special relationship" between Britain and the United States. The US president-elect reportedly told the Prime Minister during a phone call last week that his late Scottish mother had been a "big fan" of the Queen and royal family.
Plans to roll out the red carpet and offer Mr Trump a meeting with the Queen are now being drawn up in Whitehall.
A formal invitation will be made after he is sworn in as president on Jan 20. A source who had discussed the issue with a cabinet minister said: "
Government has decided that their secret weapon to get in with Trump is to offer him an early visit to the Queen, him and [his wife] Melania staying at Windsor Castle." Another cabinet source said: "
The Queen is the key here. She's the biggest public weapon we have. Nigel Farage can't get [Trump] in front of the Queen."
Mrs May will hope to take advantage of Mr Trump's affection for the Queen and seek to strike a free trade deal with the US.
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