Protests likely as Donald Trump accepts Queen Elizabeth’s invitation for state visit
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London — Donald Trump has accepted Queen Elizabeth’s invitation to make a state visit to Britain in June, becoming only the third US president to have been accorded the honour by the monarch, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday. The trip is likely to be controversial given that many Britons deeply dislike the man and reject his policies on issues such as immigration. Protests involving tens of thousands of demonstrators overshadowed a visit by Trump to Britain in July 2018 and organisers said they were planning a “huge demonstration” against his state visit. The opposition Labour Party strongly criticised Prime Minister Theresa May for pressing ahead with the state visit, which May offered to Trump when she became the first foreign leader to visit him after his inauguration in January 2017. Trump and his wife Melania will visit from June 3 to 5, the palace said, adding that further details would be announced in due course. State visits are usually pomp-laden affairs featuring an open-...
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