US President to visit UK among protests

Tuesday 10th July 2018 13:49 EDT
 

US President Donald Trump is coming to the UK on Friday 13 July, a day after attending a NATO summit in Brussels.

The first lady, Melania Trump is also expected to join him on the three-day “working visit." He will meet the Queen in Windsor Castle and the Coldstream Guards, the oldest regiment in the British Army, are rumoured to be in place to honour the Trumps.

A meeting with the Prime Minister, Theresa May, is also expected at the prime minister’s country house over a welcome breakfast, Chequers, to ensure the success of their “special relationship”.

Demonstrations will commence at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire on the evening of Thursday 12 July and in Regent’s Park in London and later at the US ambassador’s residence where they believe the Trumps will be staying.

Further protests will then take place at Chequers on Friday morning, before the main event outside of the BBC’s headquarters in central London at 2pm. 

A spokesman for Mayor Sadiq Khan reportedly told The Independent that he ”supports the right to peaceful protest and understands that this can take many different forms”.


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