The White House has denied Donald Trump is to insist on a gold carriage procession during his state visit to the UK.
According to the Evening Standard the President was reported to have insisted on the traditional state welcome, which would include a procession down the Mall with the Queen.
But a White House spokesman told People that the reports were unfounded, claiming: “We have not even begun working on details for this trip”.
The Times had reported that President Trump had left the Met with a “monster” security operation to coordinate after demanding the gold-plated carriage procession during his visit in October.
The newspaper quoted a source saying the carriage would not be as safe as the armoured, bullet-proof car used by former president Barack Obama during his state visit in 2011.
The President’s visit is expected to spark a fresh wave of demonstrations across the capital after a petition calling for it to be scrapped was signed by almost two million people and cost London’s police force millions of pounds due to the expected protests and security concerns.
