Theresa Could will use the Queen, pictured, as her 'secret weapon' to win over Donald Trump by asking Her Majesty to ask the President-elect to Windsor Fort
Theresa Could will use the Queen as her 'secret weapon' to win over Donald Trump by asking Her Majesty to ask the President-elect to Windsor Fort, it emerged in the present day.
Whitehall and Buckingham Palace are engaged on plans to ask the brand new US president - a eager fan of the Royal Household - to the UK subsequent summer time and a proper invitation will probably be despatched out after his inauguration in January.
It should give Mrs Could a chance to steal a lead on her European rivals and to debate plans for a post-Brexit free commerce take care of the US.
It should additionally enable the Prime Minister to forego Nigel Farage's provide to be a hyperlink man with the President-elect after a rising variety of Tories mentioned she ought to reap the benefits of the Ukip figurehead's contacts with group Trump.
Downing Avenue have been left scrambling to restore and construct relations with Mr Trump's group after his shock election victory.
Mrs Could and International Secretary Boris Johnson have been amongst a number of senior members of the Authorities to publicly criticise Mr Trump when he known as for Muslims to be banned from the US through the race to be the Republican nominee final 12 months.
However his sudden victory earlier this month despatched the International Workplace into overdrive to drum up connections with the billionaire President-elect and Mr Johnson is about to journey to fulfill his internal group earlier than the tip of the 12 months.
Mr Trump informed Mrs Could throughout their cellphone name final week that he was a 'large fan' of the Queen and he informed Nigel Farage and his group of pals final week that he's 'trying ahead' to assembly the Queen.
Whitehall and Buckingham Palace are engaged on plans to ask Donald Trump, pictured yesterday in New Jersey, to the UK subsequent summer time and a proper invitation will probably be despatched out after his inauguration in January
Providing Mr Trump a keep at Windsor Fort, pictured, would enable Mrs Could to swat away claims that Mr Farage has nearer hyperlinks to the controversial tycoon, which have been dismissed by Downing Avenue
Now Mrs Could desires to make use of his love of the Royal Household to her benefit and is planning to ask him for a state go to, ministers and Whitehall officers informed the Sunday Instances in the present day.
An insider on the plans informed the newspaper: 'The federal government has determined that their secret weapon to get in with Trump is to supply him an early go to to the Queen, him and [his wife] Melania staying at Windsor Fort.'
One other mentioned the Queen is 'key' to Mrs Could's relationship with Mr Trump and described Her Majesty as 'the most important public weapon you may have'.
Providing Mr Trump a keep at Windsor Fort would enable Mrs Could to swat away claims that Mr Farage has nearer hyperlinks to the controversial tycoon, which have been dismissed by Downing Avenue.
A state go to to the UK for Mr Trump will provide Mrs Could, pictured in Berlin on Friday, a chance to steal a lead on her European rivals and to debate plans for a post-Brexit free commerce take care of the US
Mr Farage, Ukip donor Arron Banks and his former aide Raheem Kassam have been amongst a gaggle that visited Mr Trump in New York final week.
The interim Ukip chief turned the primary UK politician to fulfill the President-elect since his election victory.
Mr Trump informed the group he 'cannot wait to return over to England' and mentioned his mom could be 'happy to bits once I meet the Queen'.
Inviting Mr Trump on a state go to to the UK subsequent 12 months would additionally present a possible alternative to heat up the apparently anti-global commerce president-elect over the thought of a post-Brexit commerce deal.
A Downing Avenue spokeswoman mentioned: 'No go to has been organised however the Prime Minister is trying ahead to welcoming the president-elect to the UK when he chooses to go to.'
The PM has been invited to go to Mr Trump on the earliest potential alternative and he or she is anticipated to journey to the US after he's inaugurated on January 20.
However a state go to by Mr Trump to the UK would enable her to roll out the purple carpet and provide a gathering with the Queen.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman mentioned: 'State visits and different conferences with abroad heads of state are organised on the recommendation of the Authorities.'
It got here as Mrs Could confronted contemporary calls to ship what will probably be seen as a 'exhausting Brexit' from a gaggle of 60 Conservative MPs together with distinguished former cupboard ministers.
Cameron-era ministers Michael Gove, Iain Duncan Smith, John Whittingdale and Theresa Villiers urged the PM to drag Britain out of the European single market and the customs union.
They claimed getting out of the only market free commerce zone was essential for the UK to change into freed from Brussels rules.
Pulling out of the customs union, which units widespread tariffs for items from nations exterior it, could be the one approach to strike commerce offers with different nations, they mentioned.
Eleven Labour, DUP and Ukip MPs additionally reportedly backed the decision.
Nigel Farage turned the primary UK politician to fulfill the President-elect since his election victory. They posed for a pictured exterior Mr Trump's well-known golden door in Trump Tower in New York
A Authorities spokeswoman insisted there have been 'no binary decisions' within the UK's future buying and selling relationship with the EU and that the Authorities would pursue a bespoke deal reasonably than an 'off the shelf' resolution .
She added: 'That is why the Authorities is painstakingly analysing the challenges and alternatives for all of the completely different sectors of our financial system.
'The Prime Minister has been clear that she desires UK firms to have the utmost freedom to commerce with and function within the single market - and to let European companies do the identical right here.'
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell accused the Tories of pursuing a 'Trump-lite' exhausting Brexit 'with a minuscule improve in infrastructure funding, a pernicious immigration coverage, the destruction of office rights and environmental protections, alongside a race to the underside in taxes for the wealthy and in wages for the remainder of us'.
He additionally defended his speech earlier this week during which he dedicated Labour to not blocking or delaying Brexit, saying the celebration has lengthy advocated modifications to single market rules corresponding to state support guidelines and 'enforced deregulation and privatisation'.
Writing in The Observer, Mr McDonnell mentioned: 'As a democrat, I respect the referendum outcome.
'Not to take action would sow even deeper divisions inside our society. However that doesn't imply we can not use the interval of the Brexit negotiations positively to work with our socialist, social democrat and progressive pals in Europe to assemble a brand new relationship based mostly upon solidarity, co-operation and democracy.'
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