Britain plans to invite Trump to meet Queen Elizabeth II

British officials plan to invite President-elect Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, to meet Queen Elizabeth II next summer in an attempt to cozy up him.
The courtesy is being used as a “secret weapon” by the British government to coax Trump into securing a free-trade deal with them and to influence his thinking on NATO, Syria and foreign affairs, an insider told The Sunday Times of London.
Trump told Brexit backers last weekend that he’s “looking forward to it” because his mother always loved the queen, a government source said.

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