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If Donald Trump thought that Queen Elizabeth’s hagiography was posted on the Truth Social website, and daily mail In the next few days game death If he invites you to his funeral, he’ll be disappointed.
Because it turns out that Trump, who is believed to be waiting for an invitation, will not receive an invitation to attend the queen’s funeral in London next week on Monday.
Breaking with tradition, former US presidents will not be invited to the funeral. Instead, the honor will be given only to current heads of state and their spouses or associates, apparently due to the pressure on space.
Disclosures made in a report by the website PoliticsBased on documents circulated to embassies and ambassadors as long-standing arrangements for the Queen’s death, codenamed Operation London Bridge, came into action.
this London Times reported“In the US, questions were raised about whether Donald Trump would be invited, but British sources scolded the idea that he could accompany the US delegation and said Biden would not have room for his predecessors.”
CBS News reported Monday that President Biden and his wife, Dr. The only official representative of the United States at the funeral would be Jill Biden. “There will be no delegation because we only have two seats for the funeral,” a senior official said. CBS senior White House and political correspondent told Ed O’Keefe.
Before Trump’s scorn, advisors hoped that President Biden’s delegation would invite Trump.
“Biden, Obama’s path must include Trump [was] It’s included for Mandela, a senior Trump adviser told The Daily Beast. “Stupid.”
A Trump spokesperson did not immediately return The Daily Beast’s request for comment Monday morning.
The British Foreign Office’s guidelines state, “Due to limited space at the State funeral and related events, no other member of the director’s family, staff or entourage will be admitted.”
While Trump wrote to Truth Social that meeting the queen had been “the most extraordinary honor of my life”, he was seen by some as making a clear step towards getting an invite.
Trump often boasted about his relationship with the queen, saying they “get along extraordinarily well” when they met while he was president, and a scheduled 15-minute meeting organically stretched to an hour because of the quality of their personal interactions.
this London Times When Biden told reporters of his plan to attend the event, he said the White House had the House “ready” and said “Australia and New Zealand are using soft diplomacy to take their Pacific leaders to London for burial.”
Foreign dignitaries have also been asked to take commercial flights to the UK to avoid using helicopters, and will be asked to take a shuttle bus to the event venue, Westminster Abbey, instead of government cars.
“Multiple and comprehensive layers of security will be implemented throughout London and at all official venues used for state funerals and related events,” says an official document.
Politico quoted a London-based foreign ambassador’s WhatsApp message: “Can you imagine Joe Biden on the bus?”
