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Diplomats are counting on the King to become a ‘key asset’ in forging a positive relationship with President Trump after the Government found itself on the back foot.
They say the Royal Family is a ‘priceless and powerful’ weapon of soft-diplomacy and ‘no other country will have anything similar to deploy’ in building a new ‘special relationship’ with the American leader.
Yesterday, Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the prospect of a state visit by the President-elect next year would be a ‘tall order’.
But he told the BBC’s Newscast podcast: ‘We want to be generous with our American friends as they will be, I imagine, with us, particularly in a second term.’ It follows critical comments by members of the Government while they were…
