Trump state visit plan 'very difficult' for Queen

A former head of the UK Foreign Office Lord Ricketts, says Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to invite Donald Trump for a state visit has put the Queen in a very difficult position.
 
In a letter to The Times, Lord Ricketts, described the offer as premature.

A petition calling for the state visit to be cancelled has gathered more than one point six million signatures.
 
Yesterday thousands of people across the UK joined protests against Mr Trump's travel ban on seven mainly Muslim countries. 

Lord Ricketts, who was Permanent Secretary at the Foreign Office from 2006 to 2010, said it was unprecedented for a US president to be invited for a state visit in his first year in the White House. 

He questioned whether Mr. Trump was specially deserving of the exceptional honour adding that it would have been far wiser to wait to see what sort of president he would turn out to be before advising the Queen to invite him.
 
No date has yet been announced for the state visit but 
such events often include a stay at Buckingham Palace hosted by the Queen. 

SOURCE: BBC NEWS