Trumps can expect unparalleled opulence in Britain

Buckingham Palace breaks out gold plates

“Its tasteful opulence will far outshine anything Trump has ever known or hopes to achieve.” Ingrid Seward, “Majesty Magazine”

LONDON If President Trump’s state visit to Britain comes off as planned next year, the billionaire businessman known for his ostentatious style will be feted in a manner fit for a queen, quite literally.

All state visitors get the royal treatment. “There is nothing quite like a state banquet at Buck- ingham Palace or Windsor Castle, and its tasteful opulence will far outshine anything Trump has ever known or hopes to achieve,” said Ingrid Seward, editor in chief of Majesty Magazine and author of Diana: The Last Word.

“They eat off genuine gold plates and have the most beautiful table decorations, the finest china and crystal in the world, but somehow it’s not flashy”

Trump’s gilded style is apparent at Trump Towers in New York and Chicago, as well as his Mar- a- Lago luxury resort in Florida.

Trump has a special connection to the British isles — his mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, was from Scotland, where he owns and visits two golf resorts. Trump was supposed to visit London this year, but the White House postponed the trip until next year without saying why.

Trump has been criticized in England for policies such as his travel restrictions on six majority- Muslim countries and his plans to build a wall along the Mexican border. He has been critical of London Mayor Sadiq Khan, the first Muslim to hold the post.

When Trump does arrive on English shores, what can he expect?

“When you enter the ballroom at Buckingham Palace, where the state banquets are held, you are knocked out by the smell of flowers. And they have a full orchestra playing in the gallery and a band of Scottish pipers,” Seward said. “The planning of it is all down to the minutest detail.”

Seward attended a banquet in honor of Spanish King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia in July and described it as “magnificent.”

“They even have someone measure the distance between the plates, and it takes three weeks to set the table up just right,” she said.

The sumptuous banquets are attended by scores of dignitaries who toast the visiting leader.

For some Brits, however, Trump will never be welcome.

“We’ll be ready for Trump and his dangerous, divisive politics next year,” said Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now, which describes itself as a democratic social justice organization.