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his uncanny talent for creating conflict, Donald Trump has managed to set even our premier aristocrats against each other. The Duke of Marlborough has become friendly with the U.S. President and hosted a banquet for him and Melania at Blenheim Palace when he visited last summer. But the Duke of Beaufort, who lives at Badminton House 60 miles away in Gloucestershire, claims the Queen should not roll out the red carpet. Harry ‘Bunter’ Beaufort booms: ‘It is sad that Brexit has made us so desperate for an American trade deal that we are forced to offer a state visit to a president who is totally undeserving of such an honour.’ That’s one name to strike off the invitation list for the Buckingham Palace banquet then.