Queen Elizabeth set to invite Donald and Melania Trump to Windsor Castle

THE UK government is reportedly pulling out the big guns to get Donald Trump to sign a post-Brexit free trade deal.

The Queen is reportedly planning to invite Donald and Melania Trump to Windsor Castle in 2017. Picture: Darren Staples/WPA Pool/Getty Images

QUEEN Elizabeth II is set to invite President-elect Donald Trump to Windsor Castle in mid-2017.

According to the Sunday Times, the Queen, 90, plans to formally invite Mr Trump, and his wife “once he is sworn in as president on January 20.”

The visit would mark one of the President-elect’s first foreign trips as president.

Melania Trump, who is said to be staying in New York when Mr Trump moves into the White House, will accompany her husband.

Donald and Melania Trump are reportedly getting an invitation to Windsor Castle from the Queen. Picture: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP

Two ministers and a senior official close to Downing Street confirmed discussions with Mr Trump’s team were due to begin to ensure his availability for June or July next year.

A source from the Prime Minister’s office also confirmed that Mr Trump would visit in 2017, according to The Times.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump kisses his wife, Melania, during a campaign rally. Picture: AP Photo/ Evan Vucci

“Discussions between British officials and Trump’s team are expected to begin soon to ensure that a date can be agreed for June or July next year,” the Times reported, citing two minsters and a senior official close to Downing Street.

“The Queen will also send an official congratulatory message to the president to mark the inauguration.”

Windsor Castle could be the setting for the Queen’s first meeting with President-elect, Donald Trump. Picture: Supplied

The Times also reported that the former reality TV star discussed the royal invitation last week when he met with UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage and Brexit supporters Arron Banks, Andy Wigmore and Raheem Kassam at Trump Tower in New York.

“He’s looking forward to it,” a member of Farage’s team told the Times. “He’s a massive Anglophile. He was really, really keen. His late mother, Mary, [who was born in Scotland] loved the Queen. He said, ‘I’m going to meet her, too. I can’t wait to come over to England. My mother would be chuffed to bits when I meet the Queen.’”

Donald Trump with UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage. Farage’s team told reporters Trump is “looking forward” to visiting the UK. Picture: Instagram

According to The Sunday Times, the British government views the Queen as its “secret weapon” to create ties with Trump.

The newspaper also noted that the government would use Trump’s visit “to secure a post-Brexit free trade deal with the United States and to make an early effort to shape his thinking on NATO, Syria and other foreign affairs issues.”

The Queen and Prince Phillip will soon be preparing for the Trumps. Picture: AFP/Victoria Jones