Donald Trump has alleged that he managed to get London mayor Sadiq Khan banned from attending the state banquet at Windsor Castle.

Speaking to reporters on his flight home from his 48-hour state visit, the US president said Khan, a Labour figure who is also a friend to Keir Starmer, had wanted to attend, but “I didn’t want him there”.

“I asked that he not be there,” he claimed. “I think the mayor of London Khan is among the worst mayors in the world, and we have some bad ones...”

According to The Telegraph , he said: “I’ve not liked him for a long time. I have a certain pride in London, in the UK, my mother was born in Scotland, and when I see Mayor Khan do a bad job – the stabbings, the dirt and the filth – it’s not the same. I didn’t want him there.”

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