Donald Trump's state visit to the UK: live updates - CNN

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The Prime Minister’s office is trying to stop a meeting between the US President and leading Brexit supporters while Trump is in London, a source close to Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has told CNN.

According to the source, Farage, Arron Banks and Andrew Wigmore, who describe themselves as “old friends” of Trump, are hoping to meet the US President over the next few days, possibly on Tuesday.

The source said Trump could meet the group after his joint press conference with Theresa May on Tuesday, during the President's "executive time."

"That’s the realistic window if -- and it’s still a big if -- we get to see him," the source said, adding that no meeting is confirmed.

“Yes, it’s very true that Number 10 trying to stop Nigel and us,” the source said, adding that Trump would ignore such attempts.

In response, a Downing Street spokesman told CNN: "Who the President meets during his visit is of course a matter for him."

Trump has previously suggested he may meet Farage and Conservative leadership hopeful Boris Johnson during his visit.

But that idea is also likely to be unpopular with May. Both figures have been heavily critical of her Brexit approach throughout her tenure as prime minister, and the success of Farage's Brexit Party helped deliver the Conservatives a woeful vote share in last month's European elections.

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