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Mr Comey, who was fired from his position by Trump last year, has hit out at the US President and suggested he will “talk constantly” when with the Queen, making it difficult for her to speak.
Trump is set to visit the UK on July 13 in his first visit to the country since becoming President.
Explaining how a meeting between the President and the Queen will go, Mr Comey said: “It’s about him and most importantly about you agreeing that either his speech was the best, his approach is the best, that he is the best, and it’s this effort to fill a hole that’s remarkable – the need for affirmation.
“So the Queen, I suppose, will have things ready to say, but I’m not sure how much she’ll get to say.”
During the President’s visit to the UK he has been promised a private reception with the Queen.
Explaining the difficulties the Queen can expect to have when trying to interact with Trump, Mr Comey told LBC radio of his own experiences with the President.
He said: “Don’t prepare a lot of material, because he talks constantly.
“That’s the challenge of interacting with Mr Trump.”
Confirmation that Trump would meet the Queen came earlier this week in comments made by the US Ambassador, Woody Johnson.
He said: “He has to see the head of state.
“Putting his foot on British soil – it’s job one, it’s very important, very symbolic.
“Meeting Her Majesty is the most important thing, because she’s the head of state, and from then on, it’ll be what the President wants to do.”
While a full timetable for the visit is yet to be published, it is expected Her Majesty will host the Republican firebrand outside of London in order to avoid protests expected to take place in the capital.
Thousands of people have said they will take to the streets in rallies against Trump’s political policies.
Defending the right to protest the President’s visit, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan said: “It’s right and proper for us to be active citizens and to march and to lobby and to protest.
“It should be peacefully, we can’t have anybody who thinks it’s OK to cause criminal damage or to cause harm.
“Done properly, it’s really important.”
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