Don't let Trump embarrass our queen, say 1.3 million Britons

By Alistair Smout and Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Well over a million people in Britain have signed a petition calling for U.S. President Donald Trump's planned state visit to be cancelled to avoid embarrassing Queen Elizabeth, in a grassroots backlash against his immigration policies. The invitation to make a state visit, which will involve lavish displays of royal pageantry and a banquet hosted by the monarch, was conveyed by May when she visited Trump in Washington last week. May came