Overview

• JD Vance and his family began their UK visit with a private tour of Hampton Court Palace that led to an early-morning closure for the public.
• The US Secret Service has installed checkpoints, antenna arrays and a makeshift helipad around the Grade-II listed manor in Charlbury where Vance is staying.
• Manor owners Pippa and Johnny Hornby issued a public apology to neighbours for the ‘circus’ of security measures disrupting the village.
• On August 6, Vance held security talks with Foreign Secretary David Lammy at Chevening on a Russian peace proposal for Ukraine before continuing his holiday.
• Local roadblocks set up by police will remain in place through Thursday and the Stop Trump Coalition has scheduled a peaceful protest for Tuesday in Charlbury.