Nigel Farage and Holly Valance to attend fundraiser for Donald Trump in London as battle for US presidency targets Britain’s elite

Nigel Farage and Holly Valance will attend a fundraiser for Donald Trump in London tonight as the battle for the US presidency turns to Britain’s elite.

Britain’s reform leader Farage will take a break from the election campaign to attend the event, which is expected to take place at a private home in Chelsea or Knightsbridge and will be hosted by Neighbors star Valance.

They will be joined by around 100 guests, including a number of US Republicans – some of whom were part of Trump’s White House between 2017 and 2021.

The fundraiser, which has already raised $2 million (£1.57 million) in donations, is being billed as a reception and dinner with the former president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., and his fiancée, Kimberly Guilfoyle, a lawyer and former host of Fox News. .

While Trump is busy campaigning for the presidential election across the pond, The guard reports that he may appear virtually or send a recorded video message, similar to the one played at Farage’s 60th birthday in April.

Neighbors star Holly Valance (pictured earlier this month as a Farage supporter) will host the Trump fundraiser in London tonight

Nigel Farage is pictured at a Donald Trump campaign rally at the Mississippi Coliseum on August 24, 2016

The fundraiser invites a variety of categories under which guests can make donations, such as “host committee” ($100,000 per couple) and dinner ($50,000). Just attending costs $10,000, while a photo opportunity costs $25,000.

Trump Jr. wants to target wealthy Americans in London for campaign donations as they try to close a major funding gap that Biden has opened in the race for the White House.

It comes after his father became the first former president in US history to be criminally tried and convicted last month when he was found to have made false payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.

“After my father’s false conviction, we have seen an explosion in financial support from American citizens around the world who are rejecting Joe Biden’s attempt to use the courts to interfere in the presidential election.

“I’m excited to see my friends in London who are all ready to make America great again this November,” Trump Jr. said. in a statement.

The Financial Times reports that Biden’s campaign will hold a rival fundraiser in London on the same day, hosted by Anna Wintour, the British-born editor of American Vogue.

Wintour, who also endorsed Biden during his 2020 campaign, hosted another fundraiser for the US president during Paris Fashion Week in March.

Valance, who last week claimed she convinced Farage to stand as an MP in July’s general election, is eligible to make donations to Trump as a US green card holder.

The 41-year-old and her billionaire real estate mogul husband Nick Candy have been publicly associated with Trump and Farage since at least April 2022, when the now reform leader shared a photo of the group after dining at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach.

Donald Trump Jr. leaves Trump Tower on May 29, 2024 in New York City

Donald Trump is busy with the presidential elections, but can appear virtually

The former actress and pop star said she spoke to Farage after he initially decided not to run – before announcing he would be standing in Clacton, Essex.

Valance said she ‘whispered in’ [Farage’s] ear for a long time, saying, ‘Come on, pull out your finger, give the people what they want.’

There were also rumors that Valance would run for reform and before that as a Tory candidate in the London mayoral elections.

Other hosts at tonight’s Trump fundraiser include New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, Trump’s ambassador to Britain, George Glass, his ambassador to Portugal, and Duke Buchan, his ambassador to Spain.

Richard Grenell – former acting director of US national intelligence and US ambassador to Germany – will also attend, as will Scott Bessent, who has been touted as a possible treasury secretary.