UK's former chief of the far-right Independence Party Nigel Farage today confirmed he will attend Donald Trump's presidential inauguration in Washington DC on January 20.
Farage, an anti-immigration campaigner who led the UK Independence Party (UKIP) through the Brexit vote last June, will attend the event as the guest of Mississippi governor Phil Bryant.
Asked if he would be attending the event, Farage, one of strongest Trump supporters, told 'Sky News', "I certainly am, I can't wait."
Both Trump and Farage have suggested that the latter should be employed as a go-between or ambassador between the new US administration and the British government.
"Many people would like to see Nigel Farage represent Great Britain as their Ambassador to the United States. He would do a great job," Trump had tweeted in November.
It caused great consternation in Downing Street, which was forced to comment on how Farage had no role to play in UK diplomacy with the US.
The UKIP MP sees the US President-elect as an anti-establishment ally, and visited him soon after the November 8 vote in America and has often spoken out in his favour.
Farage's host Bryant will also raise eyebrows in the UK.
The Republican governor said last year that he would rather be crucified than give up his anti-gay beliefs.
During his time as governor he has signed laws that exclude gay people from hate crime protections.
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