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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Caitlin Doherty

Starmer paid to keep personalised necklace from Trump – but turned down Arsenal shirt from Wenger

Sir Keir Starmer paid to keep a necklace he received from Donald Trump during the US president’s state visit, it has emerged, but did not fork out for a football shirt gifted by former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger earlier this year.

Details released by the Cabinet Office on Thursday show that the prime minister was given the personalised necklace, along with cufflinks and a golf club, by the president, while his wife was given a pair of cowboy boots.

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