Owner of JD Vance's U.K. Vacation Rental Apologizes to Neighbors for 'Circus' Caused by His Visit
Vice President JD Vance and his security team are under fire again this week, as his family vacation to the United Kingdom has reportedly caused chaos for neighbors of his rental home.
After visiting with British Foreign Secretary David Lammey at his home in Kent last week, Vance, 41, and his wife, Usha, 39, traveled with their children, Ewan, 8, Vivek, 5, and Mirabel, 3, to stay at an 18th-century manor house in the Cotswolds.
Prior to his arrival, however, the Secret Service reportedly brought disturbances to Charlbury, a village with just 3,000 residents. Preparations for his visit included the installation of checkpoints, the erection of a large antenna behind the house, and the creation of a makeshift helipad in a nearby field.
According to The Telegraph, the rental property's owner, Pippa Hornby, sent a message to her neighbors saying she was "so sorry for the circus that is there for the next few days," adding that she hoped the Vances' stay wouldn't be too "disruptive" for locals.
Hornby and her husband, Johnny, bought the house in 2017, joining the residents of the posh and picturesque area, sometimes referred to as "the Hamptons of the U.K."
The chaotic trip comes just over a week after Vance was criticized for a birthday boating trip in which his security team reportedly ordered for the water level of an Ohio river to be raised so that it could better accommodate him and his family.
According to reports fromThe Guardian and The Associated Press, the vice president's Secret Service detail requested that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers change the outflow of a lake into the Little Miami River ahead of Vance's trip to southwest Ohio on Saturday, Aug. 2. Social media posts showed Vance kayaking on the river that day.
A statement from USACE given toThe Guardian said that the request from the Secret Service was made to "support safe navigation" for Vance and his family. However, another source alleged that the request was also made to create "ideal kayaking conditions."
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The Secret Service told the outlet that it could not discuss specifics of its protection plans, but said the agency worked with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and USACE to plan for motorized watercraft and emergency personnel to operate safely. The agency added that similar techniques had been used in the past, and USACE had determined that it would not "adversely affect downstream or upstream water level."
Parker Magid, a spokesman for the vice president, later told the AP that Vance was unaware the river had been raised.
"The Secret Service often employs protective measures without the knowledge of the Vice President or his staff, as was the case last weekend," he said.
Vance was likely hoping not to raise any red flags during his U.K. vacation, as President Donald Trump is set to make an official state visit in September. It will be a second state visit for Trump, after he visited the late Queen Elizabeth in 2019 during his first term as president.
The president and first lady Melania Trump will visit with King Charles and other members of the royal family at Windsor Castle from Sept. 17 to 19. When the official invitation was delivered in June, a palace aid said "His Majesty has known President Trump for many years and looks forward to hosting him and the First Lady later this year."
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However, the Daily Beast reported last month that the King and his inner circle are 'very concerned' about Trump's potential behavior during the visit, given the president's recent comments on immigration in the U.K. and the anti-Trump protests held during his visit to Scotland last month.
Trump met with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer at his Trump Turnberry golf course in South Ayrshire, where several protest signs with pro-Palestine and anti-Starmer messaging popped up on the greens.
Elsewhere, on Union Terrace near Trump's other Scottish golf course in Aberdeen, a box truck projected the now-infamous photo of the president and Jeffrey Epstein partying together at his Mar-a-Lago club. "Welcome to Scotland, Donald," the sign read.
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