US vice-president JD Vance is set to take a summer break in Scotland with his family
Mr Vance is coming to the Cotswolds next month with his wife and children - but the Mail understands he also intends to come north of the Border.
It means police will face the prospect of more protests shortly after Donald Trump 's stay ends next week, piling more pressure on overstretched officers.
One source close to the preparations said: 'It is another security headache for the police – another VIP who is likely to trigger protests.
'It won't be quite as big as the Trump operation but it will still be very significant.'
Activists have vowed to ruin Mr Vance's Cotswolds family holiday when he visits the place where Trump-hating Ellen DeGeneres now calls home.
The Vice-President is set to travel to the idyllic English countryside alongside his wife Usha, 39, and their three children, Ewan Blaine, Vivek and Mirabel, next month.
But pro-Palestine activists, eco campaigners and trade unionists have vowed to wreak havoc with planned protests during his stay.
The anti-Trump and anti-Vance protests are set to mirror recent demonstrations against Mr Vance during a family holiday to Disneyland.
Last week visitors were left outraged after Mr Vance shut down rides so he could enjoy them with his children - and he previously faced protest placards during a skiing holiday in the US state of Vermont in March this year.
The Stop Trump Coalition alliance is said to include pro-Palestinian activists, climate campaigners, and trade unions.
Mr Vance and his family are expected to arrive in Britain soon after the President's five-day stay in Scotland.
The Stop Trump Coalition has outlined plans to greet Mr Trump with banners and flags along roads and a beachside message visible from the sky.
Further action is intended for his proposed state visit expected to take place in September.
It has signalled similar opposition to Mr Vance's British break, with a spokesman saying: 'We are meeting Trump with protests in Aberdeen and Edinburgh this month, and then in London and Windsor in September.
'JD Vance is every bit as unwelcome in the UK as Donald Trump.
'We remember how Vance cut short his ski trip in Vermont because he was so enraged by the sight of a few protesters.
'We are sure that, even in the Cotswolds, he will find the resistance waiting.'
The Vice-President strolled through Disneyland in Los Angeles, California, hand-in-hand with two of his children, Vivek and Mirabel, last Saturday - with a vast Secret Service security detail alongside them.
In a speech in February, Mr Vance highlighted an SNP government law banning protest near abortion clinics, which critics said could be used to target people praying in their own homes, as an example of an attack on freedom of speech.
Mr Vance claimed people who live within safe access zones had been sent letters by the Scottish Government warning them about praying in their homes.
The Scottish Government had insisted that Mr Vance's claim was 'incorrect'.
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