CAMELOT Castle owner, John Mappin, raised the flag of the United States of America over the historic Tintagel building yesterday (Wednesday, July 4) for the first time in its history to mark American Independence Day and President Donald Trump’s upcoming three-day state visit on Friday, July 13.

Mr Mappin, 52, is one of President Trump’s biggest supporters, having successfully predicted that he would win the US election back in 2016 — a prediction which won him over £110,000 – while he also has a mass social media pro-Trump following with nearly 650,000 followers on Twitter.

His incredible story continued to snowball when – on the back of his big win and a series of major interviews supporting Trump – he received a personal phone call from President Trump’s son, Eric.

Eric thanked Mr Mappin for all his support during the election and invited John to “meet the family” when he next visited America.

Mr Mappin then received a separate invitation to the RNC Republican fundraiser from another acquaintance of his in the Trump administration.

At the event, Mr Mappin was personally called into a separate room for a private introduction with the President and First Lady Melania, making him the third Briton at the time (after Theresa May and Nigel Farage) to have a personal meeting with them.

Ahead of the flag bearing, Mr Mappin told the Post why he’s decided to fly the ‘Stars and Stripes’.

He said: “The reason why I’ve done it is just to welcome him on American Independence Day which was something that obviously established new levels of freedom. We’re really excited by President Trump’s visit.

“We’re in a unique position as we know the first family personally and we don’t look at them through the lens of the mainstream media. We’ve got to know them and what we’ve observed is that the Trump political philosophy is coming to Europe and it is our view that our politicians could learn a great deal that would our benefit our country.”

“The ideal scene is for the UK and the US’s special relationship to be as strong as it can possibly be, but some of our leaders have made some controversial comments. When some of our leaders are suggesting the President of the US isn’t welcome to share his ideas in parliament then it’s short-sighted and not helpful to either nation. Especially as Americans are better off than they have been for a number of years.”

“Also when we do Brexit, we want to create the best possible economic environment and a healthy trading environment which is highly competitive and ensures international trade.”