Donald Trump meets Cornwall hotelier who scooped £100,000 betting on US election

A hotelier who scooped more than £100,000 by backing Donald Trump to win the US election has met the president and his wife.

Mon, 24 Jul, 2017 - 16:41

A hotelier who scooped more than £100,000 by backing Donald Trump to win the US election has met the president and his wife.

John Mappin, owner of the Camelot Castle Hotel in Tintagel, Cornwall, met Mr Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at a Republican party fundraising event in Washington.

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