US VP Vance to meet Lammy during UK 'holiday'

British foreign minister David Lammy will on Friday meet US Vice President JD Vance who is on holiday in the country, Britain's government confirmed.

Lammy will host Vance at his country retreat in Chevening in Kent, southeast of London, the Foreign Office said in a statement Thursday.

"The vice president and his family will stay at Chevening House throughout the weekend for a private holiday," the ministry added.

The statement said the pair "will discuss shared priorities and the strength of the UK-US relationship," without elaborating further.

UK media have reported that Vance and his family - he has three young children -  will then spend some time in the Cotswolds region in western England for a summer holiday.

Although they have differing political stands, Lammy and Vance are believed to have struck up a warm relationship, bonding over their difficult childhoods and shared Christian faith.

The UK foreign secretary reportedly attended mass at the vice president's residence in Washington in March.

Vance's visit comes after President Donald Trump spent five days at his golf resorts in Scotland last month.

Trump signed a trade deal with European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen and held a freewheeling press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during his stay.

He also played golf and opened a new 18-hole course at one of his two Scottish resorts.

Trump is due back in the UK for a state visit in September.