Donald Trump will prioritise pageantry over diplomacy at the Nato summit, arriving in the Hague in time for an opulent dinner with the King and Queen while eschewing key meetings.

Mr Trump will arrive in the Hague, Netherlands, on Tuesday evening just in time for the Royal dinner, but will in turn skip a string of Nato meetings earlier in the day.

The flying 24-hour visit, which was originally scheduled to be twice as long, is a reminder of just how much the world’s most powerful man chafes at the business of international summitry but never misses an opportunity to revel in pomp and ceremony.

Last week he left the G7 summit in Canada half way through, insisting he had to return to Washington to deal with the escalating crisis in the Middle East.

However, insiders pointed out that he announced he was leaving after sitting through a session on wildfires, exactly the sort of scheduling that he hates.

“He thinks these things are a total waste of time,” said a source who was at the G7 last week.