THERESA MAY will try duck a confrontation over Gibraltar when the King of Spain visits Downing Street on Wednesday, The Sun can reveal.

Despite the Spanish having a veto over the Rock and our EU deal, Whitehall sources say the PM will swerve mentioning the tricky subject with the Iberian monarch.

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia fly to London for a three day visit amid diplomatic tension between the UK and Spain over the 304-year-old British territory.

Downing Street said it was too early to say what Mrs May will discuss at a lunch with the king, but Government sources said they were keen to avoid a fight.

Insiders pointed to protocol issues preventing the thorny issue from being raised — but Downing Street are braced for Felipe to mention the Rock when he addresses MPs and Peers on Wednesday.

As The Sun revealed on Saturday, MPs are threatening an embarrassing walk out if he makes outrageous claims about sovereignty when he addresses Parliament’s Royal Gallery on Wednesday.

European negotiators have demanded Spain get a veto over the Gibraltar’s place in a future trade deal between the UK and the EU when we leave the bloc.

But Downing Street have insisted the Rock is not on the table when it comes to our Brexit deal.

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