American singer Courtney Love says she is permanently relocating to Britain amid fears about the impact of Donald Trump’s second term as US President.

The 60-year-old said she is in the process of applying for British citizenship, after living in London since 2019.

“I’m really glad I’m here. It’s so great to live here. I’m finally getting my British citizenship in six months. I get to be a citizen. I’m applying, man! Can’t get rid of me!” she told an audience at the Royal Geographical Society.

Love’s remarks were met with applause, with the clapping prompting her to elaborate on her concerns regarding the Republican administration in the US.

“In terms of Trump and particularly this group … it’s like emperor-core. Like, [they’re)]wearing million-dollar watches,” Love said.

“Emperor-core is going on at Mar-a-Lago. It’s frightening now. It’s like cyanide now.”

Love, who rose to fame as the frontwoman of the rock group Hole, has long spoken about her affinity for Britain.

Even before her planned move from Los Angeles to London, she suggested she always expected to settle there.

“I know what neighbourhood I’m going to end up in, and I know that I want to be on the Thames,” she told The Evening Standard in 2017 about her plan to move to London.

Love, the widow of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, had a daughter, 32-year-old Frances Bean Cobain, with the tragic rocker before he took his life.

She joins a growing list of public figures who have reportedly left the US following Trump’s re-election in November 2024.

Ellen DeGeneres and her Australian-born wife, Portia de Rossi, were said to be “very disillusioned” by his rise to power again, and decided to leave the country immediately.

Meanwhile, comic Rosie O’Donnell last week revealed she and her 12-year-old non-binary child, Clay, had relocated to Ireland after Trump defeated Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 White House race.

“When it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America, that’s when we will consider coming back,” O’Donnell told her fans on social media.

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