The coming inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump is going to be covered by the singer Rebeca Ferguson, she would be happy to be given an opportunity to choose a song to sing on that day, she claimed.
The Liverpool singer wants to sing the civil rights anthem Strange Fruit made famous by the jazz singer Billie Holiday.
In a statement posted to her official Twitter account, she said: "I've been asked and this is my answer.
"If you allow me to sing "strange fruit" a song that has huge historical importance, a song that was blacklisted in the United States for being too controversial.
"A song that speaks to all the disregarded and down trodden black people in the United States.
"A song that is a reminder of how love is the only thing that will conquer all the hatred in this world, then I will graciously accept your invitation and see you in Washington.
"Best Rebecca X"
Who is Rebecca Ferguson
She came to prominence as upper-class girl Anna Gripenhielm in the soap-opera Nya tider. She went on to later play Chrissy in the Swedish-American soap Ocean Ave
Swedish director Ricahard Hobert spotted her at the Simrishamn town market in 2011, which led to her starring in his film A One – Way to Antibes. She has also appeared in the horror film Strandvaskaren and the 2012 film Vi alongside Gustaf Skarsgard
In August 2012, it was announced Ferguson had been cast to play Elizabeth Woodville in the ten-part BBC historical drama The White Queen based on Philippa Gregory's The Cousins' War novels about the women of the Wars of the Roses . Ferguson's work in The White Queen has been met with praise,[ earning her a Golden Globe nomination for Best-Actress-Miniseries or Television Film
In 2015, Ferguson played Ilsa Faust, the female lead in Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation, for which she was highly praised. She will reprise her role in the sixth Mission: Impossible film.
In 2016, she played the dual roles of Katya and Lauren opposite Sam Reid and Charles Dance in the cold war espionage thriller by Shamim Sarif Despite the Falling Snow. For her acting she won the Best Actress award at the 2016 Prague Independent Film Festival.
Also in 2016, she appeared in Stephen Frears' Florence Foster Jenkins, opposite Meryl Streep,and Tate Taylor's thriller book adaptation The Girl on the Train.She will co-star in Tomas Alfredson's The Snowman, opposite Michael Fassbender and Charlotte Gainsbourg, and will play the lead in Daniel Espinosa's sci-fi Life.
The 45th President of the United States will be sworn in on the steps of the US Capitol at noon, when current President Barack Obama's term expires.
The win for Trump means Hillary Clinton failed in her historic bid to become the first female President of the US.
Clinton won about two million votes more than Mr Trump in the popular vote, statistics show.
This is the fifth time in US history the president has lost the popular vote.
Similar events occurred in 2000, when Al Gore lost to George W Bush by five electoral votes - even though he won the popular vote.
Before him, Grover Cleveland lost to Benjamin Harrison in 1888, Samuel Tilden lost to Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876, and Andrew Jackson lost to John Quincy Adams in 1824.
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