Ivana Trump, President Donald Trump’s ex-wife, says she was offered the chance to become US ambassador to the Czech Republic but turned it down in order to protect her globetrotting “perfect life”.

Mr Trump’s first wife was raised in communist Czechoslovakia and married the property mogul in 1977.

"I was just offered to be the American ambassador to Czech Republic - and Donald told me. He said, 'Ivana, if you want it, I give it to you,’” Mrs Trump, 68, said in an interview with CBS to be broadcast on Sunday.

However, she said she valued her freedom too much to accept.

“OK, why would I go and say bye-bye to Miami in the winter, bye-bye to Saint-Tropez in the summer and bye-bye to spring and fall in New York? I have a perfect life,” she added.