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Rowling, who won the prize for her efforts to fight
inequality and censorship, criticized the presumptive Republican
nominee, who has called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering
the United States.
But the British author stuck up for Trump's right to visit the
United Kingdom, despite the outrage his remarks had caused in
her homeland.
"I find almost everything that Mr. Trump says objectionable. I
consider him offensive and bigoted. But he has my full support
to come to my country and be offensive and bigoted there,"
Rowling said to applause from the audience on Monday.
In January, British lawmakers debated a petition signed by more
than half a million Britons to ban Trump from Britain over
remarks on Muslims, before deciding the Republican candidate
should he allowed to visit so his views could be challenged.
Rowling wrote on Twitter last year that Voldemort, the
arch-villain of her popular Harry Potter series which has been
published in over 200 territories and spawned eight films and
three theme parks, "was nowhere near as bad" as Trump.
(Reporting by Reuters TV. Editing by Karishma Singh, Patrick
Johnston ad Simon Cameron-Moore)
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