The red carpet was rolled out for UAE Foreign Minister HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, FCO Middle East Minister the Rt Hon Alistair…
UAE Embassy moves to Belgravia
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New FCO Director of Protocol
Mr Neil Holland has been appointed Director of Protocol at the Foreign Office. Prior to this appointment, Mr Holland served as Deputy Head of Mission…
Czech Embassy reopens in style
The Czech Embassy in Notting Hill was transformed into a light installation and all-sensory showcase of the best of Czech, to toast its reopening after…
The Ice Cube cometh – at last!
Long-awaited plans for the opening of the spectacular billion-dollar US Embassy in Nine Elms were revealed when US Ambassador Woody Johnson announced on Twitter that…
Downton Diplomacy
Diplomatic spouses toured Highclere, the stately home of the Earl Carnarvon and the setting for the TV drama Downton Abbey. Lady Carnarvon (the real Lady…
Europe wins Dunking Diplomats
The inaugural Dunking Diplomats charity basketball tournament was a slam-dunk, bringing 50 diplomats and their families from a dozen nations together and raising £10,000 for…
Chinese Astrological Calendar, 2017
According to the Chinese Astrological Calendar, 2017 marks the Year of the Fire Rooster. The Chinese sages say this means a “new awakening” and the…
Envoys mourn slain ambassador
Floral tributes and messages of condolence were sent to the Russian Embassy as the London diplomatic community came to terms with the shocking assassination of…
Diplomats say #IchBinEinBerliner
Embassy flags around the Capital were lowered to half mast in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack in Berlin, as digintaries filed through…
Boris Johnson’s nativity story – the Mexican connection
We are all supposed to address Boris as ‘The Foreign Secretary’, but did you know why Boris is called Boris? It is a charming nativity…