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A Whitehall high-flyer tipped to become the first-ever female head of the Civil Service was investigated for bullying staff and misusing expenses, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Antonia Romeo is a leading contender to replace ousted Cabinet Secretary Sir Mark Sedwill as Britain’s most powerful mandarin, in charge of 430,000 civil servants. But in … Read more
Kate Middleton hires former British diplomat Hannah Cockburn-Logie OBE as her new private secretary to organise her diary and accompany her on meetings post-lockdown Duchess has replaced Oxford-educated Catherine Quinn, who left in November Hannah has 20 years experience working in Foreign and Commonwealth Office Mother-of-two from Cleethorpes given OBE for services to UK-India relationship Arranged and accompanied … Read more
The search for a missing British diplomat is still ongoing after he went missing 11 days ago. The last confirmed sighting of Richard Morris, 52, was at 10.50am on Wednesday, May 6, in Isington Road, Alton. Mr Morris, who has held a number of high profile positions in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), left … Read more
Revealed: Diane Abbott’s diplomat son James Abbott-Thompson threatened her with scissors then attacked NINE medics and police while hooked on crystal meth MP begged police for help after she was chased round her house with scissors Her son, 28, bit an officer as he was sectioned under the Mental Health Act Details revealed now after … Read more
France summons Chinese ambassador after Paris embassy diplomat accuses French care workers of ‘leaving residents to die of hunger and disease’ in new attack on West’s coronavirus response Ambassador Lu Shaye slammed the West in an essay on the embassy’s website French Foreign Minister has summoned the Chinese envoy for the comments Lu Shaye suggested … Read more
Revealed: Foreign Office diplomat who told the US they should put fugitive spy Anne Sacoolas ‘on the next flight out’ of Britain after Harry Dunn’s death Diplomat told US they should ‘feel able’ to put Anne Sacoolas on ‘next flight out’ Neil Holland sent the text message to a US counterpart last September Harry Dunn, 19, was … Read more
A senior British diplomat intervened on behalf of Sheikh Maktoum just months after his ex-wife Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein fled to London in fear for her life, the High Court heard. British ambassador to Jordan since 2015 Edward Oakden approached Princess Haya’s brother, Prince Ali, last July, ‘threatening, in effect, to render Her Royal Highness … Read more
Newly unsealed secret files have revealed how one of Britain’s most well-known spies deceived Czech agents spying on during the 1970s. Sir Richard Dearlove was posted to the Czech capital, Prague, as MI6 station commander during the height of the Cold War. While portraying himself as living a normal family life as a diplomat behind … Read more
A spy who attempted to kill a Bulgarian arms dealer is a Russian diplomat linked to the poisonings of Sergei Skripal and his daughter, a new report has alleged. Bulgarian prosecutors charged three Russians last month with trying to kill arms factory owner and trader Emilian Gebrev and two other Bulgarians in Sofia between April … Read more
By: PTI | Colombo | Updated: September 16, 2016 1:18:13 pm Sri Lanka has to respond to the UN Human Rights council resolution adopted in 2014 which called for an independent investigation into alleged war crimes blamed on both the government troops and the LTTE during the country’s civil war.(File) Sri Lanka’s proposed Truth Seeking … Read more