Britain’s Ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, speaks throughout a welcome reception for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, on the ambassador’s residence on Feb. 26, in Washington, D.C.
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LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer fired the U.Ok. ambassador to Washington, Peter Mandelson, over hyperlinks to convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.
In 2008, earlier than changing into ambassador to the U.S., Mandelson wrote Epstein an e-mail saying, “I believe the world of you and I really feel hopeless and livid about what has occurred.”
Photographs have additionally emerged of Mandelson in a bathrobe at Epstein’s house. And there’s a birthday message through which Mandelson referred to as Epstein “my greatest pal.”
The British International Workplace says emails present the extent of Mandelson’s relationship with the late intercourse offender was “materially totally different” from what was recognized on the time he was appointed as ambassador.
Mandelson’s firing may complicate Starmer’s efforts to construct bridges with the Trump administration — simply days earlier than the U.S. president involves the U.Ok. for a state go to.
It is a growing story. Please examine again for updates.
