Deputy British Ambassador James Roscoe Abruptly Leaves Washington Post After Months as No. 2
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Updated · BBC.com · May 20
Deputy British Ambassador James Roscoe Abruptly Leaves Washington Post After Months as No. 2
7 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 20
James Roscoe, Britain’s deputy ambassador to the US, has abruptly left his Washington post, with the Foreign Office saying only that he had “left his post.”
Foreign Office officials and the British Embassy declined to explain the departure, and Roscoe could not be reached for comment.
Roscoe had held one of the UK diplomatic service’s most senior US-based roles as second-in-command at the embassy and had briefly stood in after Lord Peter Mandelson was sacked last year.
He was seen as a contender for the ambassador role before Sir Christian Turner got the job, and had helped manage President Donald Trump’s state visit to Britain and King Charles III’s recent US trip.
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