France: Diplomatic Service
(asked on 28th June 2021) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the British ambassador to France is appointed to serve the United Kingdom or Great Britain.
Answered by
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 12th July 2021
Her Majesty's Ambassador to the French Republic is formally approved by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Head of State of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. As an official of Her Majesty's Government, a British Ambassador therefore represents the whole of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.