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
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
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