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About British Embassy

This is a list of diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, excluding honorary consulates. The UK has one of the largest global networks of diplomatic missions. UK diplomatic missions to capitals of other Commonwealth of Nations member countries are known as High Commissions. For three Commonwealth countries, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) still uses the term "Deputy High Commission" for Consulates-General, although this terminology is being phased out. British citizens may get help from the embassy of any other Commonwealth country present, when in a country where there is no British embassy, including New Zealand and Australia, to help British nationals in some countries.

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On the show — 6 mentions total

Somebody got into the British Embassy in 1965 with a pair of scissors and cut a lock of Ringo's hair off.

from 240: No Such Thing As An Easy Tweet, 2018-10-26 at 00:15:36 · read transcript

Other times British Embassy came up

  1. They had to take a massive detour. That prompted a rumor that they'd been kidnapped and murdered by bandits. I think the British Embassy in Tehran thought that and were so relieved that they had a cocktail party for them when they saw that. I read that definitely they had the cocktail party. I read that at the time in the newspapers, but I couldn't find any evidence in the newspapers that people thought they had been.

    525: No Such Thing As A Clenched Shin, 2024-04-04 · listen

  2. Trip they were massively delayed by like I think a month because of an outbreak of Asian influenza so they had to take a massive detour and that prompted a rumor that they'd been kidnapped and murdered by bandits and I think the British Embassy in Tehran thought that and were so relieved that they had a cocktail party for them I read that definitely they had the cocktail party I read that at the time in the newspapers but I couldn't find any evidence.

    No Such Thing As A Clenched Shin, 2024-04-04 · listen

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