UK envoy hints US 'special relationship' may be with Israel, not Britain
TL;DR
Britain's new ambassador to the US, Sir Christian Turner, privately argued the 'special relationship' with the United States is probably with Israel rather than the UK, a comment the Foreign Office says is private and not official policy as King Charles arrives in Washington.
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