Meet James Roscoe and Clemency Burton-Hill: Washington’s new power couple

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While Britain’s interim ambassador to the US typically avoids the spotlight, his wife, Clemency Burton-Hill, has had her fair share of media coverage

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After the dramatic sacking of Peter Mandelson following revelations about his links with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, James Roscoe has been drafted in to take over as Britain’s interim ambassador to the US while Downing Street begins the process of finding a permanent replacement.