Current ambassador to UN to replace Peter Mandelson, who was forced to quit over Epstein link
Keir Starmer has appointed the career diplomat Christian Turner as the new ambassador to Washington, government sources have confirmed.
Turner will be replacing Peter Mandelson who was forced to quit over his links to Jeffrey Epstein.
Turner, the ambassador to the United Nations, was previously political director at the Foreign Office and brokered a close relationship with the new Labour administration before he left for New York.
The Foreign Office is said to have pushed hard for an experienced diplomat to take the role, as well as someone experienced enough to handle the turmoil of Donald Trump’s administration.
