 British Ambassador to France L'Ambassadeur britannique en France | |
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| Foreign and Commonwealth Office British Embassy, Paris | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Reports to | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |
| Residence | Hôtel de Charost |
| Seat | Paris,France |
| Appointer | The Crown on advice of theprime minister |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | The Marquess Cornwallis (first ambassador of the United Kingdom to France, 1801) |
| Website | British Embassy - Paris |
TheBritish ambassador to France is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in France, and is the head of Britain'sdiplomatic mission in Paris. The official title isHis Majesty's Ambassador to France.
Traditionally, the Embassy to France has been the most prestigious posting in the British foreign service, although in past centuries, diplomatic representation was lacking due to wars between the two countries and theNazi occupation.
For the period before the creation of theUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801, seeList of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to France (up to 1707) andList of ambassadors of Great Britain to France (from 1707 to 1800).
The Paris embassy also covers remotely theFrench overseas territories (includingFrench Guiana,Guadeloupe,Martinique,Saint Pierre and Miquelon,Réunion,French Polynesia,Mayotte,Wallis and Futuna,New Caledonia,Saint-Barthélemy) andMonaco.
Besides the embassy, theForeign & Commonwealth Office maintainsconsulates inBordeaux andMarseille in southern France.[2]
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