01/20/2021
The UK looks forward to working with our new American counterparts POTUS Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris to uphold our #SharedValues in creating a better world. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
#inauguration #inaugurationday #inauguration2021
We work to develop and sustain the important and long-standing relationship between the UK and the USA. The British Embassy in Washington represents the UK government in the United States.
This involves dealing with a wide range of political, commercial, security and economic questions of interest to the UK and the US.
Mission: Our offices across the USA work to develop and sustain the important and longstanding relationship between the UK and the USA, and provide consular assistance to British nationals.
Operating as usual
The UK looks forward to working with our new American counterparts POTUS Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris to uphold our #SharedValues in creating a better world. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
#inauguration #inaugurationday #inauguration2021
The UK, as G7 president, will use our Summit in June to work on:
🦠 beating coronavirus
🌎 tackling climate change
📊 ensuring global benefits from open trade, technological change 💻 & scientific discovery 🧪
#G7 | G7 | #GlobalBritain
Today is #AppreciateADragonDay, the perfect chance to highlight our favourite: The Welsh Dragon 🏴
Also known as Y Ddraig Goch—"The Red Dragon"—it has been used since the reign of Cadwallader from around 655AD. It appears in Welsh Folklore & the dragon itself is named Dewi.
The Mayor of Washington, DC introduced a curfew in response to disorder around the US Capitol. This curfew comes into effect at 1800 local time on 6 Jan and ends at 0600 on 7 Jan.
British nationals should continue to follow the guidance of the local authorities and should monitor the FCDO’s official travel advice.
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/usa
Interested in finding innovative solutions to challenges posed by Climate Change? 🌎🌱💨
Submit your paper by January 10th for a chance to present to leaders at the British Embassy Washington!
Learn more: https://www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/uk-sin-cop-26.html
Just SIX DAYS until the submission deadline for the JSPG-UK SIN Special Issue on Climate Change Solutions!
Don't miss out on this rare opportunity to present your policy solutions to UK in USA!
Learn more here: https://sciencepolicyjournal.org/uk-sin-cop-26.html
#ClimateAction #SciPol
Happy New Year to all of our friends in 🇺🇸, 🇬🇧, and around the 🌎!
Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at Santa’s elves bringing Christmas to the Residence. 🎄🎅🏻
Thanks to our wonderful staff and volunteers who made it look absolutely stunning this year! 🤩
Can you tell that we're excited about the first snow in Washington today?! 🇬🇧❄️
Denver Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency is committed to fighting climate change and working #TogetherForOurPlanet 🇬🇧🇺🇸🌎
This Saturday, December 12th, marks 5 years since the adoption of the Paris Agreement. 🌎🖊 Denver has not and will not back down from our commitment to address climate change and work towards ensuring a sustainable, resilient, climate-safe future for all Denverites.
In celebration of the 5 year anniversary, the United Nations, United Kingdom and France will be co-hosting the Climate Ambition Summit 2020, in partnership with Chile and Italy.
Learn more and watch at: https://www.climateambitionsummit2020.org/. Program starts tomorrow morning at 7am MST.
#TogetherForOurPlanet #ParisAgreement
One day to go! Check out Ambassador Karen Pierce on the Climate Ambition Summit, the anniversary of the
#ParisAgreement – and how the 🇬🇧 is confronting climate change.
Then, tune into the Summit tomorrow: https://www.climateambitionsummit2020.org/
#TogetherForOurPlanet | #COP26Ambition
NATO 20/2020: 20 bold ideas to reimagine the Alliance after the 2020 election.
Join Ambassador Pierce live for a conversation on the future of the Transatlantic Alliance. #StrongerWithAllies
Join us for a timely conversation on transformational ideas for NATO’s future, featuring NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană, next-generation voices, and NATO experts.
We love these photos of the orchid collection in the Embassy greenhouse!
Did you know orchids are the largest family of flowering plants? With more than 25,000 species, there are more orchids on the planet than mammals and birds!
#orchids #orchid #orchidsofinstagram #orchidslovers #garden #greenhouse #flowers #flowerphotography
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WATCH: “This is an important day for the UK and for the world.”
COVID-19 is a global challenge, which requires global solutions.
As #COVID19 vaccines are rolled out across the UK, on NBC News’s Today Show Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab outlined our commitment to ensure equitable access to vaccines globally to protect the most vulnerable people.
The 🇬🇧 Government is proud to announce our 2021 Marshall Scholarship recipients!
Our winners, some of the brightest students in the United States, will travel to the UK next year to study at top UK universities.
You can learn more about the scholarship and this year's recipients here: https://www.marshallscholarship.org/articles/winners-of-the-2021-marshall-scholarship-announced
#MeetTheMarshalls
It is our pleasure to announce Joe White has been appointed the new Consul General of San Francisco & Tech Envoy to the US—a newly combined role.
Check out more 👇 🇬🇧
Today would be Winston Churchill's 146th birthday.
He laid the foundation for what he called the "Special Relationship" between 🇬🇧 & 🇺🇸.
Happy birthday, Sir Winston! 🎂
📷: Sir Winston speaks to British Embassy Washington staff on the steps of the Residence in 1943.
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Today and every day we are thankful for our #SpecialRelationship with you, America! 💙❤️ Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃
🥩 👀 Ambassador Pierce was thrilled to try some of the first 🇬🇧 beef to arrive in 🇺🇸 in 24 years. Our brilliant chef made a Sunday Roast—a 🇬🇧 tradition for Sunday lunch. Roast potatoes, Brussels sprouts, parsnips and of course Yorkshire pudding!
UK beef is high-quality, sustainably produced and delicious!
Thanks to Meat The UK Exporters for this delicious & sustainable Northern Irish beef!
Today, 🇬🇧 Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab joined U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC)'s Mid-Atlantic Summit to discuss key foreign policy issues shaping 🇺🇸 and the world.
Watch the full event here 👇
Join USGLC & U.S. Senator Chris Coons to discuss the key foreign policy issues shaping America and the world.
At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month – we will remember them.
On November 11, 🇬🇧 and 🇺🇸 remember the heroes who have fallen so that the rest of us might be free. We honour their memory and vow to never forget their sacrifice.
#LestWeForget #ArmisticeDay #VeteransDay #RemembranceDay
Ambassador Pierce and Air Vice-Marshal Mick Smeath, UK Defence Attaché to the US, attended a ceremony at @arlingtonnatl today to commemorate #RemembranceSunday.
Arlington is the final resting place for 28 courageous British citizens. We honour their memory and thank them for their service. #LestWeForget
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Today is the purrfect day to make some pawsome puns. 🐾 We're not kitten around ... this holiday is fur real! 🐱
#NationalCatDay
Happy 75th #UNDay!
The Embassy is lit up in @unitednations blue tonight to celebrate 7️⃣5️⃣ years of international collaboration. 🌍🇬🇧🇺🇳 #UN75 #UN
Though we couldn’t gather in person yesterday to mark Trafalgar Day, the chef still created a brilliant chocolate Galleon for the occasion.
Here is to the memory of Lord Nelson. 🇬🇧 #TrafalgarDay #UK #US
Greater Houston LGBT Chamber of Commerce
This morning our Chamber signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the British Consulate General in Houston UK in USA in a historic collaboration between our organizations that reflects our commitment to the LGBTQ Business Community. 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🏳️🌈
Read more about this historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), here: https://bit.ly/34isWMf
Watch this morning's Ceremony, below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZqMN9P0lZ0
Happy #InternationalGinAndTonicDay! 🥃🌸
To mark the occasion, The Botanist Gin took us on a journey to the Scottish Isle of Islay to explore the company’s local roots and global reach.
Learn more: https://www.greatbritaincampaign.com/post/the-botanist-a-local-gin-for-a-global-market
𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 at 11:00 Central / 12:00 Eastern: Flag of United Kingdom Ambassador Karen Pierce joins virtual panel with The World Food Prize moderated by TheEconomist's Adam Roberts on creating a sustainable Earth globe americas food supply, and ending Earth globe americas hunger.
Register at http://bit.ly/33GTO8e
Hear our expert panel discuss how the UK and global partners are working to create climate solutions for global food security.
Last week, Ambassador Pierce visited US Marine Base Quantico (Marine Corps Base Quantico) with the top 🇬🇧 military advisers in the 🇺🇸.
The Ambassador was impressed by the dedication, professionalism and constant learning.
Here, she is pictured with the advisers in front of a previous Marine One. 🚁
#NationalComingOutDay is a celebration of the LGBTQ community that encourages people to share their truth and take a stand against homophobia. 🏳️🌈
@amazinlethi gives tips on how to be the best ally you can. Visit YouTube.com/UKinUSA for more!
Even though we speak the same language, things do get lost in translation from time to time.
🇬🇧🇺🇸
Happy International Translation Day!
#InternationalTranslationDay #translation #UK #US
Ambassador Karen Pierce joined the hundreds of American citizens paying their respects to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Supreme Court and US Capitol this week.
The Ambassador wrote: “Grateful for the opportunity to pay my respects to the late Justice Ginsburg at the Supreme Court and Capitol this week. She led an exemplary life and was a tireless advocate for equal treatment of all citizens. May her memory be a blessing.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the first woman ever to lie in state at the US Capitol, an apt testament to her trailblazing career and her dedication to women’s rights. With this honour, she is making history one final time.”
#RBG
Earlier this week, The United States Air Force Band published an unprecedented musical collaboration in observance of International Peace Day.
See if you can spot the 2️⃣ musicians from the Central Band of the Royal Air Force and 1️⃣ from the Band of the Irish Guards. 👇
14 NATIONS | During the early stages of the quarantine, the global community was faced with a great challenge: How can we stay connected? We all searched for ways to overcome our isolation and to create new avenues of human interaction. The United States Air Force Band has uniquely harnessed the power of music throughout this time to unite people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and languages. This project represents an extraordinary international collaboration featuring 21 saxophonists from 14 countries!
"String Quartet No. 3, VI. Closing," composed by Philip Glass and arranged for saxophones by Nathan Nabb, perfectly captures the zeitgeist of the times: at first meditative and struggling, it turns toward hopefulness and finally resolution. Master Sgt. Jeremy Koch, principal saxophonist of the Concert Band, reached out to our partner organizations worldwide. We were overwhelmed by a shared willingness to contribute. Twenty of the participants are military musicians from around the globe, and one is from the National Police Wind Band in Rome, Italy! How cool is that?!
Today also happens to be the United Nation’s International Day of Peace, which provides its own call to humanity to set aside differences and contribute to a global shared culture of togetherness. This is but one example of what cooperation can look like, and how the universal language of music provides a mechanism for us all to reconnect.
United Nations #PeaceDay #MusicConnects #JoinTogether
MUSICIANS:
Australia 🇦🇺
Musician Jaime Grech, tenor saxophone
Australian Army Band | Australian Army
Belgium 🇧🇪
First Sergeant Peter Cverle, alto saxophone
The Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Airforce | Belgian Air Force
Canada 🇨🇦
Warrant Officer Curtis Bamford, soprano saxophone
Corporal Spencer Brûlé, alto saxophone
The Royal Canadian Air Force Band | Royal Canadian Air Force | Aviation royale canadienne
Colombia 🇨🇴
Técnico Tercero Joseph Luna Vanegas, alto saxophone
Banda Sinfónica Militar de la Fuerza Aérea | Fuerza Aérea Colombiana
France 🇫🇷
Adjudant-chef Christian Wirth, soprano saxophone
Orchestre de la Garde Républicaine | Garde Républicaine
Germany 🇩🇪
Sergeant First Class Lucas Knappe, baritone saxophone
Luftwaffenmusikkorps Münster | Bundeswehr
Sergeant First Class Lukasz Goldner, soprano saxophone
Luftwaffenmusikkorps Erfurt | Bundeswehr
Italy 🇮🇹
Chief Inspector Mario Ciaccio, tenor saxophone
Banda musicale della Polizia di Stato | Polizia di Stato
Latvia 🇱🇻
Private First Class Inga Meijere, soprano saxophone
Zemessardzes orķestris / Latvian National Guard Orchestra | Zemessardze | Latvijas armija
Mexico 🇲🇽
Teniente de Navío SMN. MN. Filomeno Ortiz García, tenor saxophone
Banda Sinfónica de la Secretaría de Marina | Secretaría de Marina
Netherlands 🇳🇱
Adjudant Jean-Pierre Cnoops, soprano saxophone
Marinierskapel der Koninklijke Marine | Koninklijke Marine
New Zealand 🇳🇿
Sergeant Andre Paris, baritone saxophone
Royal New Zealand Air Force Band | Royal New Zealand Air Force
Norway 🇳🇴
Chief Petty Officer Bjarne Herbjørnrød, baritone saxophone
Kongelige norske marines musikkorps | Sjøforsvaret
Master Sergeant Jostein Haug Netland, tenor saxophone
Luftforsvarets musikkorps | Luftforsvaret
Sergeant First Class Camilla Blomqvist, alto saxophone
Forsvarets stabsmusikkorps | Forsvaret
United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Sergeant Andy Mears, alto saxopohone
Sergeant Tom Butcher, tenor saxophone
Central Band of the Royal Air Force | RAF Music | Royal Air Force
Lance Corporal Kim Cochrane, baritone saxophone
Band of the Irish Guards | Corps of Army Music | British Army
United States of America 🇺🇸
Master Sergeant Jeremy Koch, soprano saxophone
Technical Sergeant Carolyn Braus, baritone saxophone
The United States Air Force Band | United States Air Force
PRODUCTION CREDITS:
Col. Don Schofield - Executive Producer
Master Sgt. Jeremy Koch - Producer
Chief Master Sgt. Dennis Hoffmann - Video Editor
Technical Sgt. Jim Woolf - Audio Editor
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Whether you're in the wild, at sea or in the air, making tea ☕️ is a survival skill for the British Military, so who better to advise the British Ambassador to the US on how to make an authentic brew? In other words making tea without a microwave (looking at you, America). 😆
20 clubs. International talent from 63 nations. Broadcast to 1 billion homes. The Premier League is back! #FootballisGreat ⚽️
Today is Her Majesty The Queen's official birthday. Join us and the Grenadier Guards Band (shown here outside of Buckingham Palace) in wishing HMTQ a very happy birthday! 🎈 🎂 🎉
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance has already saved millions of lives that would otherwise have been lost due to preventable diseases. Today, 🇬🇧 is proudly hosting the Global Vaccine Summit to raise funds for this vital work. It remains as important as ever. #VaccinesWork A message from Ambassador Karen Pierce 👇
"What happened in the United States was appalling, it was inexcusable, we all saw it on our screens and I perfectly understand people's right to protest what took place ... Protests should take place in a lawful and reasonable way." - UK Prime Minister
Happy #WorldBeeDay! 🐝 Pollination is a hugely important process for the survival of our ecosystems. 🌎 Here's one 🐝 who bumbled into the gardens at the Ambassador's Residence to pollinate the roses! 🌹 #WorldBeeDay2020 #bee #bees #beesofinstagram
We had a special guest deliver our extra-special message today: “Thank you to all nurses for all that you do.” On #InternationalNursesDay, we pay tribute to the important legacy of Florence Nightingale and her role as the mother of modern nursing. 👩⚕️🩺❤️
This VE Day, we remember that victory over Nazi Germany was the result of many nations working together with a shared purpose. That spirit of cooperation is more important now than ever in facing global challenges #VE75 #SharedHistorySharedFuture
COVID-19 is a global priority. Together, we can develop treatments and vaccines to defeat this crisis. Today the UK is co-hosting the virtual Coronavirus Global Response Initiative. Countries must come together in a truly global effort to defeat coronavirus.
Repost from @ukdefence_us: UK Defence Personnel posted around the US have come together to wish Captain (Colonel) Tom Moore a very Happy 100th Birthday! Join us in wishing him a Happy Birthday and thanking him for his inspiring fundraising efforts! 👏🏻 Follow @ukdefence_US for more! #TomMoore #CaptainTomMoore #100NotOut #happybirthday #thankyou #hero #happy100thbirthday #captaintom
Now more than ever we are thankful for the bravery and hard work of the world’s health workers who are on the frontlines in the fight against coronavirus and providing life-saving care. #WorldHealthDay
An update from acting British Ambassador to the US Michael Tatham on travel restrictions applied by the US in relation to coronavirus. For the latest, please visit http://gov.uk/coronavirus and follow FCO travel - travel advice from the Foreign Office.
Coronavirus: How to protect yourself and others while staying home. For more, visit www.gov.uk/coronavirus
Today we are celebrating the contributions women make every day to make the world a better place. Happy International Women's Day! #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2020 #EachforEqual
Happy St David's Day! 🏴 To celebrate the patron saint of Wales, we are making Welsh cakes. How do you celebrate St Davids Day?
The best way to protect yourself and others from coronavirus is to... 👏🧼Wash your hands with soap and water 🤧🗑️Catch your cough or sneeze in a tissue ✈️⚠️Follow returning traveller advice Learn more at nhs.uk/coronavirus
This strain of #coronavirus spreads like influenza… Prioritise good hand 👏 hygiene to protect yourself – wash your hands 🧼 frequently and use alcohol based sanitizer. 🧴 Advice from the UK’s Chief Scientific Advisor 👇 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-information-for-the-public
This year the UK will host the vital UN climate conference, #COP26 in partnership with Italy. This is an opportunity to make a truly global effort. 🌎 https://ukcop26.org
50 days until RAF Red Arrows kick off their US tour! More: https://www.raf.mod.uk/display-teams/red-arrows/news/transatlantic-season-gets-underway-for-red-arrows/
Climate change is happening and is due to human activity. The impact of this is a greater risk of flooding, droughts, heat waves and other extreme weather. It's time to act to stop climate change. Learn more about what the UK is doing to address one of the gravest threats facing human kind.
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