The Australian government has allowed the post of High Commissioner to the UK to fall vacant during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Australia’s former foreign minister Alexander Downer has criticised the decision by Foreign Minister Marise Payne to let the UK High Commissioner’s posting fall vacant during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, marking her 70 years on the throne, will take place across the country on the four-day bank holiday weekend from June 2 to 5. Former Foreign Minister and Australian High Commissioner to the UK Alexander Downer with the Queen and the late Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor Castle in 2015.“I’m surprised and disappointed that Australia won’t have a High Commissioner in London during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Elizabeth Ames, a former diplomat for Australia who has been posted in Rome and now chairs the Menzies Australia Institute in London, said it was an unforced and unnecessary error that left Australia short-changed.
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