Britain’s ambassador to the US used a speech at an event in Washington celebrating the King’s birthday to tell Donald Trump he is “factually wrong” over critical claims he has made about the UK.
The thinly-veiled rebuke by Sir Christian Turner in which he rejected “distorted narratives and forces of division” comes after the US president recently repeated his charge that parts of London were lawless “no-go” areas as a result of migration, where the police were “afraid” to patrol.