Embassy of France, London

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Embassy of France in London
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Embassy of France, London
Location Knightsbridge, London
Address58 Knightsbridge,
London SW1X 7JT
Coordinates 51°30′09″N0°09′29″W / 51.5025°N 0.1581°W / 51.5025; -0.1581
Ambassador Hélène Tréheux-Duchêne
JurisdictionFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Website Official website

The Embassy of France in London is the diplomatic mission of France to the United Kingdom. [1]

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Current building

Located just off Knightsbridge at Albert Gate, one of the entrances to Hyde Park, it is situated immediately opposite the Embassy of Kuwait. This building, along with the rest of Albert Gate and neighbouring buildings, were designed by the British architect Thomas Cubitt; his son, George Cubitt, who was created Baron Ashcombe in 1892, is Queen Camilla's great-great-grandfather. [2]

At the time of these buildings' construction in the 1840s, they were by far the tallest structures in the Knightsbridge area. [3]

Previously, the Embassy was housed at Derby House, 23/26 Grosvenor Square. [4]


Secondary locations

France also owns various premises along the Cromwell Road, South Kensington which house its Consular, Cultural, Science & Technology and Visa sections. [5] It also has a Trade mission at 28-29 Haymarket and a Paymaster & Financial Comptroller section at 30 Queen's Gate Terrace, South Kensington, [6] while No. 11 Kensington Palace Gardens has been the French Ambassador's official residence since 1944. [7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 14 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Who is Camilla? The 'other woman' who's now Queen Consort". SBS News. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Knightsbridge North Side: Parkside to Albert Gate Court". 30 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Grosvenor Square: Individual Houses built before 1926 Survey of London: Volume 40, the Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 2 (The Buildings)". British History Online. LCC 1980. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 14 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 14 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
  7. ↑ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (1992). The London Encyclopaedia (reprint ed.). Macmillan. p. 439.
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