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  • Sorted letters are grouped in a drawer at Royal Mail's giant warehouse at the DIRFT logistics park in Daventry, Northamptonshire England. Raised from its neighbours is an Air Mail letter addressed to someone called Rodrigues and with stamps if its unknown country. Each letter faces the same direction for ease of viewing in this enormous complex where some of the UK's 82 million items pass through. Royal Mail handles some 82 million posted items a day. They have a statutory duty to provide a delivery service to 27 million addresses in the UK for letters and for parcels weighing up to 20kg. Six days a week they deliver daily to all addresses in the UK and provides a collection service from 115,000 Post Boxes, 16,000 Post Offices, businesses and organizations throughout the UK and distributed through 72 mail centres and 100 distribution centres.
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  • The architecture of the Grand Staircase in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
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  • The architecture of the Grand Staircase in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    banqueting_hall-01-17-09-2017.jpg
  • A pro-EU Brexit protest flag opposite the UK Foreign Office in Westminster, on 28th January 2019, in London, England.
    brexit_protest-04-28-01-2019.jpg
  • The Foreign Office in King Charles Street is blocked as Westminster experiences a lockdown with extensive cordons and the closure of many streets after what police are calling a terrorist incident in which a car was crashed into security barriers outside parliament in central London, on 14th August 2018, in London, England.
    westminster_terrorism-15-14-08-2018.jpg
  • The Foreign Office in King Charles Street is blocked as Westminster experiences a lockdown with extensive cordons and the closure of many streets after what police are calling a terrorist incident in which a car was crashed into security barriers outside parliament in central London, on 14th August 2018, in London, England.
    westminster_terrorism-23-14-08-2018.jpg
  • The Foreign Office in King Charles Street is blocked as Westminster experiences a lockdown with extensive cordons and the closure of many streets after what police are calling a terrorist incident in which a car was crashed into security barriers outside parliament in central London, on 14th August 2018, in London, England.
    westminster_terrorism-22-14-08-2018.jpg
  • The Foreign Office in King Charles Street is blocked as Westminster experiences a lockdown with extensive cordons and the closure of many streets after what police are calling a terrorist incident in which a car was crashed into security barriers outside parliament in central London, on 14th August 2018, in London, England.
    westminster_terrorism-21-14-08-2018.jpg
  • The Foreign Office in King Charles Street is blocked as Westminster experiences a lockdown with extensive cordons and the closure of many streets after what police are calling a terrorist incident in which a car was crashed into security barriers outside parliament in central London, on 14th August 2018, in London, England.
    westminster_terrorism-20-14-08-2018.jpg
  • The Foreign Office in King Charles Street is blocked as Westminster experiences a lockdown with extensive cordons and the closure of many streets after what police are calling a terrorist incident in which a car was crashed into security barriers outside parliament in central London, on 14th August 2018, in London, England.
    westminster_terrorism-19-14-08-2018.jpg
  • The Foreign Office in King Charles Street is blocked as Westminster experiences a lockdown with extensive cordons and the closure of many streets after what police are calling a terrorist incident in which a car was crashed into security barriers outside parliament in central London, on 14th August 2018, in London, England.
    westminster_terrorism-18-14-08-2018.jpg
  • The Foreign Office in King Charles Street is blocked as Westminster experiences a lockdown with extensive cordons and the closure of many streets after what police are calling a terrorist incident in which a car was crashed into security barriers outside parliament in central London, on 14th August 2018, in London, England.
    westminster_terrorism-17-14-08-2018.jpg
  • The Foreign Office in King Charles Street is blocked as Westminster experiences a lockdown with extensive cordons and the closure of many streets after what police are calling a terrorist incident in which a car was crashed into security barriers outside parliament in central London, on 14th August 2018, in London, England.
    westminster_terrorism-16-14-08-2018.jpg
  • A pro-EU Brexit protest flag opposite the UK Foreign Office in Westminster, on 28th January 2019, in London, England.
    brexit_protest-07-28-01-2019.jpg
  • Alongside the official portrait of a member of the Bahraini royal family, the smiling face of a blonde Dutch KLM airline girl adorns a poster in the airline's office in Bahrain airport. This European airline is showing the greatest of respect to the ruling classes in this Gulf State. Similar portraits of kings and princes are seen throughout the arab world, especially where business is being conducted and contracts being sought. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (KLM Royal Dutch Airlines), known by its initials KLM, is the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands. KLM's headquarters is in Amstelveen near its hub at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. KLM operates worldwide scheduled passenger and cargo services to more than 90 destinations. It is the oldest airline in the world still operating under its original name.
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  • The European Union and German flags hang side-by-side outside the German Krakow General Consulate office, on 23rd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • The statues of Sir Eyre-Coote, K.B. by Thomas Banks (1788) and   <br />
Marquis Cornwallis, K.G. by John Bacon, Senior (1791) in the Gurkha Stair in the former India Office, which was part of the Foreign and Colonial Office (now the Foreign and Commonwealth Office), Whitehall, London. on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    foreign_office-12-17-09-2017.jpg
  • The statues of Sir Eyre-Coote, K.B. by Thomas Banks (1788) and   <br />
Marquis Cornwallis, K.G. by John Bacon, Senior (1791) in the Gurkha Stair in the former India Office, which was part of the Foreign and Colonial Office (now the Foreign and Commonwealth Office), Whitehall, London. on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    foreign_office-11-17-09-2017.jpg
  • The architecture of the covered Durbar Court, inside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and part of the former India Office, on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    foreign_office-06-17-09-2017.jpg
  • The architecture of the covered Durbar Court, inside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and part of the former India Office, on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley KG PC PC (Ire) (1760-1842) was styled Viscount Wesley from birth until 1781 and was known as Earl of Mornington from 1781 until 1799. He was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator.The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    foreign_office-07-17-09-2017.jpg
  • The architecture of the covered Durbar Court, inside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and part of the former India Office, on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley KG PC PC (Ire) (1760-1842) was styled Viscount Wesley from birth until 1781 and was known as Earl of Mornington from 1781 until 1799. He was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator.The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    foreign_office-14-17-09-2017.jpg
  • The architecture of the covered Durbar Court, inside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and part of the former India Office, on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley KG PC PC (Ire) (1760-1842) was styled Viscount Wesley from birth until 1781 and was known as Earl of Mornington from 1781 until 1799. He was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator.The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    foreign_office-10-17-09-2017.jpg
  • The architecture of the covered Durbar Court, inside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and part of the former India Office, on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley KG PC PC (Ire) (1760-1842) was styled Viscount Wesley from birth until 1781 and was known as Earl of Mornington from 1781 until 1799. He was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator.The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    foreign_office-08-17-09-2017.jpg
  • The architecture of the covered Durbar Court, inside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and part of the former India Office, on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley KG PC PC (Ire) (1760-1842) was styled Viscount Wesley from birth until 1781 and was known as Earl of Mornington from 1781 until 1799. He was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator.The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    foreign_office-09-17-09-2017.jpg
  • Detail of the brass nameplate outside the Foreign & Commonwealth Office outside the government department on King Charles Street SW1, on 5th October, 2017, in London, England. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    foreign_office-06-05-10-2017.jpg
  • Detail of the brass nameplate outside the Foreign & Commonwealth Office outside the government department on King Charles Street SW1, on 5th October, 2017, in London, England. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    foreign_office-05-05-10-2017.jpg
  • Detail of the brass nameplate outside the Foreign & Commonwealth Office outside the government department on King Charles Street SW1, on 5th October, 2017, in London, England. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    foreign_office-02-05-10-2017.jpg
  • The portraits of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie at the top of the Muses Stair below the glass octagonal lantern, in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. The royal portraits of Napoleon Empress Eugenie, were gifted to the East India Company in gratitude of its benefaction to the Paris Exhibition of 1855. The roof is an octagonal glass dome, graced by goddesses of plenty (canephora) and cherubs illustrating the Roman virtues. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    foreign_office-16-17-09-2017.jpg
  • Detail of the brass nameplate outside the Foreign & Commonwealth Office outside the government department on King Charles Street SW1, on 5th October, 2017, in London, England. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    foreign_office-04-05-10-2017.jpg
  • The statue of the 4th Earl of Clarendon KG GCB at the foot of the Grand Staircase in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon KG GCB PC (1800–1870), was an English diplomat and statesman. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    foreign_office-31-17-09-2017.jpg
  • The Muses Stair and glass octagonal lantern, in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. The roof is graced by goddesses of plenty (canephora) and cherubs illustrating the Roman virtues. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    foreign_office-18-17-09-2017.jpg
  • The Muses Stair and glass octagonal lantern, in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. The roof is graced by goddesses of plenty (canephora) and cherubs illustrating the Roman virtues. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    foreign_office-17-17-09-2017.jpg
  • The portraits of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie at the top of the Muses Stair below the glass octagonal lantern, in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. The royal portraits of Napoleon Empress Eugenie, were gifted to the East India Company in gratitude of its benefaction to the Paris Exhibition of 1855. The roof is an octagonal glass dome, graced by goddesses of plenty (canephora) and cherubs illustrating the Roman virtues. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    foreign_office-15-17-09-2017.jpg
  • Detail of the brass nameplate outside the Foreign & Commonwealth Office outside the government department on King Charles Street SW1, on 5th October, 2017, in London, England. The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, and was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt and completed in 1868 as part of the new block of government offices which included the India Office and later (1875) the Colonial and Home Offices. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices but he had an amicable partnership with Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, who designed and built the interior of the India Office.
    foreign_office-03-05-10-2017.jpg
  • The long meeting table in the Locarno Room at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. In 1925 the Foreign Office played host to the signing of the Locarno Treaties, aimed at reducing tension in Europe. The ceremony took place in a suite of rooms that had been designed for banqueting, which subsequently became known as the Locarno Suite. During the Second World War, the Locarno Suite's fine furnishings were removed or covered up, and it became home to a foreign office code-breaking department.
    foreign_office-23-17-09-2017.jpg
  • The long meeting table in the Locarno Room at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. In 1925 the Foreign Office played host to the signing of the Locarno Treaties, aimed at reducing tension in Europe. The ceremony took place in a suite of rooms that had been designed for banqueting, which subsequently became known as the Locarno Suite. During the Second World War, the Locarno Suite's fine furnishings were removed or covered up, and it became home to a foreign office code-breaking department.
    foreign_office-21-17-09-2017.jpg
  • The long meeting table in the Locarno Room at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. In 1925 the Foreign Office played host to the signing of the Locarno Treaties, aimed at reducing tension in Europe. The ceremony took place in a suite of rooms that had been designed for banqueting, which subsequently became known as the Locarno Suite. During the Second World War, the Locarno Suite's fine furnishings were removed or covered up, and it became home to a foreign office code-breaking department.
    foreign_office-24-17-09-2017.jpg
  • Interior architecture of the Locarno Room in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. In 1925 the Foreign Office played host to the signing of the Locarno Treaties, aimed at reducing tension in Europe. The ceremony took place in a suite of rooms that had been designed for banqueting, which subsequently became known as the Locarno Suite. During the Second World War, the Locarno Suite's fine furnishings were removed or covered up, and it became home to a foreign office code-breaking department.
    foreign_office-20-17-09-2017.jpg
  • Palmerston, the resident cat of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) sleeps on a winged armchair in the Ambassadors Meeting Room where senior foreign diplomats wait for official meetings, on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. Palmerston is the resident Chief Mouser at the FCO who began his role in2016. Previously, he was from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home and is named after the former Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister Lord Palmerston.
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  • Palmerston, the resident cat of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) sleeps on a winged armchair in the Ambassadors Meeting Room where senior foreign diplomats wait for official meetings, on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. Palmerston is the resident Chief Mouser at the FCO who began his role in2016. Previously, he was from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home and is named after the former Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister Lord Palmerston.
    foreign_office-27-17-09-2017.jpg
  • Palmerston, the resident cat of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) sleeps on a winged armchair in the Ambassadors Meeting Room where senior foreign diplomats wait for official meetings, on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. Palmerston is the resident Chief Mouser at the FCO who began his role in2016. Previously, he was from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home and is named after the former Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister Lord Palmerston.
    foreign_office-28-17-09-2017.jpg
  • The current Foreign Secretary, Rt Hon Boris Johnson speaks via TV screen to visitors during a tour of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson PC MP (1964-), known as Boris Johnson, is a divisive British politician whose campaigning led to the UK Brexit vote.
    foreign_office-19-17-09-2017.jpg
  • The furnishings of the Ambassadors Meeting Room where senior foreign diplomats wait for official meetings, in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England.
    foreign_office-30-17-09-2017.jpg
  • The door to the Africa Directorate, in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England.
    foreign_office-13-17-09-2017.jpg
  • A WW2-era German secret Enigma code machine is displayed in the Locarno Dining Room, in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. The Enigma machine is a piece of hardware invented by a German and used by Britain's codebreakers as a way of deciphering German signals traffic during World War Two. It has been claimed that as a result of the information gained through this device, hostilities between Germany and the Allied forces were curtailed by two years. An estimated 100,000 Enigma machines were constructed.
    foreign_office-25-17-09-2017.jpg
  • A WW2-era German secret Enigma code machine is displayed in the Locarno Dining Room, in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on 17th September 2017, in Whitehall, London, England. The Enigma machine is a piece of hardware invented by a German and used by Britain's codebreakers as a way of deciphering German signals traffic during World War Two. It has been claimed that as a result of the information gained through this device, hostilities between Germany and the Allied forces were curtailed by two years. An estimated 100,000 Enigma machines were constructed.
    foreign_office-26-17-09-2017.jpg
  • Standing with a mother and child and in a recreation of the Oval Office, the waxwork figure of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama stands in London's Madame Tussauds waxwork museum on the day of his inauguration. Long before the actual election took place, models of both Obama and political opponent, John McCain were researched from thousands of photographs and 500 body measurements and prepared from clay, taking 20 dedicated sculptors 4 months to prepare. Only the eventual victor was completed using wax and real organic hair. On Obama's inauguration day, US citizens were allowed free entry to the museum which is now Britain's most visited tourist attraction.
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  • Standing in a recreation of the Oval Office, the waxwork figure of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama stands in London's Madame Tussauds waxwork museum on the day of his inauguration. Long before the actual election took place, models of both Obama and political opponent, John McCain were researched from thousands of photographs and 500 body measurements and prepared from clay, taking 20 dedicated sculptors 4 months to prepare. On the eventual victor was completed using wax and real organic hair. Only Obama's inauguration day, US citizens were allowed free entry to the museum which is now Britain's most visited tourist attraction.
    obama_inauguration01-20-01_2009.jpg
  • A Muslim gentleman stands outside the Met Police's Aliens Registration Office in Holborn where the languages of six foreign nations are written on its board, on 13th February 1987, in London, England.
    immigration_centre-13-02-1987.jpg
  • A window display of beer bottles and new architecture of an office workplace, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England.
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  • A window display of beer bottles and new architecture of an office workplace, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England.
    clerkenwell-21-20-11-2019.jpg
  • A window display of beer bottles and new architecture of an office workplace, on 20th November 2019, at Smithfield in the City of London, England.
    clerkenwell-20-20-11-2019.jpg
  • The Chinese national flag hangs from the Bank of China's offices in the City of London, England UK.
    china_london18-18-10-2013.jpg
  • The Chinese national flag hangs from the Bank of China's offices in the City of London, England UK.
    china_london21-18-10-2013.jpg
  • The Chinese national flag hangs from the Bank of China's offices in the City of London, England UK.
    china_london17-18-10-2013.jpg
  • The Chinese national flag hangs from the Bank of China's offices in the City of London, England UK.
    china_london16-18-10-2013.jpg
  • The statue of civil engineer James Henry Greathead (1844 – 1896), renowned for his work on the London Underground railway beneath the flags of the Russian Federation and Russian investment Bank VTB Capital hang over banks and other financial institutions in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 26th March, 2018, in London, England.  VTB Capital operates in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sofia, New York, Zug and Frankfurt, with headquarters in Moscow, VTB Group’s Corporate Investment Business is a leader in the international investment banking sector in Russia. VTB Bank is one of the leading universal banks of Russia. VTB Bank and its subsidiaries form a leading Russian financial group – VTB Group, offering a wide range of banking services and products in Russia, CIS, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the U.S. The Group’s largest subsidiaries in Russia is the Bank of Moscow.
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  • The flags of the Russian Federation and Russian investment Bank VTB Capital hang over banks and other financial institutions in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 26th March, 2018, in London, England.  VTB Capital operates in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sofia, New York, Zug and Frankfurt, with headquarters in Moscow, VTB Group’s Corporate Investment Business is a leader in the international investment banking sector in Russia. VTB Bank is one of the leading universal banks of Russia. VTB Bank and its subsidiaries form a leading Russian financial group – VTB Group, offering a wide range of banking services and products in Russia, CIS, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the U.S. The Group’s largest subsidiaries in Russia is the Bank of Moscow.
    city_finance-05-26-03-2018.jpg
  • The statue of civil engineer James Henry Greathead (1844 – 1896), renowned for his work on the London Underground railway beneath the flags of the Russian Federation and Russian investment Bank VTB Capital hang over banks and other financial institutions in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 26th March, 2018, in London, England.  VTB Capital operates in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sofia, New York, Zug and Frankfurt, with headquarters in Moscow, VTB Group’s Corporate Investment Business is a leader in the international investment banking sector in Russia. VTB Bank is one of the leading universal banks of Russia. VTB Bank and its subsidiaries form a leading Russian financial group – VTB Group, offering a wide range of banking services and products in Russia, CIS, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the U.S. The Group’s largest subsidiaries in Russia is the Bank of Moscow.
    city_finance-04-26-03-2018.jpg
  • The flags of the Russian Federation and Russian investment Bank VTB Capital hang over banks and other financial institutions in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 26th March, 2018, in London, England.  VTB Capital operates in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sofia, New York, Zug and Frankfurt, with headquarters in Moscow.
    city_finance-38-26-03-2018.jpg
  • The statue of civil engineer James Henry Greathead (1844 – 1896), renowned for his work on the London Underground railway beneath the flags of the Russian Federation and Russian investment Bank VTB Capital hang over banks and other financial institutions in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 26th March, 2018, in London, England. VTB Capital operates in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sofia, New York, Zug and Frankfurt, with headquarters in Moscow.
    city_finance-24-26-03-2018.jpg
  • The statue of civil engineer James Henry Greathead (1844 – 1896), renowned for his work on the London Underground railway beneath the flags of the Russian Federation and Russian investment Bank VTB Capital hang over banks and other financial institutions in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 26th March, 2018, in London, England. VTB Capital operates in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sofia, New York, Zug and Frankfurt, with headquarters in Moscow.
    city_finance-21-26-03-2018.jpg
  • The flags of the Russian Federation and Russian investment Bank VTB Capital hang over banks and other financial institutions in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 26th March, 2018, in London, England.  VTB Capital operates in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sofia, New York, Zug and Frankfurt, with headquarters in Moscow.
    city_finance-06-26-03-2018.jpg
  • The flag of the Russian Federation, a metaphor for Russian money and investment in the UK capital, hangs above Cornhill in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 14th March 2018, in London England.
    russians_city-12-14-03-2018.jpg
  • The flag of the Russian Federation, a metaphor for Russian money and investment in the UK capital, hangs above Cornhill in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 14th March 2018, in London England.
    russians_city-13-14-03-2018.jpg
  • The flag of the Russian Federation, a metaphor for Russian money and investment in the UK capital, hangs above Cornhill in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 14th March 2018, in London England.
    russians_city-07-14-03-2018.jpg
  • The flag of the Russian Federation, a metaphor for Russian money and investment in the UK capital, hangs above Cornhill in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 14th March 2018, in London England.
    russians_city-04-14-03-2018.jpg
  • The flag of the Russian Federation, a metaphor for Russian money and investment in the UK capital, hangs above Cornhill in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 14th March 2018, in London England.
    russians_city-03-14-03-2018.jpg
  • The flag of the Russian Federation, a metaphor for Russian money and investment in the UK capital, hangs above Cornhill in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 14th March 2018, in London England.
    russians_city-02-14-03-2018.jpg
  • The flags of the Russian Federation and Russian investment Bank VTB Capital hang over banks and other financial institutions in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 26th March, 2018, in London, England.  VTB Capital operates in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sofia, New York, Zug and Frankfurt, with headquarters in Moscow.
    city_finance-37-26-03-2018.jpg
  • The flags of the Russian Federation and Russian investment Bank VTB Capital hang over banks and other financial institutions in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 26th March, 2018, in London, England.  VTB Capital operates in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sofia, New York, Zug and Frankfurt, with headquarters in Moscow.
    city_finance-26-26-03-2018.jpg
  • The flags of the Russian Federation and Russian investment Bank VTB Capital hang over banks and other financial institutions in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 26th March, 2018, in London, England.  VTB Capital operates in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sofia, New York, Zug and Frankfurt, with headquarters in Moscow.
    city_finance-08-26-03-2018.jpg
  • The flags of the Russian Federation and Russian investment Bank VTB Capital hang over banks and other financial institutions in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 26th March, 2018, in London, England.  VTB Capital operates in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sofia, New York, Zug and Frankfurt, with headquarters in Moscow.
    city_finance-03-26-03-2018.jpg
  • The flags of the Russian Federation and Russian investment Bank VTB Capital hang over banks and other financial institutions in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 26th March, 2018, in London, England.  VTB Capital operates in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sofia, New York, Zug and Frankfurt, with headquarters in Moscow.
    city_finance-02-26-03-2018.jpg
  • The flag of the Russian Federation, a metaphor for Russian money and investment in the UK capital, hangs above Cornhill in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 14th March 2018, in London England.
    russians_city-14-14-03-2018.jpg
  • The flag of the Russian Federation, a metaphor for Russian money and investment in the UK capital, hangs above Cornhill in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 14th March 2018, in London England.
    russians_city-09-14-03-2018.jpg
  • The flag of the Russian Federation, a metaphor for Russian money and investment in the UK capital, hangs above Cornhill in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 14th March 2018, in London England.
    russians_city-08-14-03-2018.jpg
  • The flag of the Russian Federation, a metaphor for Russian money and investment in the UK capital, hangs above Cornhill in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 14th March 2018, in London England.
    russians_city-05-14-03-2018.jpg
  • The flag of the Russian Federation, a metaphor for Russian money and investment in the UK capital, hangs above Cornhill in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 14th March 2018, in London England.
    russians_city-06-14-03-2018.jpg
  • The flag of the Russian Federation, a metaphor for Russian money and investment in the UK capital, hangs above Cornhill in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 14th March 2018, in London England.
    russians_city-01-14-03-2018.jpg
  • A  Chinese lady walks past the Bank of China in the City of London, Great Britain Uk
    china_london13-18-10-2013.jpg
  • A lady smokes a cigarette outside the Bank of China in the City of London, Great Britain Uk
    china_london20-18-10-2013.jpg
  • Exterior of the Bank of China in the City of London, Great Britain Uk
    china_london19-18-10-2013.jpg
  • Waxwork figure of the US President Barack Obama stands with a mother and child in London?s Madame Tussauds museum.
    obama_inauguration02-20-01_2009.jpg
  • Two military officers from Ecuador admire an air-to-ground PARS 3 LR missile at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget France
    paris_air_show74-20-06-2007.jpg
  • A poster showing a utopian beach is seen outside the Victoria offices of international budget flight and holiday booking service, STA Travel whose parent company has just announced its insolvency, a casualty of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 24th August 2020, in London, England. STA Travel (Student Travel Australia) was a travel agency specializing in youth travel. It was owned by the Swiss Diethelm Keller Holding (DKH) and employed almost 2,000 employees in over 200 stores worldwide. STA dated back to 1979 when two students in Australia organized the company after returning from their travels.
    STA_Travel10-24-08-2020.jpg
  • A poster showing a utopian beach is seen outside the Victoria offices of international budget flight and holiday booking service, STA Travel whose parent company has just announced its insolvency, a casualty of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 24th August 2020, in London, England. STA Travel (Student Travel Australia) was a travel agency specializing in youth travel. It was owned by the Swiss Diethelm Keller Holding (DKH) and employed almost 2,000 employees in over 200 stores worldwide. STA dated back to 1979 when two students in Australia organized the company after returning from their travels.
    STA_Travel07-24-08-2020.jpg
  • A poster showing a utopian beach is seen outside the Victoria offices of international budget flight and holiday booking service, STA Travel whose parent company has just announced its insolvency, a casualty of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 24th August 2020, in London, England. STA Travel (Student Travel Australia) was a travel agency specializing in youth travel. It was owned by the Swiss Diethelm Keller Holding (DKH) and employed almost 2,000 employees in over 200 stores worldwide. STA dated back to 1979 when two students in Australia organized the company after returning from their travels.
    STA_Travel11-24-08-2020.jpg
  • A poster showing a utopian beach is seen outside the Victoria offices of international budget flight and holiday booking service, STA Travel whose parent company has just announced its insolvency, a casualty of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 24th August 2020, in London, England. STA Travel (Student Travel Australia) was a travel agency specializing in youth travel. It was owned by the Swiss Diethelm Keller Holding (DKH) and employed almost 2,000 employees in over 200 stores worldwide. STA dated back to 1979 when two students in Australia organized the company after returning from their travels.
    STA_Travel09-24-08-2020.jpg
  • A poster showing a utopian beach is seen outside the Victoria offices of international budget flight and holiday booking service, STA Travel whose parent company has just announced its insolvency, a casualty of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 24th August 2020, in London, England. STA Travel (Student Travel Australia) was a travel agency specializing in youth travel. It was owned by the Swiss Diethelm Keller Holding (DKH) and employed almost 2,000 employees in over 200 stores worldwide. STA dated back to 1979 when two students in Australia organized the company after returning from their travels.
    STA_Travel08-24-08-2020.jpg
  • On the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and following a flypast of 100 aircraft formations representing Britain's air defence history which flew over central London, guardsmen march up steps between the Foreign Office and the Churchill's War Rooms, on 10th July 2018, in London, England.
    RAF_100-39-10-07-2018.jpg
  • On the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and following a flypast of 100 aircraft formations representing Britain's air defence history which flew over central London, guardsmen march up steps between the Foreign Office and the Churchill's War Rooms, on 10th July 2018, in London, England.
    RAF_100-38-10-07-2018.jpg
  • On the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and following a flypast of 100 aircraft formations representing Britain's air defence history which flew over central London, guardsmen march up steps between the Foreign Office and the Churchill's War Rooms, on 10th July 2018, in London, England.
    RAF_100-37-10-07-2018.jpg
  • Two army officers from Ecuador admire an air-to-ground PARS 3 LR missile at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget France. The two men (the man on the right's name badge says M Pazmino), admire the sleek design of the missile called PARS 3 LR in German but known as TRIGAT-LR (Third Generation AntiTank, Long Range) and AC 3G in the French military, the missile is a high-precision 'fire-and-forget' weapon system for engaging mobile and stationary targets equipped with the latest generation of armour protection, such as tanks, field fortresses, bunkers and other high-value targets. The system can launch up to four salvos in eight seconds. .The Paris Air Show is a commercial air show, organised by the French aerospace industry whose purpose is to demonstrate military and civilian aircraft to potential customers.
    paris_air_show085-20-06-2007.jpg
  • A doubtful-looking miitary officer from an unknown foreign state (possibly Kuwait) listens to an explanation from a western genleman at the BAE Systems corporate exhibition chalet during the Farnborough Air Show, on 20th June 2002, at Farnborough, Hampshire, England.
    farnborough_officers-20-07-2002.jpg
  • Police officers gather under the London Eye, locked-down after four people were killed (including the attacker) and 20 injured during a terrorist attack on Westminster Bridge and outside the Houses of Parliament, on 22nd March 2017, in central London, England. Parliament was in session and all MPs and staff and visitors were in lock-down while outside, the public and traffic were kept away from the area of Westminster Bridge and parliament Square, the scenes of the attack. It is believed a lone man crashed his car into pedestrians then, armed with a knife tried to enter Parliament, stabbing and killing a police officer at parliament's main gates.
    westminster_terrorism-03-22-03-2017.jpg
  • Royal Air Force officers formally await visiting foreign dignitaries at the BAE Systems stand during the bi-annual aerospace industry expo at the Farnborough airshow in southern England. As an important trading partner, both the RAF and BAE Systems present a united front in the marketplace, each helping the other to promote the UK-PLC  brand and urging foreign governments to buy British. In the background is a BAE Systems Hawk attack and trainer jet aircraft used by the RAF and airforces in gthe middle-east. Operators of the Hawk include the Royal Air Force (notably the Red Arrows display team) as well a considerable number of foreign military operators. The Hawk is still in production in the UK and under licence in India by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) with over 900 Hawks sold to 18 operators around the world.
    farnborough04-07-01-2000.jpg
  • The Chinese national flag hangs from the Bank of China's offices in the City of London, England UK.
    china_london12-18-10-2013-2.jpg
  • The Chinese national flag hangs from the Bank of China's offices in the City of London, England UK.
    china_london10-18-10-2013-2.jpg
  • On the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and following a flypast of 100 aircraft formations representing Britain's air defence history which flew over central London, a Kenyan officer leaves Horseguards, passing the memorial to those killed in the 2002 Bali bombing, on 10th July 2018, in London, England.
    RAF_100-16-10-07-2018.jpg
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