Diplomatic cables reveal the monarch also appeared to back the creation of a single market. / The Queen confided to the German ambassador that she believed the future of Britain lay in Europe, newly released diplomatic cables from 1988 have shown.

As the EU finally ratifies the Brexit trade deal, attention shifts to some major loose ends.

PM urged to recognise pursuit of no-deal Brexit would be regarded as serious error by US.

Former PM in four-letter tirade against Sunak’s new Brexit deal.

Sir Ivan Rogers condemns 'diplomatic amateurism' that will lead to hugely damaging trade deal – or a crash-out Brexit in a year. / Boris Johnson is deceiving voters by claiming he will “get Brexit done” quickly and hiding the “biggest crisis” yet to come, a former ambassador to the EU is warning.

Internal market bill would endanger future trade deals, says Kim Darroch, the former British ambassador to the US.

Ambassador to South Korea says most officials there show ‘deep incredulity’ on the matter. / British ambassadors have been sending messages to the foreign office describing Brexit as a political shambles that is destroying the UK’s reputation, the serving UK ambassador to South Korea has said.

Ex-ambassadors and high commissioners say UK is weakened by ‘fiasco’. / More than 40 former British ambassadors and high commissioners have written to Theresa May warning her that Brexit has turned into a “national crisis”...

Row over status of João Vale de Almeida has 'chilled' relationship between London and Brussels.

'The British ambassador told me — and I loved it — that every time the British military is meeting with the American military, the Americans are talking about the French' / British influence in Washington DC has “vanished” following Brexit, the outgoing French ambassador to the US has said.

Peter Ricketts, former British ambassador to France, tells of the difficulties faced by businesses and the 'extra red tape' as well as travel changes.

Speaking to Sky News, a former British ambassador to Japan noted the impact of Brexit, saying many companies are maintaining a presence in the UK, but moving the bulk of their operations to Europe. / Asked about the former ambassador's assertion, Labour's shadow environment secretary Jim McMahon told Kay Burley: "To some degree, it's a natural consequence of leaving the single market."

Europe Day statement comes as trade talks between UK and its former partners hit new difficulties.

Comments made by the Sir Kim Darroch, the British Ambassador to the US, on the Trump administration have been leaked to pro-Brexit journalist Isabel Oakshott, with key Brexiteers exploiting them to attack the civil service and diplomatic corps and call for the removal of non-Brexit-supporting civil servants.

The EU has again criticised the UK's decision not to give the EU ambassador to London full diplomatic status.

João Vale de Almeida’s main task will be ensuring Britain sticks to withdrawal agreement.

Event delayed after UK refuses to grant EU ambassador same privileges as other diplomats.

Foreign affairs chief raises concerns over UK refusal to grant EU mission full diplomatic status.

After a February meeting between U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May and 19 Japanese business chiefs, Tokyo’s ambassador to Britain warned what might happen if Brexit took an unfavorable turn for foreign investors.

'The French in the UK had a sense of being abandoned. They said, ‘yesterday we were Londoners and today we are foreigners’

It has not even been five months since the end of the Brexit transition period and there have been armed patrol vessels in the Channel.

The course of Brexit was set in the hours and days after the 2016 referendum. / It was at 6:22 a.m. on June 24, 2016 — 59 minutes before the official tally was unveiled — that the European Council sent its first “lines to take” to the national governments that make up the EU.

Ivan Rogers, former UK ambassador to the EU, says prime minister will think ‘history was going his way’ if Donald Trump is re-elected

Three weeks after post-Brexit trade deal comes into force, Boris Johnson accused of being ‘simply petty’,

Boris Johnson’s claims he will get Brexit done are “diplomatic amateurism” and his deal will be even harder to achieve than Theresa May’s, a former ambassador to the EU has warned.

Arkady Rzegocki insisted Polish citizens can now make a good living in their home country and don't need to live in Britain.

Ex-ambassador says Democrat White House would prioritise France and Germany.

So much for the Special Relationship… In an unprecedented week in which PM-to-be Boris Johnson effectively fired Britain’s ambassador to the USA to placate a bullying Donald Trump, we look into Britain’s humiliating future as a taker of orders from bigger international players.

Richard Corbett, former Labour MEP, linguist, author and fluent and well-informed speaker will explain the background to Boris Johnson's Brexit deal and discuss the fallout. There are numerous consequences of Brexit which are not receiving sufficient publicity. Leaving the EU came at a huge cost to the UK economically, culturally and in terms of our standing in the world.

Economic hardship and war have not pushed Europe’s nations apart, but closer together.

Trade has plummeted and red tape has blocked our borders. Is that what ‘protecting our sovereignty’ meant?

The corruption of constitutional order can happen very quickly and reversing it can take a very long time and at huge cost.

The UK may no longer be an EU member but, as the current health crisis shows, cooperation continues to be essential.

The government has been criticised for downgrading the diplomatic status of the EU's ambassador in London.

A diplomatic row has broken out between the UK and EU over the status of the bloc's ambassador in London.

Dominic Raab says he wants to turn page on Brexit saga and treat EU with respect it deserves.

Foreign Office says EU should not be treated as nation state, despite 142 countries granting bloc this status.

Ahead of Donald Trump's state visit on Monday, his ambassador said healthcare should not be excluded from a free trade deal. / The US ambassador to the UK Woody Johnson has said that healthcare should be included in a free trade deal between the two countries.

Leo Varadkar has urged the British government to tone down “nationalist rhetoric” over Brexit, and branded Dominic Raab’s memo to UK diplomats to sit separately from their EU counterparts as “petty”.

European leaders made their feelings about the Northern Ireland protocol known to a PM desperate to score a PR victory.

Ivan Rogers says plan by ‘dishonest’ government to override Northern Ireland protocol may cause trade war.

French president responds to ‘jury’s out’ comments by Tory leadership favourite Liz Truss about key ally.