Christopher Meyer Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===HM Ambassador to the United States=== [[File:Christopher Meyer 011030-D-9880W-017.jpg|thumb|Ambassador Christopher Meyer meeting with [[Donald H. Rumsfeld]] on 30 October 2001]] His final posting was as [[List of British Ambassadors to the United States|British Ambassador to the United States]] from 1997 until his retirement in 2003. He underwent emergency heart surgery just before the [[invasion of Iraq]] in March 2003.<ref name = Telegraph>{{cite news|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/07/28/sir-christopher-meyer-diplomat-who-served-ambassador-washington/|title = Sir Christopher Meyer, diplomat who served as Ambassador to Washington in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq – obituary|newspaper = [[The Daily Telegraph]]|date = 28 July 2022|accessdate = 29 July 2022|url-access = subscription}}</ref> Meyer [[List of witnesses of the Iraq Inquiry#26 November|gave evidence]] about his time in the role to the [[Iraq Inquiry]] in November 2009.<ref name="BBC Iraq">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8380139.stm|title=Blair's view on Iraq 'tightened' after Bush meeting|date=26 November 2009|publisher=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=27 January 2010}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page