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He was 74 at the time,<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Sir Christopher Meyer attacked at Tube station |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44806139 |date=12 July 2018 |access-date=12 July 2018|publisher=BBC News }}</ref> and had been doing a significant amount of television work regarding U.S. President [[Donald Trump]]'s UK visit. A 15-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy were arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning grievous bodily harm, but were released under investigation while enquiries into the incident continued.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/christopher-meyer-attack-girl-15-and-boy-16-arrested-over-assault-of-former-british-ambassador-at-a3886316.html|title=Teenage girl and boy, 16, arrested over attack on former UK ambassador|date=13 July 2018|website=London Evening Standard|access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref> However a witness later came forward to claim that Meyer was not attacked and that he was injured after accidentally falling over.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/teenagers-did-not-attack-former-diplomat-sir-christopher-meyer-he-fell-says-witness-q7fvlbwfw|title=Teenagers did not attack former diplomat Sir Christopher Meyer – he fell, says witness|date=17 July 2018|work=The Times|location=London}}</ref> The boy pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm without intent to Meyer on 11 July 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jan/31/boy-attack-former-us-ambassador-sir-christopher-meyer|title=Boy handed referral order after attack on former US ambassador|date=31 January 2019|location=London}}</ref> Meyer died on 27 July 2022, aged 78, at his holiday home in [[Megève]], in the [[French Alps]].<ref name = Murphy/> His cause of death was variously reported as either heart failure or a stroke.<ref name = "BBC-62343008">{{cite news|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62343008|title = Sir Christopher Meyer, UK's former ambassador to the US, dies at 78|work = [[BBC News]]|date = 29 July 2022|accessdate = 29 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.reuters.com/world/former-british-envoy-us-christopher-meyer-dies-2022-07-29/|title = Former British envoy to US, Christopher Meyer, dies|work = [[Reuters]]|date = 29 July 2022|accessdate = 8 September 2022|last = McLellan|first = Kylie|editor-last = Schomberg|editor-first = William}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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