Matt Field: The new British ambassador has taken office in Prague
“Hi, I’m Matt and I’m new here” he says after getting off the tram at Malostranské náměstí and walking into the “abandoned” embassy at the nearby Thunovské Palace.
“Our countries have so much in common. We share the same democratic values and have the same sense of humor. We are a nation of inventors and entrepreneurs, musicians, brewers, writers and athletes.” pronounces with a very decent pronunciation, including the passing Ø.
“Together we faced evil during World War II and now in Ukraine. It’s great that I can be with my family in the land of Kafka, Zátopek, Horák and also Jára Cimrman,” Field continues. By the way, the former ambassador Jan Thompsonová was also involved in the Cimrman theater in the Czech Republic, where she acted in the English versions of these plays.
Field was ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina until June, for which he was awarded the Order of the British Empire in the New Year. However, he took over the Czech embassy on Monday, he will take up his full duties only when his credentials are accepted by the president of the Czech Republic. “This could take place in mid-February, i.e. during the current president Miloš Zeman’s mandate,” the embassy assumes, as Miroslav Ledvinka from its press department told Blesk Zprávám.
Nick Archer, who symbolically handed over the keys to Field, made a similarly light-hearted farewell video. “I know him, we’ve worked together before and I’m sure I’ll be fantastic, I tell my colleagues at the embassy he’ll be great and they can rest easy. You’ll see soon, he’s amazing.” praised his successor Archer in a balance interview for Blesk Zpravy.
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