Neil Holland was serving as the Foreign Office’s Director of Protocol and Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps when he sent the incendiary text message to a US counterpart last September. Ms Sacoolas admitted to police she caused the accident by driving on the wrong side of the road. The Foreign Office was forced to disclose secret communications between British and American officials in the days before Sacoolas fled on September 15 last year after the Dunn family launched a legal review into whether Ms Sacoolas had diplomatic immunity. However, it is understood that even though Mr Holland has left his job liaising with the hundreds of Ambassadors and High Commissioners as a direct result of the scandal, he is still employed by the Foreign Office. On what would have been her late son’s 20th birthday, Harry’s mother today calls from Mr Holland to resign completely from the public service.

Source: Daily Mail March 21, 2020 22:39 UTC