Sir Kim Darroch has resigned as the UK’s ambassador to the US amid a row over leaked memos that were critical of Donald Trump.
Sir Kim said the furore over the messages, in which he called the US president “inept”, was “making it impossible for me to carry out my role as I would like”.
The frontrunner to succeed Theresa May in Number 10 has been criticised for his remarks, although he said in the wake of the resignation that he regretted the news because “he [Sir Kim] is a superb diplomat and I worked with him for many years”.
Sir Kim’s decision was revealed in a letter to Sir Simon McDonald, the permanent under secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
