Read the letter Peter Mandelson sent to US embassy staff after being sacked

Lord Peter Mandelson has written a missive to each the unit astatine the UK embassy successful Washington DC pursuing Sir Keir Starmer's determination to sack him.

The Foreign Office confirmed connected Thursday that Lord Mandelson had been stripped of the position successful the aftermath of caller revelations astir his narration with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The present erstwhile ambassador wrote to unit that helium continues to "feel utterly atrocious astir my relation with Epstein", and said helium has "no alternate to accepting the premier minister's decision".

Sir Keir Starmer is understood to person made the determination to region Lord Mandelson from the station connected Thursday greeting aft caller emails revealed the Labour adjacent had sent messages of enactment to Epstein adjacent arsenic helium faced jailhouse for enactment offences successful 2008.

Our US analogous Mark Stone has obtained the letter, which you tin work successful afloat below.

Dear All,

As you volition beryllium person seen [sic], my presumption arsenic Ambassador to the United States has travel to an end.

Being Ambassador present has been the privilege of my life, and Reinaldo's. I could not person wished for a amended invited by you all, a amended instauration to the occupation oregon amended enactment portion here.

Your professionalism has been superb, much truthful than I person experienced successful immoderate nationalist role. For this I convey you from the bottommost of my heart.

The circumstances surrounding the announcement contiguous are ones which I profoundly regret. I proceed to consciousness utterly atrocious astir my relation with Epstein 20 years agone and the plight of his victims.

I person nary alternate to accepting the Prime Minister's determination and volition permission a presumption successful which I person been truthful incredibly honoured to serve.

The narration betwixt Britain and the United States of America is simply a unsocial one. I cognize that you volition proceed to service and deepen that narration from DC close crossed our superb network.

I privation to convey you for each of your efforts successful serving maine arsenic your Ambassador.

In a abbreviated clip we person achieved truthful much. We permission the narration with the US successful a truly bully condition, with a magnificent State Visit and the caller US-UK Technology Partnership - my idiosyncratic pridefulness and joyousness that volition assistance constitute the adjacent section of the peculiar narration - acceptable for adjacent week.

Thank you from me, Reinaldo [his spouse] and Jock [their dog]. I volition treasure the acquisition and representation of having worked with you all.

Very best

Peter