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U.K.’s Top Diplo-Cat Palmerston Comes Out of Retirement

PURR-FECT POSITION

In a humorous X post the U.K.’s former ‘chief mouser’ has relocated overseas for a new job.

Joey McFadden

Breaking News Intern

Updated Feb. 6 2025 1:19PM EST / Published Feb. 6 2025 12:22PM EST

Palmerston, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) cat investigates media cameras at ground level in front of 10 Downing Street in central London on June 9, 2017 after results in a snap general election show a hung parliament with Labour gains and the loss of the Conservative majority. British Prime Minister Theresa May faced pressure to resign on Friday after losing her parliamentary majority, plunging the country into uncertainty as Brexit talks loom. The pound fell sharply amid fears the Conservative leader will be unable to form a government and could even be forced out of office after a troubled campaign overshadowed by two terror attacks. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images) — JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images

Joey McFadden

Joey McFadden

Breaking News Intern

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