With 37 years of experience in the british diplomatic service, sir christopher meyer is the former ambassador to the united states, serving from 1997 to 2003. Meyer used it as the first line of his earlier book of memoirs. Sir christopher is married to lady catherine meyer cbe, founder of. Christopher meyer s most popular book is dc confidential.
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