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FBS

Hard Choices 
What Britain Does Next

FBS Annual General Meeting 2021

Guest Speaker:  The Lord Ricketts GCMG GCVO

Monday 22 November 2021

In-Person Meeting: 6.30p.m.
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 Talk in English: by The Lord Ricketts followed by
- Annual General Meeting. 
- Announcement of the FBS Book Prize winner 2020. 
- Cocktail with champagne and canapés until 9.00p.m.


 at a Private House, in North London 

Tickets to attend the champagne reception
£38.00 FBS Member ; £40.00 with Paypal 
£50.00 FBS Member's guest ; £53.00 with Paypal          


Members who wish to attend the AGM will be required to register by email  (francobritsoc@gmail.com) before Monday 15th of November, 1pm. 

Pay by Bank transfer
Photo above: The Lord Ricketts and H.E. The French Ambassadrice Madame Catherine Colonna at the FBS Centenary Gala Dinner ©Melonie Gault
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As Franco-British relations are not at their best an assessment of how they might be improved would be well received.

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Members are invited to the Society’s Annual General Meeting, to be followed by a cocktail. Guests are most welcome to attend the AGM, talks and cocktail although, unlike Franco-British Society members, they are not entitled to vote.
The Franco-British Society book prize-winner 2020 will be announced after the AGM.
If you wish to attend the AGM only, please let us know at by email at francobritsoc@gmail.com. It is free to attend the AGM only.
Biography: Peter Ricketts retired from the Diplomatic Service in January 2016.
He was British Ambassador to France between February 2012 and January 2016. Peter was also non-resident Ambassador to Monaco. Before this posting, he was the British Government’s first National Security Adviser and, from 2006 until 2010, Permanent Under Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of H.M. Diplomatic Service.
Peter began his career in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1974 and served as the Assistant Private Secretary to former Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe. In addition to France, he has been posted to Singapore and Washington D.C.
Peter attended Pembroke College, Oxford where he read English Literature. 
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