Palmerston, the British Foreign Service Cat, Takes Up New Post in Bermuda
The cat, who first served in 2016, had feuded with Larry, the chief mouser at 10 Downing Street.
(NYT)
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In a major government shake-up, Palmerston, the cat who left the British Foreign Office in 2020, will come out of retirement and take up a new posting working with the governor of Bermuda.
Palmerston stepped down from the Foreign Office in 2020. At the time of
his retirement, he was said to have been looking forward to a more low-key lifestyle. Although there was talk of him writing his memoirs, he instead spent his time climbing trees. But the lure of service to crown and country seems to have been too strong.
“I’ve just started work as feline relations consultant (semi-retired) to the new Governor of Bermuda,” Palmerston
wrote on X on Tuesday. “I’ve been busy meeting very welcoming Bermudians.”
