Ian Reed MBE Legd'Hon FRAeS

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Only 1% will get this right on the first try Looks easy… but almost everyone fails

@benonwine Our sceptred isle

What are your first THOUGHTS when you see this?

@mamboitaliano__ Just been today - very interesting.

🚨 This week in Paris: the lost carpets of King Louis XIV are back! Woven in 1668 by the Savonnerie Manufactory for the Grand Gallery of the Louvre, they once celebrated the Sun King’s grandeur Forgotten for centuries, they now dazzle in a rare display

@stats_feed In 1815 the Prussians want to destroy Pont d'Jena in central Paris - named after battle where Napoleon defeated them. Duke of Wellington put 1 British soldier in the middle. The Prussians left the bridge alone. Diplomacy is never to escalate, but simply to state resolve.

🇬🇱 European nations send additional troops to Greenland as Trump ramps up pressure. Number of soldiers by country: 🇬🇧 UK: 1 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 1 🇫🇮 Finland: 2 🇳🇴 Norway: 2 🇸🇪 Sweden: 3 🇩🇪 Germany: 13 🇫🇷 France: 15

80 years ago, young French airmen knew why they were fighting. They knew that liberating their country from a barbaric & evil regime was worth everything. Like young people fighting in Ukraine today, none doubted the morality of their cause. French Air Force, York UK, 1944

Nanking Massacre - latest minidoc from Allied Forces Heritage Group: afheritage.org/nanjing-1937

@AmbDuchene @York_Minster Pleased you were able to see the memorial which I organised & inaugurated on 20th October 2011, attended by many French veterans and flypasts by Armee de l'air and RAF. Quite a day.

Moved to visit @York_Minster, where a memorial honours the French airmen who died during #WWII. I paid tribute to our shared memory and the historic ties uniting York and #France 🇫🇷🇬🇧

@TomDrewUK Welcome to Paris Sir Thomas, the soft-power of the civilian Anglo-French organisations are enthusiastic to maintain and build upon our shared, history, culture & values. We need each other more than ever. Best wishes & good luck.

C’est officiel. I’m now formally Ambassador.

Just discovered, not seen for 80 yrs. This 30sec clip part of a dramatic 15 min ciné film showing 2nd French Armoured Div under General Leclerc pushing thru suburbs and onto Paris. Also shows the destroyed bridge at Orleans. Full film available soon on afheritage.org

Paris - big changes and problems with new bus and metro tickets are resulting in unforseen frustrations by passengers today.

@TheoRycroft @UKinFrance @MennaRawlings @ADalgleish01 Thanks for all your support to AFHG/GPFA and best wishes on your exciting new role! A bientot. Ian

Au revoir @UKinFrance ! Dernières valises faites. Ce fut une expérience extraordinaire, exceptionnelle, inoubliable. Quelques souvenirs…. un🧵1/12

@MennaRawlings @BBCSouthNews @UKDefenceFrance @PoppyLegion @ChiefMI6 @BritishinFrance Noreen with us in October at Les Invalides museum in Paris for Cecile Coolen's film about S.O.E.

It was a pleasure to speak to @BBCSouthNews about the life of Noreen Riols MBE, a former SOE operative who passed away last week. She was an extraordinary lady and I’m very proud to have known her. Video credit: @BBCSouthNews

@DrHelenFry Violet with Cecile Coolen and me near Valencay last May.

Can you place this poignant photograph?

@GBPolitcs Whilst this has its benefits, we already know the issue, and have had loads of enquiries which take more years & money. We just need action to "out" this crazy wokism, identify those in authority who have denied the obvious truth and "call a spade a spade" as we say in Yorkshire

🚨NEW: Keir Starmer has made it compulsory for Labour MP’s to vote AGAINST a national inquiry tomorrow. They will lose the whip otherwise.

@Matt_Pinner York.

Post a picture YOU took. Just a pic. No description.

En Estonie, nos soldats s’entraînent avec nos alliés et sont en alerte permanente, véritables sentinelles du flanc Est de l’🇪🇺. C’est un honneur d’avoir partagé ce réveillon à leurs côtés pour leur dire la confiance du Président de la République, de @SebLecornu et des Français.

@DrHelenFry Merry Christmas Helen !

Merry Christmas, everyone! ☃️

At the height of the air war over Europe 80 years ago this week, exiled French bomber crews built extraordinary Christmas gifts for British children in hospital. afheritage.org/three-days-bef…

@senateurJGM @montpellier_ Merry Christmas Joelle !

#Montpellier Bonheur de revoir après plusieurs décennies, cette magnifique cité où j’ai eu la chance d’étudier et de passer deux DEA. La ville est devenue encore plus belle et chaleureuse - à moins que ce ne soit qu’une impression liée à la proximité des fêtes de Noël ? 🎄😻🧑‍🎄

An exclusive event at the historic Les Invalides, Paris with military, diplomatic & specialist guests to see Cecile Coolen's highly acclaimed film about S.O.E. and the fundamental (& virtually unknown) role of British secret services in the liberation of Europe during WWII.