The US Embassy in London through the years - in pictures

  • The newly opened US embassy in January 2018. The building is nearly twice the size of the old Grosvenor Square base. Getty Images
    The newly opened US embassy in January 2018. The building is nearly twice the size of the old Grosvenor Square base. Getty Images
  • US Vice President Kamala Harris giving a speech on artificial intelligence at the embassy in November 2023. Getty Images
    US Vice President Kamala Harris giving a speech on artificial intelligence at the embassy in November 2023. Getty Images
  • A still from The Diplomat depicting Winfield House, the official residence of the US ambassador in London. The scene was actually shot at Wrotham Park, in Hertfordshire. Photo: Netflix
    A still from The Diplomat depicting Winfield House, the official residence of the US ambassador in London. The scene was actually shot at Wrotham Park, in Hertfordshire. Photo: Netflix
  • Keri Russell plays Kate Wyler, US ambassador to the UK, in the Netflix series The Diplomat. Photo: Netflix
    Keri Russell plays Kate Wyler, US ambassador to the UK, in the Netflix series The Diplomat. Photo: Netflix
  • People swim in the Sky Pool, suspended 35 metres above the ground between two apartment buildings next to the US embassy, in 2021. Getty Images
    People swim in the Sky Pool, suspended 35 metres above the ground between two apartment buildings next to the US embassy, in 2021. Getty Images
  • Fog shrouds the embassy in Nine Elms, designed by Philadelphia architecture firm Kieran Timberlake, in 2020. Getty Images
    Fog shrouds the embassy in Nine Elms, designed by Philadelphia architecture firm Kieran Timberlake, in 2020. Getty Images
  • Police guard the US Embassy during a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020. Getty Images
    Police guard the US Embassy during a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020. Getty Images
  • A soldier salutes as the American flag is raised at the Nine Elms embassy building for the first time in January 2018. Getty Images
    A soldier salutes as the American flag is raised at the Nine Elms embassy building for the first time in January 2018. Getty Images
  • A huge US Government crest adorns the main lobby to the embassy in Nine Elms. Getty Images
    A huge US Government crest adorns the main lobby to the embassy in Nine Elms. Getty Images
  • Robert 'Woody' Johnson, US Ambassador to the UK, speaks at the unveiling of the embassy building in Nine Elms in December 2017. Getty Images
    Robert 'Woody' Johnson, US Ambassador to the UK, speaks at the unveiling of the embassy building in Nine Elms in December 2017. Getty Images
  • Protesters, one wearing a Donald Trump mask, demonstrate against the president outside the embassy in Grosvenor Square in 2017. Getty Images
    Protesters, one wearing a Donald Trump mask, demonstrate against the president outside the embassy in Grosvenor Square in 2017. Getty Images
  • Construction workers being building a new US Embassy in Nine Elms, on the south bank of the Thames, in 2013. Getty Images
    Construction workers being building a new US Embassy in Nine Elms, on the south bank of the Thames, in 2013. Getty Images
  • Protesters gather at the embassy to march to Trafalgar Square in 2009, demanding action on poverty, climate change and jobs, as world leaders arrived in London for the G20 summit. Getty Images
    Protesters gather at the embassy to march to Trafalgar Square in 2009, demanding action on poverty, climate change and jobs, as world leaders arrived in London for the G20 summit. Getty Images
  • A newspaper vendor outside the embassy selling The Times featuring Barack Obama on the cover after he was elected US President in November 2008. Getty Images
    A newspaper vendor outside the embassy selling The Times featuring Barack Obama on the cover after he was elected US President in November 2008. Getty Images
  • Amnesty International supporters hold a night-long vigil in a cage outside the embassy in 2008, to mark the six-year anniversary of the first prisoners being transported to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Getty Images
    Amnesty International supporters hold a night-long vigil in a cage outside the embassy in 2008, to mark the six-year anniversary of the first prisoners being transported to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Getty Images
  • The US flag flying over the embassy in 2004. Getty Images
    The US flag flying over the embassy in 2004. Getty Images
  • A New York Fire Department officer kneels beside flowers and tributes left outside the embassy on September 11, 2003, the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the US. Getty Images
    A New York Fire Department officer kneels beside flowers and tributes left outside the embassy on September 11, 2003, the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the US. Getty Images
  • Former US President Jimmy Carter holds a press conference at the embassy in 1986. Getty Images
    Former US President Jimmy Carter holds a press conference at the embassy in 1986. Getty Images
  • American actor, dancer and singer Sammy Davis Jr signs the book of condolences for Senator Robert Kennedy at the embassy in 1968. Getty Images
    American actor, dancer and singer Sammy Davis Jr signs the book of condolences for Senator Robert Kennedy at the embassy in 1968. Getty Images
  • Mounted police clash with demonstrators at an anti-Vietnam War protest outside the embassy in 1968. Getty Images
    Mounted police clash with demonstrators at an anti-Vietnam War protest outside the embassy in 1968. Getty Images
  • The Eero Saarinen-designed US Embassy opened in 1960. Getty Images
    The Eero Saarinen-designed US Embassy opened in 1960. Getty Images
  • The sculpture of an American eagle is worked on at Pickford Sheds in Tower Bridge Road before being installed on the US Embassy building. Getty Images
    The sculpture of an American eagle is worked on at Pickford Sheds in Tower Bridge Road before being installed on the US Embassy building. Getty Images
  • The embassy building under construction in Grosvenor Square, central London, in 1958. Getty Images
    The embassy building under construction in Grosvenor Square, central London, in 1958. Getty Images
  • Architect Eero Saarinen with the model for his new US Embassy building in London, in 1956. Getty Images
    Architect Eero Saarinen with the model for his new US Embassy building in London, in 1956. Getty Images