Ambassador Emil Brix presents his credentials to Queen Elizabeth II

On 8 June Ambassador Emil Brix presented his letter of accreditation from Austria’s Federal President Heinz Fischer to HE Queen Elizabeth II. This officially makes Emil Brix the Austrian Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s.

Emil Brix was collected with his wife and four additional Embassy staff to Buckingham Palace in two Landau festive coaches. After returning, a vin d’honneur was held at his Residence, where the new Ambassador – following good tradition – toasted the health of the Queen!