Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service
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Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service is the diplomatic service of the United Kingdom. Its members also staff the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs is also the Head of the Diplomatic Service.
The Foreign Service, which originally provided civil servants to staff the Foreign Office, was once a separate service, but it amalgamated with the Diplomatic Service in 1918. The Diplomatic Service also absorbed the Colonial Service in the late 1960s.
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