The State Department is considering buying a New York City House for £ 20 million for a top diplomat so that it can offer VIP access to “high-quality entertainment space”.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is said to be “very supportive” of the plan to buy a 9,600-square-foot property, described by real estate agents as “a magnificent and iconic residence for the new gilded era.”
The 19th-century house is owned by Guy Wildenstein, a senior figure in the fine arts business who has been embroiled in legal turmoil in France over an alleged € 550 million tax fraud.
The residence will be home to Lady Barbara Woodward, the United Nations Permanent Representative to the United Nations, who served as Ambassador to China from 2015 to 2020. It has five
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