 In 2015, the UK Consulate-General in Denver was reclassified as a UK Government Office.In 2018 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has announced that new High Commissions will open in Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Grenada, Lesotho, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Swaziland, Tonga and Vanuatu and a British office in Somaliland like the one in Taipei, Taiwan







The United Kingdom is one of two countries, the other being Thailand, that uses diplomatic flags abroad.These special flags are flown on their embassy and consulate buildings.