Great spot. It wasn't listed on the Royal Household's list of state visits www.royal.uk/sites/defaul...

The RH called it a "Papal Visit", not state visit at the time www.royal.uk/papal-visit-...

But it's described as a "Papal state visit" in 2015 by gvmnt
www.gov.uk/government/n...

Interesting

Though only 9 of the 20 Opposition Days have been used, which is very low considering it would usually be around the end of a parliamentary session by now

You might want to check who you’re tagging in these. The Senator doesn’t have a Bluesky account as far as I can see

You know you’re healing from Brexit stress syndrome when you start looking at it all with nostalgia.

If she wants to jump back in with Iran/Israel nuclear drama which I’m temporarily dealing with I have a draft briefing paper waiting 😝

Tehanu is very different in style and scale. It’s more domestic than epic, the stakes are smaller (not saving the world) but also somehow more important.

Be interesting to hear your thoughts when you read it

I’m a bit busy with Kashmir right now- fortunately my trade colleagues will do the heavy lifting on these agreements- I can just sprinkle them with a light section on the general bilateral relationship 😝