Chapter 960 Audience

But obviously, Cameron did not convince Barron in this meeting.

Instead...

When he was sitting in the car on the way back, Barron's words seemed to still echo in his ears:

"Mr. Prime Minister, I don't need to remind you. I'm afraid you should also understand what means those people used to deal with me this time. Not only the CIA is involved, but also the FBI and SEC. Well, I can tell you that Mossad is also involved. If even I can be treated like this, then what security can other British companies have? This kind of unconventional means has exceeded the limits of competition."

"Finally, I hope you understand that what we need is the Prime Minister of Britain, who first safeguards the interests of Britain, not the spokesperson of America. So this time I hope you and the British government will stand on my side. Think about what will happen to the British economy if I am defeated?"

Barron's words are not alarmist. In the original time and space, without his existence, almost all of Britain's large companies have been infiltrated by American capital. When you think of British brands, what can you think of? The Times? That belongs to News Corporation; Rolls-Royce and Bentley? That belongs to German companies; Rolls-Royce Engines? There is also American capital in it; HSBC? Standard Chartered? Barclays? All of these have deep American involvement...

It can be said that Barron himself has blocked countless foreign capital from infiltrating Britain...

So just like he said to Cameron, even if it is to protect the interests of Britain, he must stand on his side, otherwise, Britain has no future.

In fact, the more important Britain is to Europe, the more important it is to America; when Britain abandons Europe and follows America wholeheartedly, in fact, its value to America has been greatly reduced.

This is the so-called "licking to the end, nothing left..."

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After this meeting with Cameron, Barron drove to Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen.

In fact, this time when meeting the Queen, Barron was more grateful for her concern for him during the time when he "disappeared", and was not prepared to get any substantial support from her.

It has to be admitted that in this era, as the virtual king of the constitutional monarchy of England, no one can do better than Her Majesty the Queen.

You know, before the Queen of England, England finally established a constitutional monarchy after a long game between Parliament and the King - retaining the King of England, but the power to manage the country belongs to Parliament.

In other words, the King of England is the "mascot" of England, while Parliament has the power to manage the country.

But is this inevitable? Not everyone supports the existence of the King of England. The "Republicans" in the British Parliament have always existed, and there has never been a lack of voices to abolish the royal family.

The reason why the British royal family seems to be very "stable" now is more because it is the Queen who is sitting in that position now.

It can be said that what the Queen of England has been doing all her life is to maintain the necessity of the existence of the royal family, and for this reason, she can be said to have been trying her best to solve the various "troubles" of the royal family.

Before the Queen, the media had not yet reached the level of being able to "live broadcast" all over the world. At that time, the royal family would only appear on BBC broadcasts, in newspapers, and at most on the balcony of the palace...

At that time, although the royal family had begun to exist as the "mascot" of the country, it was still mysterious because of the distance from the people - that is, the "sacredness" of the royal family.

But it was different from the Queen. With the rise of mass media, the popularity of television and the Internet, the actions of the royal family were seen by the public...

So for the royal family, it is necessary to make a choice - if the royal family behaves "dispensable", then the public will begin to question why we have to support these people all the time? But if the royal family behaves proactively, it will arouse the vigilance of Parliament.

And the Queen has found a perfect balance in this.

She successfully shaped herself into a "cultural idol" who is close to the people. She only provides stable comfort to the public, makes various speeches and blessings, and never provides definite political advice.

In other words, you never see the Queen express any clear attitude towards domestic and foreign affairs, but only give ambiguous words. This is also in line with the principle of handing over national management to the parliament. Only in this way can the royal family last longer.

Therefore, in Barron's case, the royal family is destined to not "take sides" and can only give him "all support other than help" at most...

Sure enough, this time Barron's audience with the Queen was very warm, and the Queen was very caring for Barron, but it was of no use at all.

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Compared with the meeting with the Queen, what was really more important to Barron was his meeting with the American visitors who came to London the next morning.

Those who came here to meet Barron included the special envoy of the American President and the representative of the Director of the CIA.

Of course, although these people came on the same plane, Barron met them separately.

The special envoy of the American President is named Avril Haines. Her current position is Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs of Obama and Deputy Legal Counsel of the National Security Council...

Barron also knows something about this woman. After all, in Barron's previous life, she became the female boss of the American intelligence community - she became the Director of National Intelligence of the United States in 2021.

In fact, in the original time and space, Avril Haines had become the deputy director of the CIA at this time, but because the current CIA director David Petraeus did not resign because of the extramarital affair scandal, Avril Haines' career has also changed slightly and she still remains in her original position.

However, it seems that this change will be corrected now.

Because Avril Haines, on behalf of Ao Guanhai, hopes that Barron can characterize this incident as an "attack by a terrorist organization" in the subsequent press conference, rather than an assassination from some people in the United States.

To this end, Avril Haines promised that they would deal with the relevant CIA and FBI personnel involved in this matter - CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell will be dismissed and subject to internal investigation, and Avril Haines will take over Michael Morell's position as CIA Deputy Director; FBI personnel involved in this matter, including Quincy Dean, the director of the Criminal Investigation Bureau who launched an investigation into Ivanta TP, will also be dismissed and prosecuted for "abuse of power."

The SEC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) will also end its investigation into DS Group and Standard Chartered-Merrill Group...