Post Retirement
After Sir Ivor retired from HM Diplomatic Service in September 2006 he took up his post as President of Trinity College, Oxford.
On 24 September 2006 (his 60th birthday), The Observer's Pendennis column reported that following his outspoken valedictory report, the FCO has abandoned the centuries-old tradition of allowing departing diplomats to speak their minds. In April 2007, The Independent confirmed the story.
Read more about this topic: Ivor Roberts (diplomat)
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