Departing ambassador recalls 'unique possibility'
Jul 09, 1998
Rokas M. Tracevskis
What has been accomplished in Lithuanian-British relations during your stay in Vilnius?I think, actually, rather a lot. Every ambassador likes to leave not too long after a high level visit. The Duke of York is the most senior British visitor to Lithuania since independence. My calculation - the [last] member of the British Royal Family that was here was when King Henry IV was on the other side of the Battle of Grunwald in 1410. (The then unified army of West Europe was beaten by the Lithuanians ...
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