Because we’re special!

Hillary Clinton hailed the historic special relationship between Britain and America yesterday

And for Londoners, here’s how special we are:

The US Embassy is the largest debtor with more than £3.5m of outstanding London Congestion Charge fines.

Although the embassy initially paid the charge, this policy was reversed following the appointment Robert Tuttle as US Ambassador in 2005. A spokesman for the newly arrived US Ambassador Louis Susman has confirmed the Embassy intends to continue flouting the charge.