Greece and the United Kingdom maintain excellent and cordial relations[1] and consider each other an ally[2] with the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, paying an official visit to London in 2021.

[8] The United Kingdom supported Greece in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire in the 1820s with the Treaty of Constantinople being ratified at the London Conference of 1832.

In 1850, the British Foreign Secretary Lord Palmerston sent a Royal Navy squadron to Greece over the Pacifico incident.

The last British monarch Elizabeth II's late husband Prince Philip was the grandson of Otto's eventual successor George I of Greece.

In 2000, Stephen Saunders, the British military attaché in Athens, was murdered by motorcycle gunmen who were members of Revolutionary Organization 17 November.

Discussions during the conference emphasised the economic aspect of this relations and the ways to soar trade between Great Britain and Greece.

[15][16] Greece has an embassy in London and Honorary Consulates in Belfast, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Gibraltar, Glasgow and Leeds.

[21][22] Thomas Bruce, the 7th Earl of Elgin was allegedly given written permission by the Ottoman Sultan to remove the marbles between 1801 and 1812 and transported them by sea to Great Britain.

Then, «Tony Blair was enthusiastic about a proposal to return the Parthenon Sculptures, or Elgin Marbles, to Greece in an attempt to boost support for London's bid to host the Olympic Games in 2012.

But advisers warned the attempt to reach an agreement with Athens over sharing the relics could face heavy resistance from the British Museum».