Malawi and the United Kingdom have formal diplomatic relations.

Malawi has had diplomatic relations with United Kingdom during the post-colonial era.

Malawi and the UK found themselves in a diplomatic row in 2012 that resulted in the mutual expulsion of their envoys.

Bingu wa Mutharika expelled British High Commissioner Fergus Cochrane-Dyet for calling him "arrogant" and "intolerant" after a leaked cable was published in The Nation newspaper.

[1] The United Kingdom in return expelled acting High Commissioner Flossie Gomile-Chidyaonga[2] and revoked her invitation to the royal wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.