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    How does diplomatic immunity work?

    Death of Harry Dunn, 19, in collision involving diplomat’s wife puts spotlight on status
    by Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent Oct 07, 2019 2 minutes
    The US embassy in London. The wife of a US diplomat has brought immunity into focus. Photograph: Photographed by Sean Batten/Getty Images

    The death of the teenager Harry Dunn in a Northamptonshire road traffic collision in August involving Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a US diplomat, has focused attention on the peculiar legal status of diplomatic immunity.

    What is diplomatic immunity?

    It is the protection given under international and UK law to

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