Sunak denies throwing ‘hissy fit’ over Elgin Marbles
by Sophie Wingate
Dec 01, 2023
2 minutes
Rishi Sunak has denied throwing a “hissy fit” by scrapping a planned meeting with his Greek counterpart after accusing him of grandstanding about the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Athens.
The Prime Minister sparked a diplomatic row by controversially snubbing Kyriakos Mitsotakis after the Greek leader compared the artifacts’ removal to cutting the Mona Lisa in half.
, the former chancellor-turned British Museum chairman, said to be displayed in Greece.
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