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The United Kingdom is currently the largest European investor in the Philippines. Likewise, most European tourists who visit the Philippines come from the United Kingdom, with about 90,000 visitors yearly. [1] [9] The UK government spends in the region of £2 million per year of funding to facilitate scientific collaboration with the Philippines.
The British occupation of Manila was an episode in the colonial history of the Philippines when the Kingdom of Great Britain occupied the Spanish colonial capital of Manila and the nearby port of Cavite for eighteen months, from 6 October 1762 to the first week of April 1764.
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Sugo ng Reyno Unido ng Dakilang Britanya at Hilagang Irlanda sa Republika ng Pilipinas) is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of the Philippines, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission there.
During their time hiding at the building, the hiding RAM rebels later smashed the embassy's office windows. On 12 September 2002, the British embassy, along with the other offices housed in the building, were briefly evacuated after a company employee received a call that they were going to bomb the embassy.
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Philippines (10 P) B. British invasion of Manila (9 P) British people of Filipino descent (5 C, 28 P) F.
In 1885, the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain signed the Madrid Protocol to cement Spanish influence over the islands of the Philippines. In the same agreement, Spain relinquished all claims to North Borneo which had belonged to the sultanate in the past in favour of the United Kingdom. [32]
The diplomatic relations between the Philippines and the United Kingdom was established on July 4, 1946, after the British government recognized the independence of the Philippines from its 48-year colonial rule by the United States. The two countries were previously fought on the same side under the Allied Powers during the Second World War.
The Philippines was a Spanish colony administered under the Viceroyalty of New Spain and the Governor-General of the Philippines who ruled from Manila was sub-ordinate to the Viceroy in Mexico City. [41] The Manila-Acapulco Galleon trade route between the Philippines and Mexico flourished from 1571 until 1815. [42]