A RESIDENT EXCLUSIVE
BRITISH CONSUL Celia Edwards is to leave her post after just one year to return to the UK to pursue her legal career.
Her resignation is effective from Tuesday, July 1.
The former consul, who was also Head of Post, said: “It has been a good and challenging year for Portimão, where I have dealt with high profile cases and also been involved in the merger of the consular operations in Portugal and Spain into a single entity.”
The biggest high profile event Celia Edwards faced in her one-year tenure was helping to deal with many aspects of the case of missing Madeleine McCann and the subsequent naming of Gerry and Kate McCann as arguidos or suspects in her disappearance.
A spokesman from the British Embassy told The Resident: “We can confirm that Celia has resigned from her post for personal reasons.
“Staff at the consulate in Portimão will be handling everything until a new Head of Post is found. Assistance for British persons will continue as normal”
In an email to business people in the Algarve, Celia Edwards gave an insight into her decision: “I have also been away from my family, who remained in London throughout my year in post.”
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