James Morrison CMG is a former British diplomat. James has spent his professional career in senior roles in London and Brussels working on some of the thorniest foreign policy issues facing the UK and the EU. Throughout, he always relied on two things: a good knowledge of history—helpful in understanding the underlying motivations and drivers behind most foreign policy issues—and good written and oral communication skills, enabling him to influence the course of policy. Cars, by contrast, have always remained a private passion.
On the 29 June 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo triggering events leading to the outbreak of the First World War. Less well known is that the car he was in was a borrowed Graf + Stift Double Phaeton, that the route was published in advance, and the decision to lower the hoo...