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Embassy of Qatar in London
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Location Mayfair, London
Address 1 South Audley Street, London, W1K 1NB
Coordinates 51°30′25.1″N 0°9′1.7″W / 51.506972°N 0.150472°W / 51.506972; -0.150472
Ambassador Mr. Yousef Ali Al-Khater.

The Embassy of Qatar at 1 South Audley Street in Mayfair, London is the diplomatic mission of Qatar in the United Kingdom. The embassy is housed in a Grade II listed three storey house designed by the architect Frederick Pepys Cockerell and completed after his death by George Aitchison.

The exterior of the house is richly decorated with a terracotta freize depicting putti.

Qatar also maintains a Cultural and Military Section at 21 Hertford Street, Mayfair and a Health Section at 30 Collingham Gardens, South Kensington.

In 2013 there was a protest outside the embassy against the alleged mistreatment of migrant workers in Qatar.

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