One Billion Dollar US London Embassy with Moat!

By Catherine Philp, The Times UK, Posted By Newssleuth

A model of the US Embassy in Battersea, complete with moat 30m wide and rolling parkland.

The United States has unveiled plans for its new $1 billion high-security embassy in London — the most expensive it has ever built.

The proposals were met with relief from both the present embassy’s Mayfair neighbours and the residents and developers of the Battersea wasteland where the vast crystalline cube, surrounded by a moat, will be built.