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2024-10-11 22:41 Last Updated At:22:52

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses members at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.(AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses members at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.(AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron, left, is welcomed by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to the European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, Thursday July 18, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP, Pool, File)

FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron, left, is welcomed by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to the European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, Thursday July 18, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP, Pool, File)

FILE - Labour Party leader Keir Starmer shakes hands with his supporters at the Tate Modern in London, Friday, July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

FILE - Labour Party leader Keir Starmer shakes hands with his supporters at the Tate Modern in London, Friday, July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer poses for a photo outside Parliament Buildings, following a meeting with party leaders, during his tour of the UK following Labour's victory in the 2024 general election, in Stormont, Belfast, Monday July 8, 2024. (Liam McBurney/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer poses for a photo outside Parliament Buildings, following a meeting with party leaders, during his tour of the UK following Labour's victory in the 2024 general election, in Stormont, Belfast, Monday July 8, 2024. (Liam McBurney/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a bilateral meeting hosted by President Joe Biden, not pictured, in the Blue Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a bilateral meeting hosted by President Joe Biden, not pictured, in the Blue Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves gesture after her speech at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024.(AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves gesture after her speech at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024.(AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

FILE - Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, right, and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer meet at Villa Pamphilj in Rome, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

FILE - Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, right, and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer meet at Villa Pamphilj in Rome, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer takes a question, during a press conference in the Rose Garden at 10 Downing Street, London, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer takes a question, during a press conference in the Rose Garden at 10 Downing Street, London, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, centre, walks with members of the West Midlands Police Force at Arden Academy in Solihull, West Midlands, England, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP, Pool, FIle)

FILE - British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, centre, walks with members of the West Midlands Police Force at Arden Academy in Solihull, West Midlands, England, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP, Pool, FIle)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center, with Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, center right, hosts his first Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, London, Saturday July 6, 2024. following the General Election victory for the Labour Party. (Chris Eades/Pool via AP, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center, with Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, center right, hosts his first Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, London, Saturday July 6, 2024. following the General Election victory for the Labour Party. (Chris Eades/Pool via AP, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks uring a visit at a factory in Chester, England, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Darren Staples, Pool, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks uring a visit at a factory in Chester, England, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Darren Staples, Pool, File)

FILE - Britain's Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver a speech at the Treasury to an audience of leading business figures and senior stakeholders, announcing the first steps the new government will be taking to deliver economic growth, in London, Monday July 8, 2024. (Jonathan Brady/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Britain's Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver a speech at the Treasury to an audience of leading business figures and senior stakeholders, announcing the first steps the new government will be taking to deliver economic growth, in London, Monday July 8, 2024. (Jonathan Brady/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to members of the media in Rome, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Phil Noble/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to members of the media in Rome, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Phil Noble/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - President Joe Biden arrives to attend Working Session II of the NATO Summit in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2024. From left are British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Portugal Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, Biden, and NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana. Seated is Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FILE - President Joe Biden arrives to attend Working Session II of the NATO Summit in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2024. From left are British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Portugal Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, Biden, and NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana. Seated is Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses members at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses members at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

FILE - Britain's King Charles III, right, shakes hands with Keir Starmer where he invited the Labour Party leader to become prime minister and to form a new government, following the landslide general election victory for the Labour Party, in London, Friday, July 5, 2024. (Yui Mok, Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Britain's King Charles III, right, shakes hands with Keir Starmer where he invited the Labour Party leader to become prime minister and to form a new government, following the landslide general election victory for the Labour Party, in London, Friday, July 5, 2024. (Yui Mok, Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Labour Party leader Keir Starmer kisses his wife Victoria after he spoke to his supporters at the Tate Modern in London, Friday, July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

FILE - Labour Party leader Keir Starmer kisses his wife Victoria after he spoke to his supporters at the Tate Modern in London, Friday, July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer talks to members of the media after meeting Scottish First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney during a visit to Edinburgh, Scotland on July 7, 2024 as part of a two-day tour of the four nations of the United Kingdom. (Scott Heppell, Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer talks to members of the media after meeting Scottish First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney during a visit to Edinburgh, Scotland on July 7, 2024 as part of a two-day tour of the four nations of the United Kingdom. (Scott Heppell, Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.(AP Photo/Omar Havana, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.(AP Photo/Omar Havana, File)

FILE - Britain's Labour Party Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria pose for the media on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street in London, Friday, July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

FILE - Britain's Labour Party Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria pose for the media on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street in London, Friday, July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer talks to journalists as he travels onboard a plane to Washington DC to attend a Nato summit, Tuesday July 9, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer talks to journalists as he travels onboard a plane to Washington DC to attend a Nato summit, Tuesday July 9, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, right, and Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband visit a factory in Chester, England, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Darren Staples, Pool, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, right, and Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband visit a factory in Chester, England, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Darren Staples, Pool, File)

FILE - Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves Downing Street in London, on July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Krych, File)

FILE - Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves Downing Street in London, on July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Krych, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, not pictured, after bilateral talks at the Chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday Aug. 28, 2024. (Justin Tallis/Pool Photo via AP, FIle)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, not pictured, after bilateral talks at the Chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday Aug. 28, 2024. (Justin Tallis/Pool Photo via AP, FIle)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife, Victoria, arrive at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.(AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife, Victoria, arrive at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.(AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament in London, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament in London, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

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FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses members at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.(AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses members at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.(AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron, left, is welcomed by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to the European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, Thursday July 18, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP, Pool, File)

FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron, left, is welcomed by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to the European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, Thursday July 18, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP, Pool, File)

FILE - Labour Party leader Keir Starmer shakes hands with his supporters at the Tate Modern in London, Friday, July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

FILE - Labour Party leader Keir Starmer shakes hands with his supporters at the Tate Modern in London, Friday, July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer poses for a photo outside Parliament Buildings, following a meeting with party leaders, during his tour of the UK following Labour's victory in the 2024 general election, in Stormont, Belfast, Monday July 8, 2024. (Liam McBurney/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer poses for a photo outside Parliament Buildings, following a meeting with party leaders, during his tour of the UK following Labour's victory in the 2024 general election, in Stormont, Belfast, Monday July 8, 2024. (Liam McBurney/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a bilateral meeting hosted by President Joe Biden, not pictured, in the Blue Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a bilateral meeting hosted by President Joe Biden, not pictured, in the Blue Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves gesture after her speech at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024.(AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves gesture after her speech at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024.(AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

FILE - Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, right, and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer meet at Villa Pamphilj in Rome, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

FILE - Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, right, and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer meet at Villa Pamphilj in Rome, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer takes a question, during a press conference in the Rose Garden at 10 Downing Street, London, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer takes a question, during a press conference in the Rose Garden at 10 Downing Street, London, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, centre, walks with members of the West Midlands Police Force at Arden Academy in Solihull, West Midlands, England, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP, Pool, FIle)

FILE - British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, centre, walks with members of the West Midlands Police Force at Arden Academy in Solihull, West Midlands, England, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP, Pool, FIle)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center, with Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, center right, hosts his first Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, London, Saturday July 6, 2024. following the General Election victory for the Labour Party. (Chris Eades/Pool via AP, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center, with Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, center right, hosts his first Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, London, Saturday July 6, 2024. following the General Election victory for the Labour Party. (Chris Eades/Pool via AP, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks uring a visit at a factory in Chester, England, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Darren Staples, Pool, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks uring a visit at a factory in Chester, England, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Darren Staples, Pool, File)

FILE - Britain's Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver a speech at the Treasury to an audience of leading business figures and senior stakeholders, announcing the first steps the new government will be taking to deliver economic growth, in London, Monday July 8, 2024. (Jonathan Brady/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Britain's Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver a speech at the Treasury to an audience of leading business figures and senior stakeholders, announcing the first steps the new government will be taking to deliver economic growth, in London, Monday July 8, 2024. (Jonathan Brady/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to members of the media in Rome, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Phil Noble/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to members of the media in Rome, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Phil Noble/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - President Joe Biden arrives to attend Working Session II of the NATO Summit in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2024. From left are British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Portugal Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, Biden, and NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana. Seated is Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FILE - President Joe Biden arrives to attend Working Session II of the NATO Summit in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2024. From left are British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Portugal Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, Biden, and NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana. Seated is Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses members at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses members at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

FILE - Britain's King Charles III, right, shakes hands with Keir Starmer where he invited the Labour Party leader to become prime minister and to form a new government, following the landslide general election victory for the Labour Party, in London, Friday, July 5, 2024. (Yui Mok, Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Britain's King Charles III, right, shakes hands with Keir Starmer where he invited the Labour Party leader to become prime minister and to form a new government, following the landslide general election victory for the Labour Party, in London, Friday, July 5, 2024. (Yui Mok, Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Labour Party leader Keir Starmer kisses his wife Victoria after he spoke to his supporters at the Tate Modern in London, Friday, July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

FILE - Labour Party leader Keir Starmer kisses his wife Victoria after he spoke to his supporters at the Tate Modern in London, Friday, July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer talks to members of the media after meeting Scottish First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney during a visit to Edinburgh, Scotland on July 7, 2024 as part of a two-day tour of the four nations of the United Kingdom. (Scott Heppell, Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer talks to members of the media after meeting Scottish First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney during a visit to Edinburgh, Scotland on July 7, 2024 as part of a two-day tour of the four nations of the United Kingdom. (Scott Heppell, Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.(AP Photo/Omar Havana, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.(AP Photo/Omar Havana, File)

FILE - Britain's Labour Party Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria pose for the media on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street in London, Friday, July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

FILE - Britain's Labour Party Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria pose for the media on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street in London, Friday, July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer talks to journalists as he travels onboard a plane to Washington DC to attend a Nato summit, Tuesday July 9, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer talks to journalists as he travels onboard a plane to Washington DC to attend a Nato summit, Tuesday July 9, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, right, and Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband visit a factory in Chester, England, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Darren Staples, Pool, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, right, and Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband visit a factory in Chester, England, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Darren Staples, Pool, File)

FILE - Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves Downing Street in London, on July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Krych, File)

FILE - Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves Downing Street in London, on July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Krych, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, not pictured, after bilateral talks at the Chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday Aug. 28, 2024. (Justin Tallis/Pool Photo via AP, FIle)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, not pictured, after bilateral talks at the Chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday Aug. 28, 2024. (Justin Tallis/Pool Photo via AP, FIle)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife, Victoria, arrive at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.(AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife, Victoria, arrive at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.(AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament in London, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament in London, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

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Partial remains of British climber believed found 100 years after Everest ascent

2024-10-11 22:49 Last Updated At:22:51

LONDON (AP) — Climbers believe they have found the partial remains of a British mountaineer who might — or might not — have been one of the first two people to climb Mount Everest, a century after their attempt on the world's highest peak, according to an expedition led by National Geographic.

Ahead of the release of a documentary film, the television channel said Friday that the expedition found a foot encased in a sock embroidered with “AC Irvine" and a boot that could be that of Andrew “Sandy” Irvine, who disappeared at the age of 22 along with his co-climber, the legendary George Mallory, near Everest's peak on June 8, 1924.

The pair, who were seeking to become the first people to conquer Everest, were last seen around 800 feet (245 meters) from the summit. Their fate has been debated by climbers and historians alike, with some postulating that they had stood atop of the world before disappearing on the way down.

In his final letter to his wife, Ruth, before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago, the 37-year-old Mallory, who once famously said he wanted to conquer Everest “because it’s there," tried to ease her worries even as he said his chances of reaching the world’s highest peak were “50 to 1 against us.”

Mallory's body was found in 1999 but there was no evidence that could point to the two having reached Everest's summit at 29,032 feet (8,849 meters).

There is still no such evidence, though the apparent discovery of Irvine's remains could narrow the search for a Kodak Vest Pocket camera lent to the climbers by expedition member Howard Somervell. For mountaineers, it's the equivalent of the Holy Grail — the possibility of photographic proof that the two did reach the summit, almost three decades before New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay got there on May, 29, 1953.

The sock and boot were found at a lower altitude than Mallory’s remains, on the Central Rongbuk Glacier below the North Face of Mount Everest.

“This was a monumental and emotional moment for us and our entire team on the ground, and we just hope this can finally bring peace of mind to his relatives and the climbing world at large," said climb team member and National Geographic explorer Jimmy Chin.

Chin did not say exactly where the remains were found because he wants to discourage trophy hunters. But he’s confident that other items — and maybe even the camera — are nearby.

“It certainly reduces the search area," he told National Geographic.

The Irvine family has volunteered to compare DNA test results with the remains to confirm his identity.

His great-niece and biographer, Julie Summers, said she reacted emotionally when she found out about the discovery.

“I have lived with this story since I was a 7-year-old when my father told us about the mystery of Uncle Sandy on Everest,” she said. “When Jimmy told me that he saw the name AC Irvine on the label on the sock inside the boot, I found myself moved to tears. It was and will remain an extraordinary and poignant moment.”

The find, made by Chin along with climbers and filmmakers Erich Roepke and Mark Fisher, was reported to the London-based Royal Geographical Society, which jointly organized Mallory and Irvine’s expedition along with the Alpine Club.

“As joint organizer of the 1924 Everest expedition, the society deeply appreciates the respect Jimmy Chin’s team has shown Sandy Irvine’s remains and their sensitivity toward Sandy’s family members and others connected to that expedition," said Joe Smith, director of the society.

The partial remains are now in the possession of the China Tibet Mountaineering Association, which is responsible for climbing permits on Everest’s northern side.

In this photo provided by National Geographic on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, a view of a sock embroidered with "A.C. Irvine", along with a boot, discovered on the Central Rongbuk Glacier below the North Face of Mount Everest by a team led by Jimmy Chin. (Jimmy Chin/National Geographic via AP)

In this photo provided by National Geographic on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, a view of a sock embroidered with "A.C. Irvine", along with a boot, discovered on the Central Rongbuk Glacier below the North Face of Mount Everest by a team led by Jimmy Chin. (Jimmy Chin/National Geographic via AP)

In this photo provided by National Geographic on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, a sock embroidered with "A.C. Irvine", along with a boot, discovered on the Central Rongbuk Glacier below the North Face of Mount Everest by a team led by Jimmy Chin. (Jimmy Chin/National Geographic via AP)

In this photo provided by National Geographic on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, a sock embroidered with "A.C. Irvine", along with a boot, discovered on the Central Rongbuk Glacier below the North Face of Mount Everest by a team led by Jimmy Chin. (Jimmy Chin/National Geographic via AP)

In this photo provided by National Geographic on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, a view of a sock embroidered with "A.C. Irvine", along with a boot, discovered on the Central Rongbuk Glacier below the North Face of Mount Everest by a team led by Jimmy Chin. (Jimmy Chin/National Geographic via AP)

In this photo provided by National Geographic on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, a view of a sock embroidered with "A.C. Irvine", along with a boot, discovered on the Central Rongbuk Glacier below the North Face of Mount Everest by a team led by Jimmy Chin. (Jimmy Chin/National Geographic via AP)

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