The chief mouser of the U.K.’s Foreign Office is back on the job, he has announced in an X post. Palmerston the cat had retired from patrolling the London headquarters of Britain’s equivalent ...

This is one government fat cat the public is happy to see back at work. Palmerston, the beloved feline residing in the United Kingdom's Foreign Office, has returned after a six-month hiatus used ...

Palmerston isn't the only British cat in a public-facing government role. Larry the Cat is the Chief Mouser at No. 10 Downing St., the residence and home office of Britain's prime minister.

Palmerston, the Foreign Office cat sits on a photographers ladder as media await the departure of Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May from 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019.

When Palmerston, the U.K. Foreign Office’s “chief mouser,” vanished from public view earlier this year, some became concerned about the cat's whereabouts.

A black-and-white cat, Palmerston is named after Lord Palmerston, a two-time prime minister in the 1850s and ’60s. Lord Palmerston was known for promoting British nationalism and intervention.

Palmerston, the black and white cat named after two-time prime minister Viscount Palmerston, was adopted from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home by the Foreign Office from in 2016.

Palmerston the cat makes his first catch just weeks after being recruited as the 'chief mouser' at the Foreign Office to tackle the building's rodent problem.

Last year, we introduced you to Larry the Cat, employed by the British government as Chief Mouser of the Prime Minister's lodgings at 10 Downing Street. Adopted in 2011, he is now the most famous ...

Palmerston, whose age in cat years is uncertain, making a pension doubtful, has moved to an undisclosed location "in the countryside". He promises to remain "an ambassador for the UK" and praises ...

Is Palmerston the cat set to be the UK's favourite politics staffer? The puss was taken from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home to his new job at the Foreign Office on Wednesday, and made quite an ...

On Wednesday, Palmerston, former chief mouser at the U.K. Foreign Office, announced he was coming out of retirement in a satirical X post. The post reads, “Diplomacy and a purr-fect role have ...