David Frost
FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019 file photo, a supporter of Britain's departure from the European Union, at right, holds a placard up in front of supporters of remaining in the EU, including Stop Brexit Man, Steve Bray, with his foghorn, outside Parliament in London. Five years ago, Britons voted in a referendum that was meant to bring certainty to the U.K.’s fraught relationship with its European neigbors. Voters’ decision on June 23, 2016 was narrow but clear: By 52 percent to 48 percent, they chose to leave the European Union. It took over four years to actually make the break. The former partners are still bickering, like many divorced couples, over money and trust. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
5 years after Brexit vote, divided UK still feels shockwaves

By Jill Lawless Jun. 23, 2021 02:32 AM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 file photo, lorries queue at Check-in at the port in Dover, Britain, before entering the EU. Britain announced Thursday, March 11, 2021 that it is delaying the imposition of checks on some goods from the European Union to give businesses more time to prepare for new post-Brexit rules. The U.K. government says it is postponing full border controls until Jan. 1, six months later than planned, because of disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, file)
EU takes legal action vs UK over Brexit deal delays

By Raf Casert And Sam Petrequin Mar. 15, 2021 02:29 PM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 file photo, lorries queue at Check-in at the port in Dover, Britain, before entering the EU. Britain announced Thursday, March 11, 2021 that it is delaying the imposition of checks on some goods from the European Union to give businesses more time to prepare for new post-Brexit rules. The U.K. government says it is postponing full border controls until Jan. 1, six months later than planned, because of disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, file)
Amid pandemic, UK delays imposing post-Brexit border checks

By Jill Lawless Mar. 11, 2021 05:28 PM EST

Britain's chief negotiator for a post-Brexit trade deal David Frost arrives at Downing Street in London, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Another week gone, Brexit trade talks remain stuck

By Raf Casert And Jill Lawless Nov. 27, 2020 05:31 AM EST

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Michel Barnier, centre, leaves the Conference Centre in London with unidentified members of his team. The Brexit trade negotiations have been suspended Thursday Nov. 19, 2020, at a crucial stage because an EU negotiator has tested positive for the coronavirus and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said that “we have decided to suspend the negotiations at our level for a short period.” (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, FILE)
EU, UK still have 'fundamental' differences in trade talks

By Raf Casert Nov. 23, 2020 10:21 AM EST

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Michel Barnier, centre, leaves the Conference Centre in London with unidentified members of his team. The Brexit trade negotiations have been suspended Thursday Nov. 19, 2020, at a crucial stage because an EU negotiator has tested positive for the coronavirus and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said that “we have decided to suspend the negotiations at our level for a short period.” (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, FILE)
Brexit trade negotiations suspended because of COVID-19 case

By Raf Casert And Jill Lawless Nov. 19, 2020 10:25 AM EST

EU Chief negotiator Michel Barnier, centre, wears a face mask as he leaves The Westminster Conference Centre in London, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. Barnier is in London to resume talks over post Brexit trade agreements. It’s more than four years since Britain voted to leave the European Union, and almost a year since Prime Minister Boris Johnson won an election by vowing to “get Brexit done.” Spoiler alert: It is not done. As negotiators from the two sides hunker down for their final weeks of talks on an elusive trade agreement, Britain and the EU still don’t know whether they will begin 2021 with an organized partnership or a messy rivalry. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
AP Explains: Why are UK and EU still arguing over Brexit?

By Jill Lawless Oct. 23, 2020 02:47 AM EDT

European Council President Charles Michel leaves after a media conference at an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. European Union leaders met in person for the first day of a two-day summit, amid the worsening coronavirus pandemic, to discuss topics ranging from Brexit to climate and relations with Africa. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)
Brexit trade talks: both EU and UK dig in heels

By Raf Casert Oct. 15, 2020 05:39 PM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, Dec, 10, 2012 file photo, lyricist Herbert Kretzmer and his wife Sybil Sever attend the premiere for "Les Miserables" at the Ziegfeld Theatre, in New York. Kretzmer, the journalist and lyricist best known for his English-language adaptation of the musical Les Misérables, has died. He was 95. His family confirmed Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020 that Kretzmer had died of advanced effects of Parkinson’s disease at his home in London with his Sybil by his side. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Herbert Kretzmer, lyricist of Les Miserables, dead at 95

By Pan Pylas Oct. 14, 2020 03:28 PM EDT

European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Michel Barnier arrives for a meeting of EU General Affairs ministers at the European Council building in Luxembourg, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Michel Barnier will brief ministers on the state of play in EU-UK Brexit negotiations ahead of a key EU summit on Thursday. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)
Germany, France call for UK concessions in EU-UK trade talks

By Raf Casert And Jill Lawless Oct. 13, 2020 07:40 AM EDT

Chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier makes a phone call as he leaves the chancellery following a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Yet another Brexit deadline looms; trade talks in rut

By Raf Casert Oct. 12, 2020 12:05 PM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020 file photo, lorries wait to board ferries on the morning after Brexit took place at the Port of Dover, in Dover, England. The British government says there could be lines of 7,000 trucks at the English Channel and two-day waits to get into France immediately after the U.K. makes its economic break from the European Union at the end of the year. Brexit preparation minister Michael Gove describes that as a reasonable worst-case scenario in a letter to logistics firms. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, FILE)
UK says no-deal Brexit could see 7,000-truck border queues

By Jill Lawless Sep. 23, 2020 06:09 AM EDT

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks with year 10 pupil Vedant Jitesh during a visit to the construction site of Ealing Fields High School in west London, Monday June 29, 2020. (Toby Melville/Pool via AP)
Boris Johnson says COVID-19 has been a disaster for Britain

By Jill Lawless Jun. 29, 2020 07:31 AM EDT

FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday April 28, 2020, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, centre, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, right, and Cabinet Secretary Mark Sedwill stand inside 10 Downing Street, London, during a minute's silence to pay tribute to the NHS staff and key workers who have died during the coronavirus outbreak. Britain’s top civil servant Mark Sedwill announced Sunday June 28, 2020, he will resign from his role as Cabinet Secretary, national security adviser and head of the Civil Service in September 2020. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool via AP)
Britain's top civil servant steps down from powerful role

By Danica Kirka Jun. 28, 2020 03:09 PM EDT

In this Monday, March 2, 2020 file photo, European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Michel Barnier, right, speaks with the British Prime Minister's Europe adviser David Frost during the start of the first round of post -Brexit trade talks between the EU and the UK, at EU headquarters in Brussels. Slowed by the coronavirus pandemic and whipped up by a British-imposed deadline, talks between the EU and the UK on a future relationship in the wake of Brexit are struggling to make significant progress. A third negotiation session is drawing to a close on Friday, May 15, 2020 but so far, just over 100 days after the official exit of the UK from the EU, fundamental gaps still exist. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP, File)
UK-EU deadlocked in Brexit talks as clock ticks down

By Raf Casert And Jill Lawless May. 15, 2020 09:09 AM EDT

FILE - In this Friday April 24, 2020 file photo, the European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Michel Barnier gestures as he speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels. The British government insisted Monday April 27, 2020 that it won’t extend the deadline for striking a post-Brexit deal with the European Union, despite the upheaval caused by the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File)
UK says it won't extend EU talks despite virus upheaval

Apr. 27, 2020 11:55 AM EDT

In a photo provided by the Metropolitan Opera, members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and chorus performing from homes for the company’s At-Home gala, which was transmitted Saturday, April 25, 2020. Music director Yannick Nézet-Séguini in Mointreal is in the fourth row from top, sixth from left. (Metropolitan Opera via AP)
Silenced by virus, Met Opera links for digital global gala

By Ronald Blum Apr. 26, 2020 05:06 PM EDT