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The Daily Telegraph (London) is reporting that former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell is the subject of a sexual assault investigation in England.

The newspaper says Campbell is accused of groping a female London embassy worker in 2013 while he was serving as Canadian High Commissioner to Britain.

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The complaint has been passed to the British Foreign Office, which is facilitating discussions between Scotland Yard and the Canadian authorities.

British government sources indicated that Canada may open its own inquiry and could waive Campbell’s diplomatic immunity if asked to do so.

A spokesman for Campbell said: “This complaint was transparently disclosed and became the subject of a full due diligence investigation at the time by the government of Canada and was found to be without merit.”

Campbell’s alleged victim, Judith Prins, accuses him of groping her before a meeting at Canada House, the country’s embassy in Trafalgar Square.