persona grata

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Cavett: I was actually persona grata at the White House for a brief time.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2016

President Hoover wanted to repudiate the Post's attack against the Prince still more strongly; to establish the fact, without mixing personally in the affair, that the Ambassador was persona grata with the U. S. Government.

From Time Magazine Archive

Today Ambassador Bullitt, highly persona grata in Moscow, constitutes almost the sole friendly link between Moscow and Washington.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was at all times persona grata with royalty.

From Time Magazine Archive

To show that he was persona grata at court he gave a great fête here for Louis XV and the Duchesse du Barry.

From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by McManus, Blanche