British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has to go through the dust again after the British newspaper The Telegraph reports that two parties were held at his official residence on the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral. At that time, there was an official period of mourning in the United Kingdom. Strict corona measures were also in force, for example indoor gatherings were not allowed.
Employees of the Prime Minister said goodbye to Johnson’s head of communications and his personal photographer at two parties on April 16, 2021. A total of about thirty people were present. The parties lasted into the night and there was a lot of drinking and dancing, writes The Telegraph, according to eyewitnesses. The parties started in two different places in the building, but over the course of the evening merged in the garden.
A spokesman for the prime minister says Johnson was not there. He had left for his residence outside London the day before.
The British Prime Minister has come under fire from both his own Conservative party and the opposition over allegations that he and his staff in 2020 regularly broke corona rules and held parties at the official residence. On Wednesday, Johnson had to answer to parliament for this. A top official is investigating those allegations. It is the first time that the prime minister and his staff have been accused of breaking the rules in 2021.
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