The premier said his GP father and pharmacist mother wanted to 'put everything' into their children's education so having no satellite television was one of the things they sacrificed.
Rishi Sunak says he had to 'go without' Sky TV as a child so his parents could to pay his expensive private school fees.
In the interview with ITV, which he left D-Day commemorations in Normandy early in order to attend, he is pressed on how he is able to stay in touch with the struggles of ordinary people when he is 'wealthier than the king'. The premier said his GP father and pharmacist mother wanted to 'put everything' into their children's education so having no satellite television was one of the things they sacrificed
In another awkward moment, Mr Sunak apologies for keeping Mr Brand waiting explaining the D-Day anniversary event 'all just ran over'. Mr Sunak spent his teenage years at the now £52,000 a year distinguished Winchester College in Hampshire near his home in SouthamptonLord Cameron poses with Emmanuel Macron, German chancellor Olaf Scholz and US President Joe Biden in Normandy after Rishi Sunak flew back to the UK, missing the international commemorations
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