U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office apologizes to the royal family for holding a staff party in Downing Street on the eve of Prince Philip's funeral last year.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under fire after he admitted to attending a social gathering while the UK was under strict lockdown in May 2020.LONDON -- Boris Johnson's office on Friday apologized to the royal family for holding staff parties in Downing Street on the eve of Prince Philip's funeral last year — the latest in a string of allegedly lockdown-breaching gatherings that are threatening to topple the British prime minister.
Johnson's former communications director James Slack apologized for the “anger and hurt” caused by his farewell“I am deeply sorry, and take full responsibility,” added Slack, who left the government last year and is now deputy editor-in-chief of tabloid newspaper The Sun. Members of Johnson’s Conservative government have expressed support for the prime minister following his admission on Wednesday that he attended a “bring your own booze” staff party in the garden of his Downing Street office in May 2020.
In a sign of growing anger in party ranks, the Conservative association in the staunchly Tory district of Sutton Coldfield in central England voted unanimously on Thursday night to withdraw its support from Johnson. Johnson urged people to await the conclusions of an investigation by senior civil servant Sue Gray into multiple alleged rule-breaking parties by government staff during the pandemic. Gray, a respected public servant who has investigated past allegations of ministerial wrongdoing, is expected to report by the end of the month.
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