LONDON (Reuters) – Boris Johnson celebrated his birthday in June 2020 with aides as indoor gatherings were banned under England’s first COVID-19 lockdown, ITV reported on Monday.
The television channel adds that it seems that Carrie Johnson, the wife of the British Prime Minister, faced with a succession of revelations on breaches of confinements, participated in the organization of this party in the afternoon of June 19. .
Up to 30 people attended the event held in the council chamber at 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the head of government, ITV continues.
Quoted by the television channel, the British Prime Minister’s office replied: “A group of staff working that day at No 10 (Downing Street) gathered briefly in the council chambers at from a meeting to wish the Prime Minister a happy birthday. He was present for less than ten minutes.”
(Report Paul Sandle, French version Bertrand Boucey)
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