The British Prime Minister “partygate” Boris Johnson for days he has been apologizing. Last Tuesday he had asked for pardon in front of parliament for the party with over one hundred guests organized in Downing Street Garden, on May 22, 2021, in full lockdown. Now via a note from his spokesperson he has officially apologized as well Queen Elizabeth. For the two parties in Downing Street it will be before Prince Philip’s funeral, celebrated on April 16, 2021. Therefore in a period of National mourning, and in a period not of lockdown but of Covid restrictions. “It is quite regrettable that this took place in a moment of national mourning ”, reads the note presented to the Queen and the Palace. The following day, the whole world would see Elizabeth sitting alone in the chapel of San Giorgio, in front of her husband’s coffin.
In the apology message it is not specified whether Boris Johnson was at the party on April 16 or not. Certainly at the time the limit for outdoor receptions was six people. And the “little parties” in the garden of Downing Street – for greet James Slack, the premier’s head of communications, and to dismiss one of the personal photographers of the prime minister – according to the many rumors circulated by the ongoing investigation were much more populated. Witnesses told the Telegraph from dozens of people who drank and danced late into the night. At one point, a staff member would be sent to a nearby supermarket with a suitcase to be filled with bottles of wine. AND during the revelry one of the guests would even have broken the swing of Wilfred, the prime minister’s son.
Of course, no comments came from the queen. But it is reasonable to think that the premier’s awkward apologies are the least of his thoughts. Now at the Palazzo there is a much bigger grain to manage: the American trial of Andrew of York, accused of abusing a woman, Virginia Giuffre, when she was still a minor. A planetary scandal that forced The Queen to deprive the third child of his patronages and his honorary roles in the military.
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