{"id":1216116,"date":"2022-01-14T10:49:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T15:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216116"},"modified":"2022-01-14T10:49:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T15:49:47","slug":"boris-johnsons-office-apologies-to-the-queen-for-partying-on-eve-of-prince-philips-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boris-johnsons-office-apologies-to-the-queen-for-partying-on-eve-of-prince-philips-funeral\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Johnson&#039;s Office Apologies to the Queen for Partying on Eve of Prince Philip&#039;s Funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fboris-johnsons-office-apologies-to-the-queen-for-partying-on-eve-of-prince-philips-funeral%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216116&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1232361992-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s office has apologised to Queen Elizabeth II for two parties held in Downing Street last year on the eve of the funeral for the British Monarch\u2019s consort, Prince Philip.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest round of leaks concerning government officials partying it up in Downing Street while the rest of the nation was under draconian lockdown measures, Number 10 staff reportedly held two parties on April 16th of 2021.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The parties, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2022\/01\/13\/two-parties-held-downing-street-queen-country-mourned-death\/\">report<\/a> from the&nbsp;<em>The Telegraph<\/em>, are believed to have lasted until the early hours of the morning. The revelry came just one day before Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, was laid to rest after passing away at the age of 99.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the funeral, England was under \u201cstep two\u201d of the lockdown roadmap restrictions, preventing Britions from mixing indoors. Mourners of Prince Philip were even told not to leave flowers for the beloved prince over concerns of spreading the Chinese virus.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the strict lockdown measures at the time, the Queen was forced to self-isolate and sit alone while in St George\u2019s Chapel at Windsor Castle during the funeral for her husband of 73 years. The images of the grieving monarch sitting alone were broadcast around the world as a symbol of stoicism, but also a demonstration of Britain\u2019s ultra-strict lockdown.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Apologising for the hypocritical actions of government staff, Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s spokesman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-59997364?at_custom2=twitter&amp;at_custom3=%40BBCBreaking&amp;at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&amp;at_custom4=76E4FD8C-7534-11EC-B993-A8AE96E8478F&amp;at_medium=custom7&amp;at_campaign=64\">said<\/a> on Friday that it was \u201cdeeply regrettable that this took place at a time of national mourning\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boris Govt Facing Potential Police Probe and Political Disaster Over Lockdown Breaking Boozy Bash<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nLRKHB3ZSa\">https:\/\/t.co\/nLRKHB3ZSa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1480962717989191681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Prime Minister Boris Johnson did not attend the two parties in question, the embattled Tory leader has come under fire for similar apparent breaches of the government\u2019s own lockdown policies during booze-laden bashes in the garden of Number 10 Downing Street which he did attend.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/11\/boris-govt-facing-potential-police-probe-and-political-disaster-over-lockdown-breaking-boozy-bash\/\">revealed<\/a> that Mr Johnson\u2019s Private Secretary, Martin Reynolds had invited around 100 Downing Street staff to a \u201cbring your on booze\u201d party in the garden of the Prime Minister\u2019s official residence at Number 10 on May 20th of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Johnson later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/12\/hes-sorry-now-boris-johnson-apologizes-for-joining-lockdown-garden-party\/\">apologised<\/a> for the gathering but claimed that he only attended the party for 25 minutes and said that he believed that it was a work gathering.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister previously used the excuse of work to explain a photograph showing Mr Johnson, his then-girlfriend, now wife, Carrie Johnson, alongside other government officials in the same garden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/20\/boris-johnson-accused-of-breaking-lockdown-again-with-alleged-wine-party\/\">eating cheese and drinking wine<\/a> just days before the other larger party.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the latest lockdown breaking scandal, Brexit leader Nigel Farage <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nigel_Farage\/status\/1481746322277519363\">said<\/a>: \u201cThe Tory party\u2019s contempt for the British people knows no bounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He\u2019s Sorry Now! Boris Johnson Apologizes for Joining Lockdown Garden Party <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yPpZptuuiS\">https:\/\/t.co\/yPpZptuuiS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1481250466365378561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s office has apologised to Queen Elizabeth II for two parties held in Downing Street last year on the eve of the funeral for the British Monarch\u2019s &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1216116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1216116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1216116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1216116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1216116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}