Downing Street Apologises for Lockdown-Breaching Party on Eve of Royal Funeral

Downing Street Apologises for Lockdown-Breaching Party on Eve of Royal Funeral
Prime Minister Boris Johnson during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London, on Jan. 12, 2022. House of Commons/PA
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office has apologised to the Queen after it was reported that two lockdown-breaching parties were held on the eve of the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral in April.

The Telegraph reported that advisers and civil servants gathered after work for two separate events on April 16, 2021, in violation of COVID-19 restrictions which banned indoor mixing.