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LONDON (AP) — Boris Johnson’s office on Friday apologized to the royal family for holding a staff party 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.The farewell party for Johnson’s departing spin doctor, complete with late-night drinking and dancing, took place on April 16, 2021, the night before Queen Elizabeth II sat alone at the funeral of her husband because of social distancing rules in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus.Johnson spokesman Jamie Davies said the government acknowledged that the party had caused “significant public anger.”“It’s deeply regrettable that this took place at a time of national mourning and No. 10 has apologized to the palace,” he said, using a term for the prime minister’s 10 Downing St. office.Johnson’s former communications director James Slack said the party “should not have happened at the time that it did.” “I wish to apologize unreservedly for the anger and hurt caused,” Slack said in a statement.“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.Johnson isn’t alleged to have attended the leaving party, disclosed by the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
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