Published 18:47 IST, July 27th 2019
New UK PM Boris Johnson makes big gaffe: Reveals Queen's private remarks, gets scolded
According to EuroNews journalist Vincent McAviney, on July 25 after taking over the reins of the United Kingdom, Johnson revealed what British's longest-serving monarch Queen Elizabeth II told to him in a private meeting in the Buckingham Palace.
UK's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reportedly gotten into trouble for unable to keep a 'royal secret', as per international news reports.
According to EuroNews journalist Vincent McAviney, on July 25 after taking over the reins of the United Kingdom, Johnson revealed what British's longest-serving monarch Queen Elizabeth II told to him in a private meeting in the Buckingham Palace.
The Queen reportedly said,"I don’t know why anyone would want the job", as retold by Johnson to McAviney during a tour of Number 10, Downing Street in the afternoon on Thursday.
Disapproving the 55-year old UK Prime Minister sharing private conversations with the Queen, staff immediately admonished him saying, "not to repeat those things so loudly "not to repeat those things so loudly," according to McAviney. As Head of State, the Queen has the job of officially appointing the Prime Minister.
Boris Johnson on Tuesday won the Conservative Party's leadership race to become the next Prime Minister of Britain, amid the political uncertainty over the country's divorce deal with the European Union.
Johnson, the former foreign secretary, and London Mayor was widely expected to beat foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt in the battle for 10 Downing Street, which was triggered last month when a Brexit-battered May resigned amid a mounting rebellion from within the Conservative Party.
Addressing the Tory party members at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London, near the Houses of Parliament, soon after the results were declared, Johnson, 55, said: "No one person or party has the monopoly of wisdom. Time and again it is to us [Conservative Party] that people have turned.
The former Mayor of London, who has in the past described himself as a "son-in-law of India" by virtue of his now estranged wife Marina Wheeler's Indian mother, also played up a strong personal relationship with Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi.
Updated 19:01 IST, July 27th 2019