The July 30 party is at Chequers, the country estate of U.K. prime ministers since the 1920s.
Sources claim the bash is one of the reasons the Prime Minister is determined to cling on as caretaker Tory leader.
Lockdown rules had recently been relaxed, meaning up to 30 people could attend. The newlyweds celebrated in the Downing Street garden but they were sanguine about the scaled-down nature of the event because, even then, planning for the party was well underway. Sources insisted at the time that Johnson would cover the cost of any party at Chequers.
Sources insisted that the couple were determined to go ahead with the long-planned celebration. Critics even claimed the bash was the reason Johnson had insisted on remaining as caretaker Prime Minister until the autumn. If he left office immediately, he would be forced to cancel the event.Article content
But allies insisted the PM had agreed to stay on out of loyalty to the nation. A No 10 spokesman said: “The PM has a strong sense of duty and will continue to serve his country until a new leader is in place, solely to continue his obligation to the public.” It was donated to the nation in 1917 by Lord and Lady Lee of Fareham as a “place of rest and recreation for prime ministers” because those coming to power increasingly lacked their own country estates.
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