It hasn’t taken long for Boris Johnson to make a major mistake since becoming Prime Minister, as the politician broke royal protocol and revealed what the Queen had told him privately: “I don’t know why anyone would want the job.”
According to The Sun, the new leader of the UK is said to have told his staff at Downing Street about what went down during his first private meeting with the Monarch.
It’s a major breach of royal protocol to discuss private conversations that occurred with the head of state, and it is assumed that he was scolded by his new staff.
Spectators also criticised the Queen for holding her handbag during Johnson’s visit, as they took to Twitter to express their frustration.
One tweeted: “Good. But why the Queen carries a handbag even to her living room?”
Another said: “Does the queen really need a purse?”
A third wrote: “Always with that handbag! Even in her own home!!!!”
The Queen is very rarely seen without her trusted black handbag, as it’s always found hanging off her arm, and it’s well known Her Majesty actually uses it to notify her staff of secret signals and messages when she has an audience at the palace.
The royal mistake came right after he criticised “the doubters, the doomsters, the gloomsters” who have zero faith in Brexit, saying the initiative is destined for failure.
“The people who bet against Britain are going to lose their shirts because we are going to restore trust in our democracy,” he said.
“We will do a new deal, a better deal that will maximise the opportunities of Brexit while allowing us to develop a new and exciting partnership with the rest of Europe.
“I have every confidence that in 99 days’ time we will have cracked it.”
Johnson’s career in politics hasn’t been without controversy as he’s had plenty of famous gaffes throughout his time. Some of which include when he got stuck on a zip line during the London 2012 Olympics while holding on to two Union Jack flags.
Then, in 2015, he took down a 15-year-old school boy during a game of street rugby in Tokyo.
The incident occurred only a few short years after he knocked a school boy down during a football match in London and kicked another rival in the crutch in 2006.
