Downing Street staff were drinking well into the early hours at a boozy party on the eve of Prince Philip's funeral, Sue Gray's report says. Two leaving parties began the night before the funeral where the Queen was pictured sat alone in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle as her husband was laid to rest.
The report says that the last person didn't leave the number 10 party until 4.20am, WalesOnline reports. It began at around 6.30pm on April 16 last year when around 45 people, some of whom were online, gathered for the departure of communications chief James Slack.
The report says that staff had brought alcohol to the event. At a similar time, another event for a staff member who was leaving was taking place in the basement, as wine was laid out and music played.
