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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Deputy political editor

No 10 officials discussed asking queen to talk to Boris Johnson about his behaviour

Queen Elizabeth and Boris Johnson.
Officials hoped that the queen could raise the concerns in her private conversations with Boris Johnson. Photograph: WPA/Getty Images

Senior government officials spoke to Buckingham Palace to express worries about Boris Johnson’s conduct in office, and discussed asking Queen Elizabeth to raise concerns with him during their private audiences, a BBC documentary has said.

It does not specify which of Johnson’s actions prompted the concerns, but highlights clashes between Dominic Cummings, who was Johnson’s chief of staff at the start of his prime ministership, and Sir Mark Sedwill, the former head of the civil service.

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