Samantha Cameron once admitted that she was glad her children had left Downing Street before they became adolescents. It was easy to protect her children from the “weirdness” of life inside Downing Street when they were little, she said, but as they hit their teenage years, their lives would inevitably have become more difficult.
“The flat is very private but you’re living above the shop. All the security arrangements make it incredibly hard for people to come and go,” she said. “You are living in a fortress. It’s not normal.”
