While Rishi Sunak settles into his new role as Prime Minister, his family are unpacking their boxes in their new home - Number 10. And Sunak, his wife Akshata Murty and their daughters Anoushka and Krishna are joined at the famous London residence by their adorable dog, Nova.
And today, the fox red labrador retriever made his public debut, when he was seen stuffing a £20 note into a Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal tin. It marked the first public appearance made by Akshata and Nova outside Number 10 since making it their new home.
The family welcomed Nova last June, with the former Chancellor announcing her arrival on Twitter. When sharing a picture of the pooch sitting on his knee, he simply wrote: "Meet Nova".
While Nova has stayed clear of trouble so far, she reportedly enjoyed life in Number 11 and often took naps in the former Chancellor's red box and tucked into roast chicken from the kitchen.
Her four-legged predecessor, Dilyn, caused his fair share of controversy in Number 10 after being adopted by Boris Johnson and his then-girlfriend Carrie Symonds in 2019.
The Jack Russell cross, also known as a Kromfohrlander, was rescued as a puppy from a breeder in South Wales and taken to the Friends of Animals Wales with a misaligned jaw.
In March 2020, when Carrie was pregnant, Dominic Cummings told MPs how she went "completely crackers" after The Times published a story about the couple's intentions to rehome Dilyn.
While deciding whether to put the country into lockdown over the Covid-19 pandemic and judging calls from Donald Trump for the UK to join a bombing campaign in the Middle East, Carrie allegedly demanded staff deal with the March 11 story.
A 325-word letter was drafted in response to the article, with it claiming it was a "wholly false premise" and caused them to receive abuse from the public who had been "misled into believing that we would callously rehome our much loved family dog."
Mr Cummings claimed that Mr Johnson would have sent the letter if he didn't put a stop to it - a claim which was denied.
"The PM went along with it initially because Carrie was very cross,” an insider told the Mail. "It was none of Dom's business but he hated Carrie and went berserk.
"He told the PM it was a waste of time – and the PM agreed. He sympathised with Carrie's feelings but said, 'I can't sign this – it's a nonsense’."
A No10 spokeswoman said: "The Prime Minister’s partner addressed these reports at the time. They are totally untrue.”
Mr Johnson came under fire because of Dilyn again in February 2021 after using taxpayers' cash to fund an Instagram-style photoshoot of his dog.
Shared on the government's official Flickr page, the photographs showed his dog frolicking in the snow while chewing on a small stick.
At the time, the Mirror revealed Number 10 had three vanity photographers on staff, with the pictures credited to a taxpayer-funded photographer.
The Mirror reported the civil service photographer had been working in Number 10 on secondment from the Ministry of Defence since early 2020.
She captured several Number 10 press conferences, the former PM delivering a coronavirus address to the nation, as well as photos for other government work.
However, an online profile described her as “MOD photographer for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson ".
Just months later, in July 2021, Mr Johnson revealed how Dilyn had been neutered in an attempt to reduce his "endless" romantic urges that would see him humping people's legs.
The dog is said to have played into his urges when visiting Surrey Police's headquarters in Guildford.
Former chancellor Sajid Javid would watch out for Dilyn when he was in one of his moods as he would display "amorous intentions" towards his cavapoo, Bailey.
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