UK Embassy in Sweden Hired Johnson’s Lookalike for Queens Jubilee Party 2022 – Reports
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – January 9, 2023) The UK The embassy in Sweden spent 7,000 Pound ($8,500) last summer to hire celebrity lookalikes, including singers Baby Spice and David Bowie, as well as the former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, for a party to celebrate the Queen’s platinum jubilee, The Times reported on Monday.
The actor impersonating Johnson was caged and wearing a straitjacket and muzzle, similar to Hannibal Lecter’s character from When the lamb falls silent Filmreported the newspaper with a photo.
Around 60 people are said to have attended the party last time June in the residence of UK Ambassador to Sweden Judith Gough, who previously served as UKs ambassador to Ukrainereported the paper.
At same time, the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied that there was any actor portraying Johnson at the party in Stockholmas cited in the report.
Reports of an embassy party with celebrity impersonators sparked a flurry of criticism in the UKwith Labour Party, condemn event as “grotesque waste of taxpayers” money“, according to the report.
Elizabeth II became Queen on February 6, 1952 at the age of 25. In Juneshe celebrated 70 years on the throne and became the first UK monarch to celebrate the platinum anniversary of the reign.
The queen died in September 2022 at the age of 96. Her eldest son, Charles, became the new king of UK immediately after her death.
IN JulyJohnson, the UK Prime Minister then announced his intention to resign following allegations of breach of covid-19 regulations and sexual abuse. Liz Truss, inducted into September to replace Johnson, spent just 44 days in office. In late October, UK King Charles III appointed Rishi Sunak as new Prime Minister.