Downing Street forced to remind celebrities that lockdown rules are for everyone after Rita Ora and Laurence Fox breach guidelines

metro.co.uk:

Rita Ora and Laurence Fox both broke lockdown rules at the weekend.Singer Ora has apologised after hosting a birthday celebration on Saturday, while actor Fox has claimed that he had a ‘large group over to lunch’ and that they all hugged, as well as telling his 256k Twitter followers to ‘stay out’ and ‘protect your rights’.In England, where a national lockdown is currently in place until Wednesday, December 2, people from separate households are not allowed to meet inside.

A spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson has commented on both Ora and Fox’s flouting of the rules, saying in a statement via the PA news agency: ‘It’s important that everybody in society sets an example by following the rules – that is for every member of the public.