Downing Street party before Prince Philip's funeral was 'seven-hour drinking session with guests using Wilf's slide'

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Downing Street staff are said to have partied until 1am at boozy leaving drinks held the night before Prince Philip's funeral.

Fresh details have emerged of the two gatherings held in No 10 on April 16 2021, hours before the Queen sat alone to mourn her husband of 73 years at a service at St George's Chapel in Windsor.

The night before, officials danced while drinking wine in plastic cups, ordered takeaway pizza and tried out Boris Johnson's son Wilf's slide, the Telegraph reports. READ MORE: Mancunians react to face masks, work from home and vaccine passports being scrapped Government guidance at the time warned: “You must not socialise indoors except with your household or support bubble. “You can meet outdoors, including in gardens, in groups of six people or two households.

Boris Johnson has apologised to the Queen for the events, which he said he "deeply and bitterly" regretted. The Prime Minister was not at either event as he was at his Chequers country retreat, No 10 said when the events were first reported last week.