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Taylor Swift met UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Wembley, 10 Downing Street confirms
Taylor Swift met up with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer while she was in the country.According to a new report by The Guardian, the Labour leader and his family met Swift for around 10 minutes while backstage at her show at Wembley Stadium on August 20.It comes after Number 10 initially declined to comment as to whether or not the Prime Minister had met the singer, after he and his family were invited on August 16 to one of her numerous concerts at the venue.Now, it has been confirmed by a spokesperson for Downing Street that Starmer did briefly meet and speak to the singer while she was in the UK, and largely discussed the Southport murders.The incident in Southport took place on July 29, when three children were killed in a knife attack at a Swift-themed dance and yoga workshop. As reported by Sky News, three of the victims – six-year-old Bebe King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe, and nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar – sadly passed.