Tom and Giovanna Fletcher have admitted they made “a mistake we wholeheartedly take responsibility for” and repaid the money they received using the government furlough scheme.
The celebrity couple also said that they’d repaid the full amount back after taking taxpayer cash to put one of their employees on furlough.
Giovanna, 36, and her McFly singer husband, 35, issued a joint statement, explaining how the error had come about. Their comments were in response to several reports last weekend, which revealed that the current Queen of the Castle, successful blogger and author had received up to £30,000 from the government scheme.
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