this morning downing street apologised to buckingham palace. the prime minister's spokesman said it was deeply regrettable that this had taken place at a time of national mourning ahead of prince philip's funeral. one of the events was a leaving do for this man, james slack, borisjohnson�*s former slack, boris johnson's former communications slack, borisjohnson�*s former communications chief. he said in a statement this morning, i wish to apologise unreservedly for the anger and hurt caused full stop this event should not have happened at the time that it did. i am deeply sorry to take full responsibility. allegations of parties or gatherings which broke the rules now span almost a year, from may 2020, to april 2021 and that's led to suggestions that these were not isolated incidents but part of a cultural problem in borisjohnson�*s downing street. the prime minister hasn't been seen in public since wednesday and although he didn't attend the events which emerged