Britain's ambassador to the US 'personally' asked the interior designer behind a controversial Downing Street renovation to redo her Washington residence.
Dame Karen Pierce approached Lulu Lytle, the co-founder of Soane Britain, to redecorate her impressive home in Washington DC this year, the Times reports.
However, it has been claimed the proposed revamp was abandoned in April after a furious row emerged over the makeover of Boris Johnson's Downing Street flat.
The lavish refurbishment of 11 Downing Street, which featured gold wallpaper by interior designer Lytle, reportedly cost a six-figure sum.
But insiders say the Prime Minister has had to call in specialist decorators to rehang parts of the £840 per roll 'hand-crafted' paper - because it keeps falling down.