good evening. welcome to the bbc news at 5pm. i am jane hill. downing street has apologised to buckingham palace after revelations that two parties were held at number 10 the night before the duke of edinburgh s funeral. a spokesman for borisjohnson said it was deeply regrettable that the events took place at a time of national mourning. covid rules at the time banned indoor mixing, but reports suggest there was drinking and dancing until the early hours. the prime minister wasn t at the parties, but the latest disclosures, which the daily telegraph reported, have fuelled more calls for his resignation. and in the last hour, a former director general of the government s covid task force has issued her own apology for a cabinet office drinks party in december 2020. we ll have more on that shortly. our first report is from our political correspondent nick eardley. the 17th of april last year. one of the defining pictures of the pandemic. the queen sitting alone at the funeral o
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