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.
After being given a pasting for getting Tory donors to pay for gold wallpaper in his Downing Street flat, Boris Johnson faced fresh embarrassment last night – it keeps falling down.
The Prime Minister has had to call in specialist decorators to rehang parts of the £840 per roll hand-crafted wallpaper, No 10 sources say.
The latest twist in the Wallpapergate affair came as a photograph emerged of upmarket interior designer Lulu Lytle visiting Downing Street. The Daily Mail can also reveal some of the fabrics Miss Lytle s Soane Britain company used in the refit of Mr Johnson and fiancee Carrie Symonds s 11 Downing Street apartment.
Downing Street insiders fear Dominic Cummings could publish WhatsApp messages that are at the hear of the government s who-said-what row over lockdown.
Former chief adviser Cummings is locked in an explosive war of words with Boris Johnson after Downing Street accused him of a string of leaks - including claims about the PM s £58,000 flat makeover.
Cummings reportedly left Downing Street with a treasure trove of damaging information about the government and advisers now fear he will release tell-all WhatsApp messages if he is criticised too heavily.
The messages are said to contain information on the government s lockdown strategy and allies of Cummings have claimed he also has audio recordings to hand.
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Ministers desperately tried to shore up Boris Johnson today as opposition MPs branded him a serial liar over the £88,000 Downing Street flat refurb and bodies piling up comment.
Mr Johnson is facing a gruelling PMQs appearance with Sir Keir Starmer set to turn up the heat after a slew of revelations and a briefing war with former aide Dominic Cummings.
Scrutiny over the overhaul of the flat above No11 where Mr Johnson and fiancee Carrie Symonds and son Wilf live has refused to abate despite the government s efforts to draw a line under the issue.
Downing Street has declined to deny that Tory funds were used to cover £58,000 of the costs - on top of the £30,000 annual allowance given by the taxpayer.
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