Boris Johnson did not know an RAF F-35 fighter jet had fallen off an aircraft carrier until he was told about it by Elizabeth II.
The former prime minister conceded it was “doubly embarrassing” to be told about the calamitous incident by the late Queen, but described it as testament to how well briefed she was.
In an upcoming memoir, Unleashed, which is being serialised by the Mail, Mr Johnson said the late Queen “sometimes managed to know things before I had been briefed”.
He said: […]
I didn’t know RAF jet had crashed until Queen Elizabeth told me, says Boris Johnson