George Osborne claims Queen asked him to tell President Obama to go to bed as ...

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Getting rid of dinner guests is a challenge for any host, but it’s even harder when your guest is leader of the free world.

Former Chancellor George Osborne has revealed that the Queen once asked him to tell Barack Obama to leave a state banquet at Buckingham Palace.

‘The Queen came up to me and said: “Will you tell the President it’s late and I want to go to bed,” ’ Osborne recalled to fellow alumni of St Paul’s school. ‘Barack Obama was having a great time, kind of knocking back vodka martinis with his mates, and I was, like: “Oh, my God, I’m going to be the person that has to go and tell him to go home.” ’

Obama may have got his revenge two years later, when at a G8 summit he repeatedly called Osborne ‘Jeffrey’.

Osborne made the remarks to former Tory MP and minister Lord Ed Vaizey at an event held by the Old Pauline Club - an association for former pupils of St Paul's School.