Saturday 4 June 2022 11:31 PM Lee Mack takes swipe at Boris Johnson in Partygate joke at Queen's Party at the ... trends now
Comedian Lee Mack made a swipe at Prime Minister Boris Johnson while hosting the BBC's Platinum Party at the Palace about Partygate in what became his second embarrassing moment of the Jubilee celebrations.
The Not Going Out star made light of the Partygate scandal in Downing Street during the concert in front of Buckingham Palace to mark the 70th anniversary of the Queen's coronation.
Speaking with the Prime Minister in attendance, who was in the royal box, Mack welcomed everyone to Buckingham Palace and describing it as the 'party of a lifetime'.
He explained how lucky everyone was to be able to perform on stage in front of Buckingham Palace's gates. Mack then quipped: 'Finally we can say the words 'party' and 'gate' and it's a positive.'
The joke earned cheers and laughs from the crowd. And it was followed later in the show by Stephen Fry, who praised the Queen for 'tolerating Prime Ministers'.
The ex-QI host said: 'As a nation, we have been lucky, lucky, lucky above all others to have had our Queen to represent us over 70 years of Trooping the Colour, royal tours, Christmas Day at three in the afternoon.
'How many local sewage works has our Majesty opened with a bright smile? How many plaques unveiled? How many trees planted, ribbons cut, ships launched? How many prime ministers tolerated – for that alone, no admiration is high enough.'
Last month, an investigation published by senior civil servant Sue Gray revealed the details of a host of Covid rule-breaching gatherings held in No 10 and Whitehall.
Comedian Lee Mack (pictured on stage this evening) made a swipe at Prime Minister Boris Johnson while hosting the BBC's Platinum Party at the Palace about Partygate in what became his second embarrassing moment of the Jubilee celebrations
The joke earned cheers and laughs from the crowd. And it was followed later in the show by Stephen Fry (pictured), who praised the Queen for 'tolerating Prime Ministers'
The inquiry found that excessive drinking had taken place on some occasions, with staff getting sick, altercations taking place and red wine being spilt up the walls.
The Prime Minister was found to have attended a number of leaving dos for aides, giving speeches and joining in the drinking of alcohol, despite him telling the public to avoid meeting loved ones in a bid to stop the spread of the virus.
Mr Johnson, along with his wife Carrie and Chancellor Rishi Sunak, were fined by the police for attending the Prime Minister's surprise birthday bash in Downing Street in June 2020 when coronavirus laws prohibited different households from mixing
