Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told off for giving his bodyguards the slip to run errands and take strolls
The Foreign Secretary has been slipping out of his official central London residence, 1 Carlton Gardens
BORIS Johnson has been told off for giving his Met Police bodyguards the slip.
It has emerged that the Foreign Secretary has been breaking police rules by sneaking out alone of his official central London residence, 1 Carlton Gardens.
The escapes are to run quick errands and take exercise in next door St James’s Park.
But it has emerged that while discreetly going back into the building one recent night, a police guard spotted him and said: “Busted, Sir”.
The 52-year-old Cabinet minister has also since been reprimanded by senior detectives after his antics were reported.
It is the second time Boris’s frustrations with the trappings of high office have emerged since he joined Theresa May’s top table in July.
As one of the most senior members of the government - who also supervises MI6 and GCHQ spy services – he is deemed to face a very high threat level and cannot go out in public without armed protection.
Two months ago, The Sun also revealed Boris has been banned on security grounds from cycling around London, his favourite mode of travel.
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A friend said: “Boris is an independent spirit and likes to go out on his own every now and then.
“He was creeping back into Carlton Gardens one night, only to be confronted by a policeman lurking in the darkness, who told him ‘Busted, Sir’.
“It was a light hearted moment at the time, but has been taken quite seriously since.”
Boris’s family have also long fear for his safety, after he put himself at the top of Islamic extremists’ hit list for making a series of withering public remarks about them.
In an interview last year while London Mayor, he revealed MI5 profiling of young British jihadis has shown them up as losers who watch too much porn.
Boris said at the time: “They are literally w***ers. Severe onanists”.
He is also the leading hawk in the government, pushing behind the scenes for military intervention in Syria to help save trapped civilians.
