I was groped on visit to 10 Downing Street, says producer of ITV series
A FEMALE TV producer has claimed she was groped by a Government official during a visit to 10 Downing Street.
Daisy Goodwin, the creator of hit ITV series Victoria, alleged that the man put his hand on her breast during a meeting to discuss a proposed television programme.
Her story is the latest in a series of allegations of unwanted sexual advances at Westminster, with First Secretary of State Damian Green and International Trade Minister Mark Garnier facing inquiries over claims of inappropriate conduct. Ms Goodwin told the Radio
Times that she dealt with the situation by humiliating the official verbally, but did not report the incident, which took place during David Cameron’s time in office between 2010 and 2016.
She said she was cross at the time, but was not traumatised. But she told the magazine she was now concerned that the man involved may have “tried it on” with someone less able to cope with the situation.
Ms Goodwin said the official, who was a few years younger than her, showed her into an office at Number 10 which was dominated by a portrait of Margaret Thatcher.
When they sat down side by side, she was surprised when the official put his feet on her chair, and said that her sunglasses “made me look like a Bond Girl”, she said.
A 10 Downing Street spokesperson said: “Allegations such as this are taken very seriously. The Cabinet Office would look into any formal complaint, should one be made.”