Bojo celebrates with £350 claret, blue passport and his very own Brexit bong
THE Prime Minister toasted his Brexit triumph with a bottle of one of the world’s finest red wines left to him in a supporter’s will.
Boris Johnson opened the 1994 vintage Chateau Margaux that was sent to him last year, with a message for it not to be drunk until Britain was out of the EU.
The beyond-the-grave instruction and £350 bottle of claret, pictured below, were included in the final testament of a Eurosceptic Tory Party member.
The Bordeaux Premier Cru was much loved by French Emperor Napoleon III and United States founding father Thomas Jefferson, and was drunk by the Beckhams at Christmas in 2017.
Earlier on Friday, Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom tweeted a photo of Mr Johnson showing off his new blue British passport to former Labour MP and Vote Leave campaigner Gisela Stuart.
The Prime Minister and his partner Carrie Symonds then joined No 10 staff, Tory donors and veterans of the 2016 referendum in the Downing Street state rooms, where guests were served British sparkling wine instead of champagne. The couple’s dog Dilyn was dressed in a Union Flag coat.
Mr Johnson banged Britain out of the EU with a small antique gong – a nod to his doomed campaign to have Big Ben bong to mark the moment. After the exit celebrations at 11pm, adviser Dominic Cummings tried to give a speech but broke down in tears, saying: ‘Those that know what we went through, know.’
Mr Johnson told those present: ‘This is a fantastic moment in the life of our country. There are very few moments that can be called a historic turning point – and this is it. This is not the end, or the beginning of the end; it’s the beginning of the beginning,’ he said, paraphrasing Churchill.
‘This is a turning point in the life of our nation.’
The PM added: ‘I want to thank those sitting at home watching on television, the people of this country – the real heroes of this story.’
And after thanking Mr Cummings and other staff, he added: I want you all to remember you were here tonight after 11pm, in Downing Street, when we got Brexit done.’