(ANSA) - LONDON, 10 FEB - Gaffe in Downing Street.
The cell phone number of Carrie Symonds, the young companion of the premier conservative Boris Johnson, was inadvertently posted online in a photograph showing it on her dog's collar.
The images of the animal, a Jack Russell crossbred called Dilyn, were taken Monday by Pippa Fowles, an official photographer for the Ministry of Defense but seconded to n.
10, and shared on the 'Flickr' online platform.
One of the shots, which showed the animal in the snow in the Downing Street garden, clearly showed Mrs. Symonds' phone number. It was then removed from the site but the gaffe followed a political skirmish with the labor opposition, due to the fact that the taxpayers' money was used to pay for the photo shoot. A spokesperson of n. 10 specified that the session is part of the prime minister's promotion activity. (HANDLE).