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UK PM's umbrella mishap amuses Charles

Alistair SmoutAAP
Prince Charles and UK PM Boris Johnson sheltered from the rain during a memorial.
Camera IconPrince Charles and UK PM Boris Johnson sheltered from the rain during a memorial. Credit: AP

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has struggled to control his umbrella at an official engagement as it was blown inside-out by the wind, to the amusement of heir to the throne Prince Charles.

Sitting alongside Charles, the son of Queen Elizabeth, Johnson struggled to open up an umbrella, then offered it to interior minister Priti Patel before blustery conditions turned the umbrella inside-out, prompting chuckling among the three of them.

Johnson was in central England attending the unveiling of a memorial to police officers who have died in the line of duty.

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