The foreign secretary didn't have to stick to the 'amber plus' rules he signed off on.
The foreign secretary posted a picture of the pair chatting at a busy reception days after returning from France when it was under strict travel rules has been criticised for meeting with a senior royal days after returning from France while it was still under strict travel rules.
But Mr Raab used his ministerial exemption to get out of having to spend 10 days at home while thousands of other Brits were facing the grim prospect, according to theThe paper reports that within one day of returning from France in late July, he was visiting the Oxford plant where the AstraZeneca vaccine is made and mingling with Princess Anne at a maskless reception.
A Foreign Office spokesperson defended his travel arrangements, telling the Mirror: ‘He’s the foreign secretary. It’s his job to represent the UK abroad.’
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