Late Queen’s brilliant slap down to Macron and older wife revealed in new Boris book

made a sharp comment regarding French President ‘s marriage to Brigitte Macron, has claimed.

The Former Prime Minister opened up about during 2021’s G7 summit in Cornwall regarding the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol, in his new memoir, Unleashed, to be released on October 10.

He also spoke about how , he discussed Mr Macron with the late monarch, during an .

Mr Johnson wrote: “She had met all the leaders and their wives at a splendid dinner, on the first evening, in the Eden Project.

“She observed that there seemed to be an interesting age gap between M. and Mme Macron.

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Boris Johnson speaks about the G7 summit in 2021 in his new book (Image: Getty)

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“‘Yes’, I said, ‘he married his teacher.”

“‘Well, said the Queen, ‘she didn’t teach him much history.”

The political row erupted after France shut down any chances of renegotiation regarding the NI protocol and reportedly said that Northern Ireland was not part of the UK.

The comment sparked political fury with then Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab saying the remark was “offensive”.

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Mr Johnson said after the bilateral talks: “Of course, we make the point continuously we are part of one great, indivisible United Kingdom.”

But Macron retaliated and claimed that he “never took the liberty to question the sovereignty, the territorial integrity of the United Kingdom”.

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