Boris Johnson recounts his last interview with Elizabeth II

An indomitable character, “like his hair”. This is how Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine chose to start her interview with Boris Johnson in “C à vous” this Tuesday, November 19. The former British Prime Minister was the guest of the talk show broadcast on France 5. He gave a series of confidences.

Immediately after Patrick Cohen's editorial, sitting alongside the presenter, Boris Johnson answered questions about Brexit, the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States, Covid and his hospitalization due to the virus in question. Babeth Lemoine also spoke of the weekly meetings with Queen Elizabeth II to which the latter went, in his capacity as tenant of 10 Downing Street. This last interview took place on September 6, 2022 after the resignation of Boris Johnson. Two days before the death of Elizabeth II from bone cancer.

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“His soul and spirit remained incredible. The greatest honor for me as Prime Minister was these meetings with Her Majesty the Queen.explained Boris Johnson before emphasizing the great culture of the latter. “She knew every president of the French Republic. From Charles de Gaulle to Emmanuel Macron.” Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine then took the opportunity to question him about the accent of the President of the Republic and the opinion that Elizabeth II had towards him.

Without clearly answering the question, the politician remembered a conversation he had with Her Majesty about the French head of state. It came following a disagreement between the two politicians over Northern Ireland. Macron had argued that it was a separate country from the United Kingdom while his counterpart claimed the opposite. Boris Johnson then reported the exchange to the Queen. And while she was surprised by the age gap between the French president and his wife, the former prime minister explained that he had “married his teacher”. “She had reflected on her level in history, regretting that her former teacher, Brigitte, had not taught her more”he recalled before agreeing with Elizabeth II.