Minister ate biscuits meant for Queen’s corgis

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The Queen has owned more than 30 corgis over the course of her reign
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A government minister who visited the Queen accidentally ate biscuits meant for the monarch’s corgis, reported the Daily Mail. Alan Johnson, the former Labour health secretary, admitted to mistakenly munching on the dog food following a meal at Windsor Castle in 2008. His “amusing gaffe” was revealed in Queen Of Our Times: The Life Of Elizabeth II, a new book by royal biographer Robert Hardman, which is published today.

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