Former director of communications at Number 10, Guto Harri, also alleges the ex-PM 'squared up' to the King over his criticism of the government's Rwanda policy.
, with the aim of sending people who arrived in the UK on small boats to the African country to be processed.
Mr Harri said the King had been"caught out", adding:"Though he tried to play down his criticisms of the policy, Boris pointed out the obvious. 'If you didn't say it,' he told him, 'we both know your people could ring the newspapers and kill the story. The fact they haven't done that says it all'." "The PM was appalled," he wrote."And he warned the prince in plain English: 'I wouldn't talk about slavery or you'll end up being forced to sell the Duchy of Cornwall to pay reparations to those whose ancestors built it.'"
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